The POCTRN+ network has announced six new innovation award opportunities designed to accelerate breakthrough advancements in health technology. Now seeking applications from academic and industry innovators developing point-of-care solutions across chronic disease, infectious disease, and disease prevention. Each center offers distinct funding opportunities, with awards of up to $150,000, along with 12 months of in-kind support services for selected projects.
  • ACME POCT: Supporting microsystems-based Point-of-Care Technologies
     
  • CAPCaT: Supporting point-of-care technologies for heart, lung, blood, or sleep disorders, with additional interest in projects that incorporate complementary and integrative health approaches
 
  • PORTENT: Supporting the development of Point-of-Care Technologies in Nutrition, Infection, and Cancer for Global Health
 
  • CITEC: Supporting Point-of-Care Tools to Improve Detection of Pre-Cancer and Early Cancer
     
  • CIDID: Supporting improvements to rapid simple Point-Of-Care tests For Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs)
 
  • C-THAN: Point-of-Care Technologies for HIV/AIDS, Co-morbidities, and Emerging Infectious Disease in Low- and Middle-Income Countries
More info: https://www.poctrn.org/solicitation-2026