Research partners, not vendors
You have a clinical question worth answering but no funding yet. We'll help you develop the study, build the documentation, collect initial data, and position you for successful grant applications.
We do this because early-stage data collection is where interesting research happens, and because we believe good ideas shouldn't wait for funding to get started.
Already have funding? See our £5,000 subscription option
How it works:
- 1You bring a research question
- 2We develop the protocol and documentation together
- 3You recruit through our platform and collect data from families
- 4We support you through to analysis and publication
- 5For successful grant applications, we include a budget line for Elixir's ongoing platform costs and expert ML/clinical support, typically capped at 30% of the non-salary award
Data ownership:
Data you collect from medical records: yours
Data families share directly through our platform: we retain database rights, with full access for your research
This matters because parent-provided data (images, audio, questionnaire responses) is how we build better diagnostic tools. We're transparent about this from the start.
Our current collaborations:
- Hearing screening in early childhood
- Stool image analysis for cholestasis
- Cough classification in chronic respiratory symptoms
We're particularly interested in studies where AI might improve paediatric diagnosis, but we collaborate across many areas.