Deadline: September 30, 2022
Applications are invited for the Digital Square Software Global Goods Programme 2022. Notice G aims to identify digital health technologies worldwide that qualify as global goods. This call aims to support the discoverability, accessibility, and promotion of global goods, which are crucial for saving lives and improving health around the world.
At Digital Square, global goods are digital health tools that are free, open source, impactful, scalable, and adaptable to different countries and contexts. These free and open-source digital health tools look to reduce fragmentation and duplication to accelerate scale and health impact.
The objective of this call is to identify and promote high-quality software, content, and service tools to address country-driven health needs and ultimately contribute to inclusive and equitable health outcomes for all. Additionally, this call seeks to identify solutions that have the potential to be scaled and have a significant impact through grant support, technical assistance, and connection with Digital Square’s global goods community network.
Benefits
- Successful applicants to this call will join the global goods community, receive funding to attend the 2023 Global Good Innovators Meeting, and a fixed award of up to $25,000 to support the publication of data on the impact and/or scale of the candidate global good.
Eligibility
- Digital Square accepts submissions from various applicants, independently or in partnership with others, including research institutes and institutions of higher education, non-governmental organizations, and private, for-profit companies. Digital Square also accepts applications for funding from innovators, digital entrepreneurs, and researchers of all nationalities based in all geographies.
- Proposals are required to meet a set of minimum eligibility criteria to be considered for evaluation. The eligibility criteria are as follows:
- The proposed software will need to meet the definition of a global good and be licensed under an open-source license.
- The proposed software must be a nominated or registered DPG with the DPGA.
- Proposed software solutions should focus on Sustainable Development Goal 3: Health and well-being. Global goods are mapped to their primary function within the health space and the focus areas of intervention they seek to address. To provide the mappings, Digital Square global goods leverage the categories and system classifications of the World Health Organization’s “Classification of digital health interventions v1.0”.
- The solution will need to provide evidence of scale and of the tool being open source (meeting the definition of a software global good).
- Must be a mature solution that is demonstrably established in the market and is aiming at the expansion to new markets.
Application
Organizations should apply through the Open Application Platform through the following steps:
- Download the full request for application (RFA) document for more information on criteria, data sets required.
- When applying, organizations will be asked to register on the new online platform.
- Upon account creation, organizations should answer all required questions and fields in the online application form.
- Organizations must submit their application through the online platform.
For more information, visit Digital Square.
