The Africa Oxford Health Innovation Platform (AfOx-HIP) is a multi-disciplinary program to support African innovators develop new solutions to Africa’s health challenges. It connects research to industry to tackle prevention, early diagnosis, as well as treatment through impact investment and innovation.

AfOx-HIP is an extension of Africa-Oxford collaborations aiming to connect research to industry to solve intractable societal challenges. AfOx-HIP helps ideas come to life as real solutions to big challenges through innovation and entrepreneurship by pursuing a broader purpose for sustainable futures.

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Eligible Field(s):

AfOx-HIP is open to working in any scientific discipline, including outside life sciences and engineering sciences, as well as any type of technology leading to the creation of solutions towards disease prevention, diagnosis, management, and treatment.

Examples of technologies include:

1. Therapeutics
2. Vaccines
3. Devices
4. Digital technologies
5. Diagnostics

Eligibility:

• Solutions should demonstrate strong potential for health systems strengthening. Moreover, the solution should also show significant improvement in healthcare equity and access.
• Applications are open to all areas relevant to Africa’s health challenges.
• The following solutions are highly encouraged to apply:

1. Novel solutions relating to maternal and neonatal care to improve mortality and morbidity outcomes
2. medical laboratory-related testing and diagnostic capacity to support treatment, monitoring, and control of pathogens and to increase resilience to endemic diseases
3. Also, zoonotic disease-related solutions

• In addition, applications from female and under-represented innovators/entrepreneurs are highly encouraged.

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Awards:

• AfOx-HIP will work with African innovators in the co-development of skills ranging from creative problem solving, translational research, entrepreneurship, as well as venture acceleration.
• Facilitating outstanding emerging African researchers and innovators interaction with partners across Oxford, for the AfOx Innovation and Entrepreneurship Scheme.
• Also, successful applicants will benefit from a relevant and robust teaching course on Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Health for Africa. The course will be through a series of web-based sessions, available to all 50 candidates, creating an interactive network, including the use of virtual workrooms.
• At the end of the virtual course, an enhanced program for 15 candidates with projects with the highest potential for further development, will gain the AfOx Innovation Fellowship for personalized support in Oxford to meet specific needs for mentorship and technical collaborative support.
• The Innovation Fellows will join an alumni network for AfOx Innovation fellows to facilitate continued engagement with Oxford and its wider network.

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How to Apply:

Submit your applications through the AfOx online submission portal at the latest by 23:59 BST, Wednesday 31 March 2022. Outcomes of the application will be communicated in May 2022.

Also, it is important to go through the FAQ & all application requirements in the Award Webpage before applying.

Apply for the program here!