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MIMIT is particularly looking for proposals using gaming techniques and technologies to provide patient centred solutions tounmetclinical needs. This opens upsolutions to a technology that are already acceptable andcomfortable with many groups ofpatients and carers.

Closing date: 5.00PM Friday 5th July 2013

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With our partners below we provide opportunities for our employees to realise the potential of their ideas to improve patient care. This includes support and funding through:
  1. MIMIT Clinical Need Award 2013/14 (£40,000 of funding to be awarded)Currently, open for applications
Proposals must address an unmet clinical problem that already has a pathway to a technology or innovative solution. MIMIT is particularly looking for proposals using gaming techniques and technologies to provide patient centred solutions to unmet clinical needs. This opens up solutions to a technology that are already acceptable and comfortable with many groups of patients and carers.
What the MIMIT awards are
  • Funds that can be used to improve patient outcomes by bringing innovative technology developments to fruition
  • For all categories of award, proposals must address an unmet clinical problem through the development of a new technology or innovative solution, or novel application of existing technology
What the MIMIT awards are not
  • Funds that can be used to purchase or implement existing 'on-the-market' solutions within clinical practice
  • Research awards
  1. The D4D Award 2013/14 (£10,000 of funding to be awarded)This call will open later in 2013
  • Proposals must address clinical problems that need a technological or innovative solution. D4D is particularly looking for proposals in the areas of assisted living, renal and urology and in particular in paediatrics.

THE PROBLEM

  1. Description of clinical problem
    What is the nature of the problem and why do existing approaches fail to address the problem adequately?
  1. Magnitude of clinical problem

Incidence, medical impact, cost of the problem, underlying trends

THE SOLUTION

  1. Benefit of a solution(scientific/clinical rationale)
    How would patients, clinicians or the NHS benefit from an effective solution to the problem?
  1. What progress has been made so far with developing and implementing the solution?

If you have already identified a pathway to a technology or innovative solution, please also explain the steps that would be involved in developing, testing and implementing the solution

Please note that we are not looking to identify opportunities to implement existing ‘on-the-market’ solutions within clinical practice, but if your idea is at a very early stage, we may still be able to consider your application.

  1. Functional Requirements for a solution to the problem
    What would it have to do and how would it work?

IMPLEMENTATION

  1. Describe the level of contribution that this award would make towards addressing the need
  1. Do you anticipate needing further funding to get the solution into clinical practice. If so, would the MIMIT funding provide a degree of progress large enough to enable you to leverage funding from other sources?
  1. Please provide a top-line delivery plan (e.g. key deliverables, timelines, including an estimated budget)
  1. Describe how you plan to use the capability and resource within your team to successfully develop this solution.

Please provide the name and contact details for a suitable external referee should a second opinion be required

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