We love to support
Digital Health projects!
We are excited to offer support to innovative healthcare startups and developer teams all around the globe!
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What We Are Looking For
Bayer Grants4Apps® invites you to submit your innovative healthcare projects. We are looking for novel software, hardware, technologies, or processes that can be applied on particular areas contributing to improve health outcomes or pharmaceutical processes.
Selected projects will be supported financially, the decisions will be made at Bayer’s sole discretion.







Your project may include
Mobile Apps, Services, Wearables, Medical Devices, Kits, Software, Hardware
Your Submission Should Be







Innovative &
Forward Thinking

Software, Hardware, Technology, Process

Progressive Healthcare
& Pharmaceutical Process


Focus Examples
Possible Solutions
- Patient compliance.
- Helping healthcare professionals in clinical problem solving.
- Prevention.
- Healthy habits.
- Patient empowerment.
- Improve health in the workspace.
- Motivation.
- Awareness of possible medical conditions.
- Clinical trials.
- Research laboratory work.
- Predicting behavior.
- Health checks, Quantified Self apps.
- Remote monitoring, sensors.
- Augmented reality.
- Indoor maps.
- Fitness trackers.
- Big Data.
- Smart watch apps.
- Wearable technology.
- RFID embedded into products.
- Power sources for health devices.
- Digital assistants. Robots.
- Games for health.
- Artificial intelligence.
- Bioinformatics tools.
- Personal genomics software.
How We Decide
Submit Your Project
Please use our Submission Form. You only have to provide non-confidential information on your software, hardware, technology, or process, and answer a few questions about yourself. The submission must include a title, a detailed description of the problem you want to solve, your solution, and a high-level, plausible project plan. Please do NOT submit proprietary or confidential information or source code.
Proposals can only be submitted via the submission form. Restrictions to the number of characters you can enter in the form may apply; you can attach a .pdf file to the submission to be more explicit.
Please be aware: Each initiative has a different submission deadline.
Submission Review I
Your submission will be reviewed by Bayer review teams. In some initiatives the review teams may include external partners. The decision to provide support is in the entire discretion of Bayer without any obligation to justify it or to give reasons. During evaluation of your submission, we will consider the following:
Assessment of the problem: Many issues in today’s laboratory, clinical trials, manufacturing, hospital-related work, persons and patient’s lives, have a definitive impact on later outcomes of patients’ health. The magnitude of the problem you want to solve will be assessed.
Submission Review II
Relevance and Assessment of the proposed solution to solve the problem:
Our interest lies in solutions that can be developed to a minimum viable product in short- to mid-term time frames, i.e. up to six months. In cases where it is not possible to achieve a solution in this time frame, your project may still be selected to receive financial support.
We expect carefully thought or already started projects rather than ideas. The feasibility of the proposed solution will be assessed. We will review your project description and project plan. There are no restrictions on platforms, operating systems, or technologies, but we expect solutions that are viable and up to today’s standards. You or your team should be able to develop and implement the proposed solution.
Response to Submission
The Bayer review team will respond to you within six weeks after the submission end date. We will inform you of our decision to provide financial support for your project.
If your submission is selected, you will then be given a contract to sign. Please read about your initiative for terms of the contract. After development you will show the results to the Bayer team. How your development and results are shown will be decided on a case by case basis.
Failure to comply effectively with the contract may result in a termination of the proposed financial support.
Collaboration
If your project is deemed relevant by Bayer , we may be interested in collaborating with you to help leverage the development of your application.
This would entail the negotiation of a contract reflecting the interest of all parties involved.








Submission
Review
Response
Collaborate
Questions & Answers
Who can apply?
Legal entities or persons who are 18 years old or older may apply for financial and/or other support (we call it “grant”). Read about each initiative for residency requirements. Bayer employees or their families may not apply. Bayer subcontractors may apply.
Do I own the intellectual rights to the software or technology once developed?
Yes, ownership remains with the applicant.
Can I see projects submitted by other people?
No, essentially projects are viewable only to Bayer review teams. In some initiatives the review teams may also include external partners. In some cases we may talk high level about your submission with external investment partners.
Can I submit more than one project?
Yes, you can submit more than one project. Please make one submission for each project proposal. If you want to submit the same project to different Grants4Apps initiatives, please submit once for each initiative.
What language(s) are allowed for submission?
Please send your submission in English.
What happens after I submit an idea?
The Grants4Apps team will respond to you within six weeks after the submission end date.
What are the legal terms of the submission?
You will have to accept the following terms:
I am aware that the information I am providing will be regarded as, and deemed to be, non-confidential, and that Bayer shall have no obligation of any kind with respect to such information.
In addition, I consent to the storage and processing of my personal data as provided in this application by Bayer and any company of the Bayer Group for the purpose of evaluating this application.
I declare that I alone or together with collaborators/coworkers came to the idea for the project described here. I am not knowingly violating the rights of any third party.
I declare that, to my knowledge, there is no similar software or technology already publicly available.
I declare that I am not aware of third party patents or patent applications, which might potentially cover my project idea.
What questions are asked in the submission form?
You will have to provide a name of your submission, a description of your solution and of the problem(s) you want to solve. You also have to describe differences to existing solutions on the market, and a high level project plan and a description of your team skills. You will be able to upload one .pdf file describing your project or company, or giving additional information that you consider useful. Under no circumstances you should provide confidential information.
Will you finance my trip(s) to, or stay in, (x)-city or (y)-country?
Unfortunately we can’t provide any financial support for traveling to or staying in any location, regardless if you want to work with us, or if you want to present a project, or if you were selected in one of our initiatives, or any other reason.

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Grants4Apps® Innovation Grants
Congratulations to all Grants4Apps® Innovation grant recipients! Over the last two years, many great projects were submitted for evaluation in different categories. More than 30 projects got granted, check out some of them below!
Thanks to everybody who helped making the campaign known: Berlin Partner für Wirtschaft und Technologie GmbH, SIBB e.V., the IHKs from Berlin, Cologne, and Leverkusen, the Berlin Startup Culture and the Berlin Health 2.0 Meetup groups, the BVMI e.V., many Universities and other Institutes.
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