Data4Life launches digital research grant valued up to €90.000 for early-career researchers
A maximum of five projects will receive Research Credits valued at up to €90,000, including free access to D4L Collect, a secure digital data collection platform, as well as cloud resources, product customization, technical support, publication fee coverage, and travel funding. The current call focuses on projects in oncology, neurology, and cardiovascular health.
“Our aim is to empower the next generation of researchers with the tools and infrastructure they need to drive responsible innovation in digital health,” says Dr. Ben Illigens, CEO of Data4Life. “We are particularly interested in studies that integrate wearable data, digital biomarkers, or patient-reported outcomes while embracing open science.”
The program is open to researchers based at academic or nonprofit institutions worldwide. The application deadline is April 12, 2026. Live demos and Q&A sessions will be held throughout February and March.
More information and the application portal are available at www.data4life.care
Data4Life has developed D4L Collect and Data2Evidence, two standardized software solutions to collect and analyze real-world data (RWD) to generate real-world evidence (RWE) and translate them into actionable evidence for research, patient care, and regulation.
Our mission is to make high-quality health data – from electronic health records to sensor-based patient-reported outcomes – research-ready and interoperable to support data-driven health research in public health and precision medicine, and to enable economic evaluation of health outcomes. Our platforms are built on international standards such as OMOP CDM and FHIR, enabling scalable, privacy-preserving, federated, and quality-assured research across institutions.
Data4Life is a nonprofit digital health organization supported by the Hasso Plattner Foundation based in Potsdam with offices in Berlin and Singapore.
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