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DHI supported 6 Scottish health boards in developing bids to the competitive programme, with Lothian and Lanarkshire progressing to delivery. Building on this foundation, DHI will now work closely with both boards and a wider consortium to co-design and implement integrated, end-to-end weight management pathways.

DHI is seeking an enthusiastic and motivated individual to support the development and delivery of Health Frontiers through applied design innovation, stakeholder-centred enquiry, and innovation readiness building activity.

Suppliers are invited to apply for a new opportunity to develop digitally enabled products supporting mental health and substance use across Ireland, Northern Ireland, and Scotland.

In September 2025, DHI supported the Innovation in Addiction Medicine Summit hosted by USTAN. This three-day event brought together international researchers, clinicians, policymakers and industry partners to explore addiction as a complex systems challenge.

The 11th annual Scottish Knowledge Exchange Awards, organised by innovation support organisation Interface, took place at the Macrobert Arts Centre, University of Stirling, on 19th March.

The Scottish Parliament marked a meaningful moment not just for the games sector, but for the wider digital health and wellbeing ecosystem in Scotland.

The finalists of Scotland’s flagship awards celebrating collaboration between business, academia, the public sector and the third sector have been selected by an independent panel of expert judges.

Organisations can apply for a share of £20 million across two competitions. Projects will advance development of pharmaceutical, digital and MedTech tools to improve treatment recovery and prevention of harm and deaths from drug and alcohol addictions.

Digital health and care innovation and sustainability go hand in hand and DHI has established Net Zero as one of our 7 Priority Action Areas as identified in our 10 Year Strategy.

The Health Frontiers–Technology Innovation Centre was officially launched today at Ulster University, Belfast

Explore the latest UNITE Digital Health funding call and Scottish information session, along with two new FREE online courses now available from UNITE Digital Health.

From 3rd to 28th November 2025, applications are open for three transformative programmes designed to support innovation in healthcare.

On World Mental Health Day, we’re celebrating the work of the Digital Mental Health Innovation Cluster and the positive steps being taken to shape the future of mental health care.

The 11th Scottish Knowledge Exchange Awards, Scotland’s flagship celebration of business–academic collaboration, launches today inviting applications from businesses and academics throughout Scotland.

DHI is seeking an enthusiastic and motivated individual to support the development and delivery of SUMIT using design innovation methods which co-develop meaningful digital solutions with stakeholders.

Over the last 10 months, Scotland's four Innovation Centres - The Digital Health & Care Innovation Centre (DHI), Built Environment-Smarter Transformation (BE-ST), Industrial Biotechnology Innovation Centre (IBioIC), and The Data Lab - have been travelling across the country to engage with colleges and collaborative business partners, exploring opportunities for innovation and partnership that can strengthen the local economy and shape the future workforce.

The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office is looking for a supplier to deliver a qualitative study to explore how the UK can strategically leverage India's AI innovation ecosystem strengths to address NHS challenges, and scale trusted innovation for the benefit of the UK health system.

The CySpace Connected Capability Network are hosting a series of in-person regional workshops across the UK between May and September 2025. These workshops are part of a UK-wide mapping exercise of space domain awareness (SDA) and cyber security capabilities.

On Thursday, 28th August, the Digital Health & Care Innovation Centre (DHI) welcomed Scotland Office Minister Kirsty McNeill to the Rural Centre of Excellence (RCE) in Moray — a pioneering hub driving forward next-generation digital health and care solutions.

The Digital Health & Care Innovation Centre (DHI) has teamed up with the Scottish Women’s Football for this year’s DigiInventors Challenge. Fresh from a summer of record-breaking attendances at the Women’s Euro’s and headline-making sponsorship deals, the global innovation challenge aims to maintain the momentum of the women’s game, with the hope that pupils will bring fresh ideas that combine a passion for sport with the power of technology.