Digital Transformation Grant Programme and Symposium Event Funding 

The aims of the Digital Transformation grant programme include but are not limited to:

• Go from ​‘code to clinic’: taking AI systems and implementing them as useable products so that we can detect diseases faster, earlier, more accurately and track progression.
• Transform patient pathways: Digitally transforming services and shifting care from hospital to community.
• Develop screening in underserved areas to bring care closer to people’s homes.
• Offer faster, more accurate diagnosis, as well as personalised care and treatment plans.
• Advance our understanding and treatment of eye disease: exploring disease biology, developing new therapies, and expanding research in oculomics to benefit patients with systemic conditions like diabetes, dementia and cardiovascular disease.
• Make critical cost savings for the NHS.
• Attract industry investment in research and clinical technologies.
• Build capacity in the field and attract global talent.
• Increase safety and governance of the use of AI in healthcare.

The Digital Transformation grant programme is comprised of two grant schemes, the pilot award and an accelerator grant. We encourage applicants to select the scheme that is most suitable for the stage of project that they are proposing rather than the financial offering of the scheme. 

These schemes are made possible through the support of the Moorfields Eye Charity Giving Club.

Digital Transformation: Pilot award

The purpose of the Moorfields Eye Charity Digital transformation pilot award scheme is to provide funding to enable the development and/​or testing of new ideas and approaches which use artificial intelligence (AI), digital medicine, big data and/​or oculomics to advance digital transformation in healthcare for the benefit of the eye health and/​or systemic health of patients now or in the future.

Digital Transformation: Accelerator Grant

The purpose of the Moorfields Eye Charity Digital Transformation: Accelerator grants programme is to provide funding support to enable significant advancements in digital medicine and/​or to deliver new insights into eye health and/​or systemic conditions.

Proposals may involve the development and validation of new or existing work and/​or multidisciplinary, collaborative streams of work which use artificial intelligence (AI), digital medicine, big data and/​or oculomics to advance digital transformation in healthcare for the benefit of the eye health and/​or systemic health of patients now or in the future.

Digital Transformation Symposium

As part of the Digital Transformation programme, Moorfields Eye Charity is committed to funding a symposium to facilitate knowledge exchange and collaboration on digital transformation – bringing together talent from across the hospital, institute, and external organisations. We hope this event will:

• Strengthen links between Moorfields and UCL IoO groups working in these areas.
• Attract external engagement (keynote speakers, emerging leaders, potential collaborators).
• Showcase innovation for our Giving Club members through a dedicated ​‘meet the experts’ session.

We invite a single symposium proposal coordinated by a representative organising committee drawn from across the hospital and institute.

For any other enquiries or additional support, please contact the Moorfields Eye Charity Grants and Research Team.

Email: moorfields.eyecharity.researchgrants@nhs.net
Phone: 0207 566 2565