2026 $200K Challenge Areas of Interest
The 2026 $200K Challenge is seeking solutions that fall under any of these six tracks! You can learn more about each track through our application process.
Devices intended to simplify and improve women’s health, using the definition of women’s health as conditions that only affect women, affect women disproportionately, or affect women differently.
Of particular interest are therapeutic procedures, especially minimally invasive in both OR and office sites of service, or of use in low and middle income (LMIC) areas of the world, filling treatment gaps and advancing patient care.
Uterine Health
- Areas Include:
- Office hysteroscopy - tools and treatments
- Office procedures related to fertility and/or pregnancy
- Ablation technologies
- Adhesion barriers
- Adenomyosis diagnosis and treatment
- Cervical dilation
Pelvic Health
- Areas Include:
- Endometriosis diagnosis and treatment
- Adhesion barriers
- Overactive bladder
- Stress Urinary Incontinence
- Pelvic organ prolapse
Maternal & Perinatal Health Equity (Rural Focus)
- Areas Include:
- Reducing inequities in maternal health outcomes, especially in rural communities
- Reducing inequities in perinatal health outcomes, especially in rural communities
Oncology impacting women
Transform healthcare by creating impactful solutions that bring diagnostics and treatments closer to patients.
- Areas Include:
- Improved breast biopsy
- Ablation technologies
- Margin assessment
- Surgical resection and margin assessment
Breast Health
- Areas Include:
- Improved breast biopsy
- Ablation technologies
- Margin assessment
- Surgical resection and margin assessment
Point of Care opportunities in diagnostics
- For conditions such as:
- Endometriosis
- Adenomyosis
- Fibroids
- PCOS (Polycystic ovarian syndrome)
- GYN Cancer
Non-surgical visualization
- Areas Include:
- AI-based identification of critical structures
- Planning or visualization tools or software
