CAPCaT Point-of-Care Showcase & CAPCaT Innovation Award Competition
Advancing Innovation in Digital Health, Diagnostics and Respiratory Care
2026 CAPCaT Research Symposium Applications are Open!
The 2026 CAPCaT Research Symposium highlights cutting edge point‑of‑care technologies designed to transform how Heart, Lung, Blood, and Sleep (HLBS) conditions are diagnosed, monitored, and managed. As healthcare increasingly extends beyond brick‑and‑mortar hospitals, we seek solutions that enable high‑quality care in hospital‑at‑home programs, community settings, emergency response environments, paramedicine, and remote patient monitoring ecosystems.
Key themes include:
- Next‑generation point‑of‑care tools that expand access to HLBS care in non‑traditional settings.
- Remote and decentralized care models that improve patient outcomes while reducing the burden on clinical infrastructure.
- Technologies supporting the healthcare workforce, particularly innovations using artificial intelligence to augment the capabilities of community health workers, paramedics, technicians, and other frontline providers.
- Solutions addressing workforce shortages, enhancing efficiency, accuracy, and decision‑support for distributed care teams.
- Integration frameworks and implementation strategies that ensure safe, scalable, and equitable adoption of emerging technologies.
Application deadline is April 30th.
CAPCaT Innovation Award Competition
More information coming soon!
The Center for Advancing Point of Care Technologies (CAPCaT) offers an Innovation Award to support academic researchers developing or validating point-of-care (POC) solutions with the potential to transform the diagnosis, monitoring, and treatment of heart, lung, blood, and sleep disorders.
Through this program, up to four awards of $100,000 are granted to projects advancing toward clinical testing. Priority areas include lung health and innovations that integrate complementary and integrative health (CIH) approaches, alongside other high-impact POC technologies.
Awardees gain not only funding, but also access to a national network of industry leaders, clinical experts, and commercialization resources in point-of-care innovation.
Areas of Interest
We welcome technologies that address:
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Lung conditions including asthma, COPD, pulmonary hypertension
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Cardiovascular health and acute decompensation management
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Blood disorders, coagulopathies, and thrombosis risk
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Sleep monitoring and treatment (e.g., CPAP, wearable sleep tech)
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mHealth and telehealth tools for underserved populations
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Integrative health tools such as mindfulness or physiologic sensors
Technologies should aim to improve accessibility, reduce cost, integrate into care workflows, and deliver real-time insights.
The CAPCaT Point-of-Care Showcase!
The CAPCaT Showcase is a high-impact event that connects innovators with funding sources, strategic partners, and new collaborators in digital health and point-of-care innovation.
Who should attend:
- Life sciences startups exploring POC technologies
- Researchers and NIH grantees looking to build and translate early-stage ideas
- Entrepreneurs seeking strategic partners and product development resources
- Investors, clinicians, and industry leaders in diagnostics and digital health
