Kidney X Sustainability Prize - up to $7.25 million prizes for innovations to reduce water and power use in dialysis

KidneyX Sustainability Prize - KidneyX

The Opportunity

The sustainability challenges in the treatment of kidney diseases present an opportunity for innovation and collaboration in treatment across the dialysis ecosystem. KidneyX, a public-private partnership between HHS and the American Society of Nephrology to accelerate innovation in the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of kidney diseases, recognizes the urgency of addressing these challenges. While long-term therapies like artificial kidneys and regenerative cell therapies hold promise for the future, the hundreds of thousands of American people living with kidney failure today urgently need solutions that address the kidney care system’s vulnerability in the short term.

The KidneyX Sustainability Prize seeks innovations to reduce water or power usage during dialysis care. This challenge aims to seize opportunities for sustainability by identifying and supporting solutions to reduce the resource demands of maintenance dialysis. The KidneyX Sustainability Prize anticipates that those solutions will help drive meaningful change in the sustainability of kidney care.

The prize invites proposals from a diverse community of innovators — including patients, healthcare providers, engineers, and entrepreneurs. Solutions may involve technological or process approaches, and all disciplines and sectors are encouraged to develop KidneyX solutions that reduce water or power usage during dialysis and promote equitable access to care.