Announcing MICCAI 2026 Open Data Micro-Grants

Wednesday 28th January 2026

We are pleased to announce MICCAI 2026 Open Data Micro-Grants – funded by the MICCAI Society Awards for the Advancement of Health Equity.

These grants support the creation of original, publicly available open datasets in medical imaging and clinical AI, with a focus on health equity, diversity, and under-represented populations.

What they fund

• Data preparation and curation
• Annotations and quality control
• Documentation and public data release

Travel costs are not eligible.

Funding

• 4 × Small grants $650 (US)
• 4 × Large grants  $1,200 (US)

Who can apply

• Researchers from academia, hospitals, or industry
• Individuals or teams
• No geographic or career-stage restrictions

Key requirements

• Public release with an open license
• Original datasets (extensions of public datasets allowed)
• Ethical approval already obtained
• Funding released after paper submission (acceptance not required)
  
  

Applications open now!

Submission guidelines and template here