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Digital4Health (D4H)
Digital health solutions for Alberta care models
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Funding available
$ 200,000
Deadline
Unspecified
Location
Alberta, Canada
Overview
Digital4Health (D4H) offers up to $200,000 per project for Alberta-based health service delivery partners to pilot digital health solutions that improve care models and health outcomes in Alberta. Eligible work includes pilot-testing, evaluation, and real-world implementation of technology-enabled care models, with labour, materials, and subcontractors among the supported costs.
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At a glance
Funding available
Financing goals
- Increase performance through digital transformation
- Develop strategic partnerships
- Digitize or modernize organizational tools
Eligible Funding
- Maximum amount : 200,000 $
Funds Providers
Eligible candidates
Eligible Industries
- All industries
Location
- Alberta
Legal structures
- Public or Parapublic institution
- Non-profit
- For-profit business
Annual revenue
- All revenue ranges
Organisation size
- All organization sizes
Audience
- All groups
Non-profit candidates
Sector of operation
- All industries
Target groups
- All the groups
Revenue structures
- All structures
Scope
- All dimensions
Next Steps
1
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Availability timeline
2026
Periods: 1
Activities funded
- Pilot-testing, evaluation, and adoption of technology-enabled care models.
- Implementation and real-world testing of promising digital health solutions.
Official resources
Eligibility
Who is eligible?
- Alberta-based Health Service Delivery Partners.
- Academic institutions.
- Governments.
- Not-for-profit organizations.
- For-profit organizations, associations, consortia, and societies.
Who is not eligible
- Applicants that are prohibited from receiving Alberta Innovates funding, including those with a past bad debt or that are not in good financial standing with Alberta Innovates or its subsidiaries, InnoTech Alberta and C-FER Technologies.
Eligible expenses
- Labour costs, at reasonable market rates, for individuals directly performing project services that are quantifiable and directly attributable to the project.
- Materials costs, at the lower of cost or fair market value, that can be specifically identified and quantified as incurred in project activities.
- Acquisitions of property, including capital improvements to facility premises and capital equipment excluding land and buildings, that are critical to the project and considered on a case-by-case basis.
- Acquisitions of software or information databases critical to the project, subcontractor costs at fair market rates, and additional direct operating costs directly tied to project activities.
- Necessary travel that is pre-approved or included in Schedule A, including mileage, economy airfare, accommodation, meals at reasonable rates, unrecoverable GST on eligible expenses, and any other cost pre-approved in writing.
Ineligible Costs and Activities
- Any cost incurred prior to the Project Start Date, unless Alberta Innovates provides written approval to include it as an Eligible Expense.
- Transactions between Related Persons, allowance for interest on debt, losses on investments, bad debts, expenses for collection charges, losses on other projects or activities not related to the Project, and fines and penalties.
- Unreasonable compensation for Project labour, costs for professional training and development, Federal and Provincial income taxes, recoverable GST, costs related to land and buildings not directly related to the Project, and depreciation and amortization charges.
- Advertising costs except reasonable advertising of an industrial or institutional character in trade, technical, or professional journals; costs associated with applying for government grants and programs; basic professional services, routine accounting, tax and legal business requirements, financing fees unless directly related to the Project; and routine testing and maintenance.
- Passport or immigration fees, commuting costs between residence and place of employment, entertainment, hospitality, alcohol and gifts, pharmaceutical drug-related trials, costs associated with protection of intellectual property, and any other costs deemed ineligible by Alberta Innovates.
Eligible geographic areas
- Alberta
Selection criteria
- Fit with D4H objectives and intended outcomes.
- Alignment with the priority of the health system challenge.
- Opportunity to successfully implement technology-enabled care models.
- Overall positive health and economic impact potential for Alberta.
How to apply
- For the Project Stream, HSDPs work with qualifying TSPs to co-create a Full Proposal.
- HSDPs must register on the Alberta Innovates Application Portal.
- HSDPs must access, complete, and submit the Full Application within the Funding Opportunities tab on the Portal dashboard.
- Complete the required form to ensure projects align with the D4H Program.
Processing and Agreement
- Successful applicants will execute an agreement with Alberta Innovates to proceed with the project.
- The agreement will include reporting on progress to milestones and budget on an agreed timeline during the term.
- The agreement will include reporting on progress to outcomes on an agreed timeline during and following the term.
- Project payments are based on milestone achievement and progress reporting.
Additional information
- The program operates through a challenge-driven model with Partner Challenge and Project streams.
- The program is managed through the Health Team within Alberta Innovates.
Contacts
Frequently Asked Questions about the Digital4Health (D4H) Program
What is the Digital4Health (D4H)?
Digital4Health (D4H) offers up to $200,000 per project for Alberta-based health service delivery partners to pilot digital health solutions that improve care models and health outcomes in Alberta. Eligible work includes pilot-testing, evaluation, and real-world implementation of technology-enabled care models, with labour, materials, and subcontractors among the supported costs.
How much funding can be received?
Digital4Health (D4H) Funds up to $200,000 of admissible expenses.
Who is eligible for the Digital4Health (D4H) program?
To be eligible for the Digital4Health (D4H) program, you must:
Applicants must be Alberta-based Health Service Delivery Partners.
Applicants must have up-to-date corporate filings and be authorized to undertake the proposed project and execute a grant with Alberta Innovates.
Projects must align with D4H objectives and address a posted challenge or data-informed health system priority.
What expenses are eligible under Digital4Health (D4H)?
Pilot-testing, evaluation, and adoption of technology-enabled care models.
Implementation and real-world testing of promising digital health solutions.
Who can I contact for more information about the Digital4Health (D4H)?
You can contact Alberta Innovates by email at Antonio.Bruni@albertainnovates.ca or by phone at 780-306-3095.
Where is the Digital4Health (D4H) available?
The Digital4Health (D4H) program is available the province of Alberta.
Is the Digital4Health (D4H) a grant, loan, or tax credit?
Digital4Health (D4H) is a Grant and Funding