R&D funding for application of XR in mental health care
Innovate UK, part of UK Research and Innovation, is investing up to £4 million in innovation projects in the creative technologies sector
The aim of this competition is to enable improved delivery of mental health and wellbeing services, through the application of immersive technologies such as augmented reality (AR), mixed reality (MR), virtual reality (VR), haptics, interfaces, platforms and software.
Projects must undertake research and development (R&D) in the application of extended reality (XR) to provide mental health care solutions. This would be specifically to explore how digital therapeutic content can provide positive mental health applications and outcomes for both young adults (aged 13 and above) and older adults.
Projects must demonstrate that the solution could be applied, trialled and ultimately adopted at scale, to provide a broad benefit to the UK mental health sector.
The funding will be allocated across two R&D streams:
Proposals must include the design and features of your solution and how it will be applied. Award sizes will be between £50,000 and £250,000.
Both strands of this competition close on 12 October 2022.
First published 3 October 2022