Contracts for Innovation: READ-OUT digital cognitive dementia assessments
Organisations can apply for a single award of up to £600,000, inclusive of VAT, to implement and assess a dementia based digital cognitive assessment (DCA) to be evaluated as part of the READ-OUT study being managed by the University of Oxford.
Opportunity Details
When
Registration Opens
14/04/2025
Registration Closes
14/05/2025
Award
Projects can range in size up to total eligible costs of £600,000 inclusive of VAT.
Organisation
Innovate UK
This is a Contracts for Innovation competition funded by Innovate UK.
This competition is a demonstrator and aims to accelerate innovation in dementia based digital cognitive assessments (DCA). High maturity DCA innovations will be deployed and assessed as part of the READ-OUT (REAl-world Dementia OUTcomes) blood based biomarker study and feed into the Davos Alzheimer’s Collaborative System Preparedness project. The University of Oxford will support and facilitate the real world use of the DCA test at READ-OUT clinical sites.
This is a single phase competition.
In applying to this competition you are entering into a competitive process. This competition has a funding budget of up £1.2 million inclusive of VAT, so we may not be able to fund all the proposed projects.
Any ultimate adoption and implementation of a solution from this competition would be subject to a separate, possibly competitive, procurement exercise.
This competition closes at 11am UK time on the deadline stated in this Innovate UK competition brief. We cannot guarantee other government or third party sites will always show the correct competition information.
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To lead a project, you can:
- be an organisation of any size
- work with the subcontracted skills and expertise of others from business, research organisations, research and technology organisations, or the third sector (charities, social enterprises and voluntary groups)
Contracts will be awarded to a single legal entity only. The majority of the project work and key deliverables must be completed by the applicant and be carried out in the UK. Subcontractors can be used, but only for specialist skills.
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We welcome and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds and are committed to making our application process accessible to everyone. This includes making reasonable adjustments, for people who have a disability or a long-term condition and face barriers applying to us.
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Your project must:
- start on 1 August 2025
- last up to 20 months
- end by 31 March 2027
- have total costs of no more than £600,000 inclusive of VAT
Projects must always start on the first of the month, even if this is a non-working day. You must not start your project until your Contract has been approved by Innovate UK.
You must only include eligible project costs in your application. See our overview of eligible project costs. For specific guidance, see the eligibility section in this competition.
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This competition supports the government’s Dementia Goals programme.
This competition is a demonstrator and aims to accelerate innovation in dementia based digital cognitive assessments (DCA). High maturity DCA innovations will be deployed and assessed as part of the READ-OUT (REAl-world Dementia OUTcomes) blood based biomarker study and feed into the Davos Alzheimer’s Collaborative System Preparedness project.
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Your proposed DCA should evaluate the key cognitive domains, including:
- processing speed
- episodic memory
- recognition memory
- executive function
Variations or extensions to this list of cognitive domains will be considered but would require strong justification.
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Watch the recording of the online briefing event.
Briefing slides are now available to download.
If you want help to find an organisation to work with, contact Innovate UK Business Connect.
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