SIHI INDIA HEALTHCARE EXCELLENCE AWARD:
A recognition of social innovation and healthcare impact creators
Submit your applications before 20 April 2021!
SCOUTING FOR INNOVATIVE HEALTHCARE SOLUTIONS THAT HAVE CREATED IMPACT IN PEOPLE’S LIVES
Now a Social Innovation in Health Initiative (SIHI) hub for India, Derbi Foundation, in collaboration with TDR, the Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Disease, is looking for health solutions that are supporting and contributing to the achievement of health-related SDGs in India.
Get recognised and join our global community to scale your health solutions!
We want to recognise creative solutions that are contributing to making primary healthcare delivery more inclusive and affordable for India.
We believe your innovative solution has the power to transform our health system at large!
WHAT ARE WE LOOKING FOR?
We are looking for individuals – health workers, students, citizens, entrepreneurs – or organisations – startups, NGOs, companies, universities, hospitals government departments who have developed a creative solution to a problem in healthcare delivery.
Solutions could be a new service, product, practice, process, or policy.
Your solution is eligible if it meets the following conditions:
Focused on improving healthcare delivery in any of the following areas:
Primary healthcare
Access to health and inclusive care
Quality & affordability
Contributing to health-related SDGs
Country of implementation
India
Duration of implementation
Operational for more than a year. We are not looking for new ideas but existing solutions.
Social innovations
The solution is not a medical or scientific innovation (drugs, devices, etc) as we don’t consider this social innovation. Read more about what is social innovation.
Timely completion of application form
The application should be fully completed. All incomplete forms will be excluded.
TIMELINE & PROCESS
25 February 2021
Call Opens
20 April 2021
Call Closes
20 May 2021
External Panel Review Decision
10 June 2021
Innovators Pitch Presentation
20 June 2021
Top Solutions Announced
HOW YOU CAN BENEFIT
If your solution can help improve the healthcare system in India and global community. Imagine what we can achieve together.
You can benefit in several ways:
Recognition - Be recognised both locally and internationally.
Showcase innovations in digital forums
Mentoring and Market Access to the selected winners
Global Network Access – We will share your solution across India as well as internationally through the SIHI Partner Network.
Learning - Opportunity to expand learning and networks in social innovations
Community - You will become part of the growing SIHI community of innovators.
SELECTION CRITERIA
All eligible solutions will be submitted to the expert review panel and each solution will be reviewed by at least two members of the panel according to the following criteria:
Appropriateness of the solution to the need
The approach addresses a healthcare delivery challenge that specifically deals with an infectious disease of poverty or could be applicable to this disease group.
Degree of innovativeness
The approach is new, different or a significant improvement within the context to which it is being applied.
Inclusiveness
The approach has the potential to be used by a large number of people, enhancing equity and access.
Affordability
The solution is affordable by the poor who are otherwise excluded in the local context or the solution is more cost-effective than the status quo.
Effectiveness
The solution has a demonstrated positive outcome on the health of the local population.
Scalability
Within and across cultural, resource and environmental contexts, the solution can be applied to reach many more people.
Sustainability
The financial, organizational and market aspects of the solution are sustainable.
EVALUATION PROCESS
PRELIMINARY
- Entire application screened by DERBI team
- Check with respect to criteria
- Move the right applicants to the second round
SECOND ROUND
- Set of 2-3 evaluators rate each application
- A panel comprises of experts with medical, technology and business acumen
PITCH ROUND
- 06 – 07 innovators present in front of panelists
- Sponsors/Subject matter experts as jurors
TOP 3
- Each evaluator picks the Top 3
- Individual ratings accumulated to select the Top 3
- In case of tiebreaker, voting to be considered
HOW DO I APPLY?
GET IN TOUCH
Only proposals submitted using the form on the dates specified in this call will be considered.
