Johnson & Johnson Nurses Innovate Challenge on Mental Health with $100,000 Funding

Johnson & Johnson invites nurses and nursing students worldwide to submit their nurse-led novel concepts, education programs, protocols, prevention or treatment approaches, screening tools, and consumer product ideas with the power to potentially transform mental health care and well-being for their fellow healthcare professionals or the patients they serve amid the current pandemic environment and beyond. Johnson & Johnson is proud to further its 120-year commitment to support nurses including advocating for, elevating and empowering nurses as innovative leaders who strengthen health systems and change human health for the better.

About the Challenge:-

Ideas may include potential solutions for practice in any setting, including inpatient, outpatient, education, private practice, community, military and ص settings and can address health and wellness promotion, prevention of mental health conditions, and care & treatment considerations for persons with psychiatric and/or substance use disorders. Example focus areas include:

• Mental health conditions including trauma, depression, PTSD, etc.

• The impact of health disparities/health inequities on mental health needs

• Access to care and treatment for those with mental health and/or substance use conditions

• Remote care delivery opportunities such as telehealth.

Selection Criteria:-

Potential solutions will be evaluated by a panel of reviewers and judges on their ability to meet the following criteria:

• Uniqueness of the idea.

• Potential impact on human health.

• Feasibility of the idea.

• Thoroughness of approach.

Areas of Interest:-

• Treatment Protocols.

• Health Technologies.

• Medical device.

• Preventive approach.

• Consumer product.

• Community health approach.

• Screening tools.

Benefits:-

• Up to $100,000 in grant funding.
• Mentoring from experts across the Johnson & Johnson Family of Companies.
• Access to the Johnson & Johnson Innovation - JLABS ecosystem.

About Johnson & Johnson:-

Johnson & Johnson Innovation is a global network of open innovation ecosystems, enabling and empowering innovators across a broad healthcare spectrum including pharmaceutical, medical device, consumer and health tech sectors to create and accelerate the delivery of life-saving, life-enhancing health and wellness solutions to patients around the world. It achieves this by providing the optimal environment for emerging companies to catalyze growth and optimize their research and development by opening them to vital industry connections and providing a capital-efficient, flexible platform where they can transform the scientific discoveries of today into the breakthrough healthcare solutions of tomorrow.

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