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NIH Solicitation for Wearable Device Data Standards Development

This opportunity from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) seeks proposals to develop standards for data and metadata from wearable personal tracking devices to advance research capabilities. - Government Buyer: - National Institutes of Health (NIH) - Mental Health Research Grants program - Products/Services Requested: - Development of standards and related efforts for data and metadata from wearable devices - Collaboration with device manufacturers and the research community is required - OEMs and Vendors: - No specific OEMs or device brands are named in the solicitation - Unique or Notable Requirements: - Standards should be analogous to DICOM or NIfTI for medical imaging - Broad eligibility: educational institutions, businesses, government entities, nonprofits, and other organizations may apply - Emphasis on wide adoption and effectiveness of the developed standards

Description

This funding opportunity supports the creation of standards and related efforts to enable researchers to easily access data from personal tracking devices. Awardees are expected to collaborate with device manufacturers and the research community to develop standards similar to DICOM or NIfTI for medical image files. The goal is to standardize personal tracking device data to facilitate research use. The opportunity is offered by the National Institutes of Health under the Mental Health Research Grants program.

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