NOURISH Digital Health Challenge - Submission Form

The narrative proposal should describe the prototype, its scientific rationale, intended users, and potential impact. Participants are advised to organize the narrative to address the following five areas:

1. Understanding of the Problem, Scientific Rationale, and Scope of the Solution
Describe the unmet need your prototype is intended to address and explain how it will support people living with or at risk for autoimmune disease. Please include:
-A clear description of the problem or gap the prototype is designed to address
-How the prototype enables users to track and monitor dietary or nutritional interventions alongside both disease-specific and general symptoms
-Which autoimmune disease outcomes and/or immune system measures will be tracked
-The scientific rationale for selecting these outcomes or measures
-Whether the prototype incorporates validated, evidence-based metrics, such as standardized disease activity indices, biomarkers, or other established measures
-A summary of the prior research or evidence supporting the measures included in the prototype

2. Engagement
Describe how interdisciplinary expertise and end-user perspectives informed the design and development of the prototype.
Please include:
-The roles of team members and their relevant expertise, if applicable
-How people living with autoimmune disease, patient advocacy organizations, scientists, clinicians, caregivers, and/or other relevant constituents were engaged
-How end-user needs, preferences, and lived experience informed the prototype’s design, usability, and intended application
-Any co-design, advisory input, interviews, focus groups, or testing activities conducted during development

3. Potential Impact
Describe the anticipated impact of the prototype on people living with autoimmune disease and the broader autoimmune disease community.
Please include:
-How the prototype could improve health monitoring, self-management, research participation, and/or quality of life
-Why the proposed solution is practical and meaningful for intended users
-The strategy for implementation and real-world use
-Whether beta testing, pilot testing, or other user testing has been conducted
-If testing has occurred, what was learned and how those findings were used to refine the prototype
-The potential for the prototype to achieve sustained use and meaningful benefit over time

4. Feasibility
Describe the readiness of the prototype for continued development and broader use in autoimmune disease research and care settings.
Please include:
-The current stage of development
-A realistic plan for advancing the prototype beyond its current form
-Plans for further technical development, validation, deployment, and maintenance
-How the prototype could be integrated into research studies, care workflows, or patient self-management
-Whether the approach is adaptable across multiple autoimmune diseases, patient populations, and settings
-Considerations related to interoperability, privacy and data security, accessibility and usability, and long-term sustainability and scalability

5. Innovation
Describe what is new, distinctive, or meaningfully improved about the prototype.
Please include:
-How the prototype differs from existing digital health tools or approaches
-What makes the concept novel, creative, or forward-looking
-How the prototype advances the study of diet, nutrition, and autoimmune disease
-Whether it generates actionable insights, improves data collection or interpretation, or supports more personalized monitoring and self-management
-Its potential applicability across a broad range of autoimmune diseases and populations
-Its potential relevance for future research, clinical practice, or patient-centered care

Participants must also submit a 3–5-minute video demonstration of the prototype. The video should visually and clearly demonstrate the proposed digital health tool and should complement the written narrative. The video should address the same core areas outlined above, with a particular focus on how the prototype functions in practice. The video does not need to be highly produced, but it should be clear, legible, and easy for reviewers to follow.

The video should include:
-Name of the Participant (whether an individual, team, or entity) and the title or name of the proposed digital health application.
-A brief overview of the problem being addressed
-A demonstration of the prototype’s key features and user workflow

Examples of how users would track:
-diet or nutrition
-disease-specific symptoms
-general symptoms or health measures
-autoimmune disease outcomes and/or immune-related measures, if applicable
-A description of the intended users and use case(s)
-A concise explanation of what makes the prototype impactful, feasible, and innovative