Project scope

The DiTi call will support collaborative projects that advance innovation in diagnostic tools and technologies for infectious diseases - spanning design, prototyping, and early implementation/field evaluation - to validate and de-risk adoption in tropical healthcare settings, rather than deliver fully solved, scaled solutions.

Technologies in scope include:

• New diagnostic tools and devices
• Platform technologies
• Digital health solutions
• Cross-cutting innovations addressing diseases of high burden in LMICs

The call aims to utilise pre-existing resources in each Oxford site. Projects can span from early-stage prototyping to validation towards clinical implementation, particularly those that will benefit from on-the-ground testing in relevant patient populations and global health settings.

Activities NOT supported by DiTi

• Discovery research such as identification or discovery of targets
• Exploratory science without pre-existing background data
• Candidate screening stage
• Mechanisms of action as a standalone project
• Fundamental sciences work

The funding will not also not support: Staff between posts/funding (i.e. as “bridging” funds), or D.Phil/PhD studentships; Continuation of pre-existing research grants.