CAMTech Uganda Accelerator Program (CAP) Awards 2022 ($5500 USD)

Deadline: August 13th, 2022 (11:59PM EAT).

CAMTech Uganda Accelerator Program (CAP) Awards 2022 ($5500 USD)

The Consortium for Affordable Medical Technologies (CAMTech) Uganda is pleased to announce a CAP call for proposals. This year’s call focuses on feasible solutions in health. Three winning teams will be awarded $5500 USD each to support their project activities.

Application deadline: August 13th, 2022 (11:59PM EAT).

In addition,

the awardees will receive the following support from CAMTech Uganda to accelerate the path to product or service development, testing and commercialization:

  • Winning projects will be officially incubated in CAMTech Uganda’s Co-creation Lab (CCL) for ongoing in-person support.
  • Training in grant financial management including financial reporting.
  • Participation in workshops held at CAMTech to equip teams with the necessary skills in grantwriting, data analysis and protocol development.
  • Access to prototyping equipment at the CCL and prototyping services including 3D printing, pre-deployment testing, and CCL virtualized environments.
  • Assistance in planning of project activities.
  • Intellectual Property application guidance.
  • Access to fast unlimited internet to enable research and collaboration across geographies.
  • Guidance on Institutional Review Board (IRB) and Uganda National Council for Science and Technology (UNCST) ethics application processes.
  • Innovation publicity through different showcaings and pitching opportunities that take place within and out side CAMTech Uganda.
  • Access to different opportunities for user feedback gathering on developed prototypes.

Eligibility Criteria

  • The Project Principal Investigator (PI) or Team lead should be affiliated to Mbarara University of Science and Technology (MUST).
  • The innovation/idea should be in health.

Important Deadlines

  • Submission of proposals due on August 13th, 2022 (11:59 PM EAT).
  • Notification of the Finalists and their invitation for face-to-face interviews – August 16, 202.2
  • Face-to-face interviews: August 24th 2020.
  • Announcement of awardees – TBD.

Proposal Requirements

■The application is an online form.

■ Additional administrative documents:

i) Cover Sheet – The template can be downloaded from the online application form.

ii) Milestones and Budget template – The template can be downloaded from the online application form.

iii) Reference/support letter.

iv) PI/ Team leader’s Biosketch /CV.

How to Apply:

Please use the link below to apply: Application Link: https://bit.ly/CAMTechCAPCall2022