Do you need funding for your Point-of-Care (POC) health solution? Meet with Professor David Erickson and Professor Saurabh Mehta to learn about the PORTENT Center’s 2025-26 Innovation Award Opportunity to support breakthrough POC technologies focused on nutrition, infection, and cancer.

Register here for the webinar

Date: May 22, 2025
Time: 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM (EST)
Location: Online

Zoom Registration Link: https://cornell.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_9DxN4Gk0ROiWv82Tu8zyhw#/registration

Contact Email: portentcenter@cornell.edu

Award Details:

• Total funds available: Approximately $500,000
• Project budgets: $50,000–$100,000
• Project duration: 12 months
• Application deadline: June 6, 2025

2025 Award Priorities:

• Nutrition – Technologies that support screening, diagnosis, and prevention of nutritional problems
• Infection – Multiplexed diagnostic tools for HIV, co-infections, acute febrile illnesses, neglected tropical diseases, mosquito-borne illnesses, and more
• Cancer – Solutions that expand cancer screening and diagnosis at the community and clinic level
• Proposals aligned with Digital Health, AI & Connectivity, and Wellness solutions are strongly encouraged

Read about previously funded research here: Year 1 | Year 2