POCTRN Unveils Six New Innovation Award Opportunities to Propel Point-of-Care Technologies

The POCTRN network is excited to unveil six exciting new innovation award opportunities to help foster groundbreaking advancements in health technology. 

We are currently seeking applications from academic and industry applicants who have innovative point-of-care technologies in areas of chronic disease, infectious disease and disease prevention, such as cancer detection, heart, lung, blood, and sleep disorders, STIs, emerging infectious disease in low-resource settings, and more. 

Each center offers unique awards, with the potential for awards to reach up to $150,000. Successful applicants may also receive 12 months of in-kind support services. 

Learn more and apply about each of the opportunities below.

Applications are due at 11:59 PM on June 6, 2025.

Timeline

Solicitation Release: April 18, 2025 
Proposals Due: June 6, 2025, 11:59PM ET 
Anticipated Notification to Successful Applicants: August 15, 2025 
JIT Information from Successful Applicants Due: August 29, 2025

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Center for Point of Care Technologies for Nutrition, Infection, and Cancer in Global Health at Cornell University

Support the development of Point-of-Care Technologies in Nutrition, Infection, and Cancer for Global Health
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Center for Innovation and Translation of Point of Care Technologies for Expanded Cancer Care

Point-of-Care Tools to Improve Detection of Pre-Cancer and Early Cancer
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Atlanta Center for Microsystems Engineered Point-of-Care Technologies

ACME POCT Call for Proposals for Microsystems-based Point-of-Care Technologies
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Johns Hopkins Center for Innovative Diagnostics for Infectious Diseases

Improvements To Rapid Simple Point-Of-Care Tests For Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs)
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Center for Advancing Point of Care in Heart, Lung, Blood, and Sleep Diseases

Focused on developing, adapting, or validating point of care technologies that can be rapidly applied to heart, lung, blood, or sleep disorders, with additional interest in projects that incorporate complementary and integrative health approaches. 
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Center for Innovation in Point-of-Care Technologies for HIV/AIDS and Emerging Infectious Diseases at Northwestern

Point-of-Care Technologies for HIV/AIDS, Co-morbidities, and Emerging Infectious Disease in Low- and Middle-Income Countries