Closing soonGrant2026
EDCTP3 Digital Innovation and AI for Integrated Research and Healthcare in Africa
Global Health EDCTP3 Joint Undertaking
Supports scaled implementation and integration of validated digital innovations and AI-enabled approaches for research and healthcare in sub-Saharan Africa.
What it funds
- Scaling validated digital innovations
- EHR interoperability and integration
- Digital-health roadmaps
- Capacity in digital health, epidemiology, bioinformatics and AI
What it does not fund
- Proposals focused mainly on inventing unvalidated technology without a credible implementation or scale pathway
Is this a fit?
Apply if
- You have a validated or mature digital approach
- The work addresses integrated research/healthcare needs in sub-Saharan Africa
- You can meet consortium requirements
The Methods Bench take
- Best suited for
- Strong research-health system consortia with an existing validated digital solution and implementation pathway.
- The main hurdle
- The call expects scale and integration, not a prototype seeking first validation.
- Start early on
- Consortium architecture, interoperability plan, implementation work packages and budget.
- Watch out for
- Do not frame the application as a generic AI-development project.
Before you start, check
- Confirm maturity of the technology
- Confirm SSA implementation setting
- Confirm consortium eligibility
- Demonstrate integration into research/healthcare systems