Who funds digital health research?

We count 43 funded digital health projects, active between 2022 and 2031, from 6 funders. The most came from EU · Health (12 projects), Gates Foundation (9 projects) and EU · MSCA (5 projects). The median award is $3.1M, across the 43 of 43 projects that list an amount.

Funded projects

43

Funders

6

Median award

$3.1M

Open calls now

4

Top funders of digital health research

Projects whose title or summary mentions digital health. Median award: of the projects that list an amount, in US dollars; “—” when fewer than 3 do.

Open digital health funding calls

4 open calls mention digital health today.

• Investigator Initiated Clinical Trials of Complementary and Integrative Interventions Delivered Remotely or via mHealth (R01 Clinical Trial Required)
  National Institutes of HealthNot specifiedDeadline: November 17, 2026 ·
  Real odds: About 1 in 8 funded (13% · NIH R01-equivalent grants, all NIH institutes, FY2025)
• Other Digital Health Technologies
  National Science Foundation (SBIR/STTR)Not specifiedDeadline: July 7, 2027 ·
• Digital Health
  National Science Foundation (SBIR/STTR)Not specifiedDeadline: July 7, 2027 ·
• Laboratories to Optimize Digital Health (R01 Clinical Trial Required)
  National Institutes of HealthNot specifiedDeadline: January 7, 2028 ·
  Real odds: About 1 in 8 funded (13% · NIH R01-equivalent grants, all NIH institutes, FY2025)

Real odds

• About 1 in 8 funded · 13% · NIH R01-equivalent grants, all NIH institutes, FY2025 · NIH Data Book, report 29

Published success rates for the programs behind the open calls above: the share of applications the funder funded, program-wide, not for this topic.

Forecast: announced, not open yet

3 forecast calls on digital health. Funders publish forecasts before a call opens; you can't apply to these yet, and dates can change.

• ForecastDigital Health Technology and Reciprocal Innovation to Improve Clinical and Public Health Outcomes
  National Institutes of HealthNot specifiedExpected to open December 1, 2026
• ForecastChronic Care Telehealth Centers of Excellence Program
  Health Resources and Services AdministrationUp to $3,800,000Expected to open February 1, 2027
• ForecastTelehealth Nutrition Services Network Grant Program
  Health Resources and Services AdministrationUp to $300,000Expected to open February 2, 2027

Funded digital health projects

A sample, latest start first, at most three per program.

• Telerehabilitation In The Home After Stroke: A Randomized, Controlled, Assessor-Blind Clinical Trial (The TR-2 Trial)
  NIH · NINDS · $4,453,239 · ends 2030
• The Digital Labour of Covid-19 Volunteerism: The Post-2000 Political History of Medical Infrastructures in India
  Wellcome · £967,215 · ends 2030
• Digital Health Technologies for Monitoring Motor Function in Progressive Supranuclear Palsy and Dementia with Lewy Bodies
  NIH · NIA · $5,174,076 · ends 2029
• mHealth Outcomes in Behavioral Interventions & Longitudinal Evaluation (MOBILE) Platform
  NIH · NCATS · $3,097,384 · ends 2029
• LIMITLESS STRIDE: Integrated Innovation for Equitable Obesity Care Across NHS Lothian and UK Defence Medical Services
  UKRI · Innovate UK · £7,776,696 · ends 2029
• Center for Accelerating Excellence in Translational Science (AXIS)
  NIH · NIMHD · $4,236,648 · ends 2029
• Capital for Good — Empower Women and Girls
  Gates Foundation · $490,000 · ends 2028
• Reaching Rural Veterans: Applying Mind-Body Skills for Pain Using a Whole Health Telehealth Intervention (RAMP-WH)
  NIH · NINR · $3,568,521 · ends 2028
• University of Chicago Trust — Global Health and Development Public Awareness and Analysis
  Gates Foundation · $587,246 · ends 2028
• AFRIVERSE: Building African climate-health attribution data, digital tools and capacity
  Wellcome · £2,947,618 · ends 2028

How we count

Funded projects come from public award records (NIH RePORTER, NSF, EU CORDIS, UKRI Gateway to Research, Wellcome, the Gates Foundation, DOE, NASA and USDA NIFA) whose title or summary matches “digital health or mhealth or telehealth”. NIH lists each budget year separately; one project counts once. Amounts are as the funder lists them; medians use only projects that list one, in US dollars. Open calls and forecasts are from our listings of October 28, 2026. A project can mention a topic without being mainly about it, so treat the counts as a guide to who funds the area.