Johnson & Johnson Innovation and Impact Ventures by J&J Foundation invites innovators to submit novel precision neuroscience and digital health approaches that both aim to advance health equity and transform mental healthcare in the United States and beyond (with particular interest in Brazil, India, and Kenya) through the Amplifying Access to Mental Health Innovation QuickFire Challenge.
The innovator(s) with the best potential solutions will receive grant funding from a total of up to $300K, virtual access to the global Johnson & Johnson Innovation – JLABS network, and mentorship from experts across Johnson & Johnson for one year.*
What we’re looking for
Innovators are invited to submit novel precision neuroscience and digital health approaches that both aim to advance health equity and transform mental healthcare in the United States and beyond (with particular interest in Brazil, India, and Kenya). Specific disease areas of interest include: Major Depressive Disorder, Bipolar Disorder and Schizophrenia.
Our mission is to deliver breakthrough, outcome-improving solutions in areas of critical unmet need that maximize patient benefit through precision neuroscience. We strive to remove clinical heterogeneity as a barrier to successful treatment for all by designing mechanism-driven, targeted therapeutics and identifying the people most likely to benefit from them. To that end we are interested in molecular, digital, and neuroimaging and multi-modal biomarkers that allow us to stratify patients into potential responders and non-responders, measure efficacy and enable efficient clinical trials.
Criteria
Potential solutions will be evaluated by a panel of reviewers and judges on their ability to meet the following criteria:
- Idea, technology, or platform’s potential to advance health equity
- Potential impact for and relevance to people of color within the United States.
- Proposed approach takes into account individual, genetic, environmental factors that may play a role in mental health including an individual’s ethnicity, age, gender and socioeconomic status
- Special consideration given to technologies and platforms that can have impact outside of the United States. Specific countries of interest outside of the United States include Brazil, India and Kenya
- Company is incorporated (or have plans to incorporate) and demonstrates uniqueness and feasibility of the idea
- Potential solution is validated through data and/or proof of concept
- Thoroughness of approach; technology/solution design considers user and deployer experience
- Identification of key resources and a plan to further the idea
- Team credibility and capabilities
Awards
Innovator(s) with the best potential solutions will receive grant funding from a total of up to $300K, virtual access to the global Johnson & Johnson Innovation – JLABS network, and mentorship from experts across Johnson & Johnson for one year.
Application Deadline – 11th October, 2024
