NOURISH: Autoimmunity Digital Health Challenge
Awards up to $650,000 across three phases for digital tools tracking autoimmune nutrition.
In Phase 1 (Prototype Development, October 2026 to March 2027), up to 10 winners each receive a $20,000 prize. Phase 2 (Optimization and Testing, July 2027 to March 2028) pays up to 5 winners $30,000 each, and Phase 3 (Live Demonstration and Final Evaluation, April to September 2028) pays up to 3 winners $100,000 each, for a total prize purse of up to $650,000 run by NIH's Office of Autoimmune Dis…
The challenge is for anyone building digital health applications that help people with autoimmune diseases track how diet and nutrition affect their immune system health, including patients, caregivers, scientists, dietitians, software developers, and engineers. It follows an earlier NOURISH: Autoimmunity Challenge that identified themes like dietary intervention effectiveness, microbiome and multi-omics mechanisms, and personalized data-driven nutrition.
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