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EXCLUSIVE TO CLINICIANS & INVESTIGATORS MEMBERS

2026 GLOBAL CLINICAL COLLABORATION CALL

Turn clinical images into a rigorous AI research collaboration.

Contribute an authorized image collection and clinical expertise. Build a research pathway with microscopIA: a defined question, supervised annotation, model development and scientific evaluation.

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Explore the 20 research tracks ↓
A research pathway, agreed together

  1. Clinical collection

    Authorized images and clinical context

  2. Reference labels

    Supervised annotation and quality review

  3. Research model

    Development and scientific evaluation

Illustrative workflow · research objectives, not a deployed clinical product.

research tracks
20
images per clinician
More than 200

Research, not a diagnostic product

Rights agreed first
Scientific scope, data permissions and commercial participation are documented before transfer.

The collaboration at a glance

A shared project. Clear contributions.

The protocol and signed agreements define the final scope. This is how the collaboration is organized.

You contribute
An eligible image collection, institutional permissions and clinical guidance for labeling and interpretation.
microscopIA coordinates
Research planning, an assigned student team, technical development and manuscript coordination within the accepted scope.
Agreed together
The research question, reference standard, validation plan, responsibilities, timeline and permitted data uses.

YOUR ROUTE INTO THIS CALL

Choose your route to collaborate.

Both new and existing applicants need an active Clinicians & Investigators membership. Students & Young Professionals membership does not qualify for this call.

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Activation steps and plan details
  1. Review the call requirements and your ability to contribute.
  2. Review the professional plan, recurring cost and eligibility.
  3. Activate Clinicians & Investigators on the microscopIA plan list, then return here to apply.

A separate Colombian rate and its conditions are shown on the professional membership page.

Opens the plan list in a new tab. Choose Clinicians & Investigators; creating an account alone does not activate membership.

Membership does not authorize image sharing. Scientific approval, institutional permissions and signed data and commercial agreements remain separate requirements.

Ask about fit before joining →

A nonconfidential question, not a formal application. Do not attach images, records or patient information.

Activation and application are separate. Neither reserves a place or guarantees selection, authorship or publication.

RESEARCH CALLS · CLINICIANS & INVESTIGATORS

Prepare your next step

A private preparation guide, not scientific approval. Answers stay in this page session; no patient information is requested or submitted.

You bring

An organized collection of authorized images, reliable labels and clinical supervision.

Prepare your next step

A collaboration for clinicians with data and expertise.

You contribute the clinical knowledge that makes an image collection useful for research. We agree the scientific scope, responsibilities and data pathway before work begins.

An eligible collection

More than 200 relevant images, subject to quality and project review. Digitized specimens and images are welcome; physical biological samples are not requested.

Permission to collaborate

Institutional authorization and an appropriate ethical and legal basis for research, training and possible commercial use. Possessing images does not establish permission to share them.

Time to guide a team

Help an assigned group of students recognize patterns and label images. Review annotations and resolve disagreements under the agreed protocol.

FIND YOUR RESEARCH AREA

20 opportunities to contribute clinical expertise.

Choose the track closest to your collection. Project titles describe research objectives, not approved diagnostic products or guaranteed results.

20 research tracks shown

Retinal imaging

03
  1. 01

    Ophthalmology

    Retinopathy of Prematurity Detection and Staging

  2. 03

    Ophthalmology

    Diabetic Retinopathy Detection and Grading

  3. 04

    Ophthalmology

    Glaucoma Detection from Retinal Images

Microscopy and pathology

08
  1. 02

    Parasitology

    Malaria Parasite Detection and Species Classification

  2. 05

    Dermatology / Parasitology

    Cutaneous Leishmaniasis Detection

  3. 06

    Parasitology

    Intestinal Parasite Detection and Classification

  4. 07

    Microbiology

    Tuberculosis Detection in Sputum Microscopy

  5. 08

    Hematology

    Automated Peripheral Blood Cell Classification

  6. 09

    Hematology

    Leukemia Detection from Peripheral Blood Smears

  7. 10

    Cytopathology

    Cervical Cytology Abnormality Detection

  8. 11

    Pathology

    Breast Cancer Histopathology Analysis

Clinical photography and dermoscopy

03
  1. 12

    Dermatology

    Skin Cancer Detection from Dermoscopic Images

  2. 13

    Wound Care

    Diabetic Foot Ulcer Detection and Assessment

  3. 19

    Oral Medicine

    Oral Cancer Screening from Clinical Photographs

Radiography and ultrasound

05
  1. 14

    Radiology / Pulmonology

    Pulmonary Tuberculosis Screening from Chest Radiographs

  2. 15

    Pediatrics / Radiology

    Pediatric Pneumonia Detection from Chest Radiographs

  3. 16

    Radiology

    Breast Lesion Detection from Ultrasound Images

  4. 17

    Obstetrics

    Fetal Ultrasound Image Segmentation and Biometric Measurements

  5. 18

    Dentistry

    Dental Caries Detection from Radiographs

Electrocardiography

01
  1. 20

    Cardiology

    Electrocardiogram Arrhythmia Detection and Classification

FROM FIRST CONTACT TO COLLABORATION

A clear path from collection to research.

  1. Describe your collection

    Use the member application with your specialty, institution, image count, modality and permissions status. No images at this stage.

  2. Review the scientific fit

    Discuss image quality, labeling expertise, reference standards and the feasibility of the research track.

  3. Agree rights and responsibilities

    Sign the confidentiality, research, data, responsible-use and commercial-participation agreements. Resolve institutional and ethics requirements.

  4. Transfer securely and train the team

    After approval, deliver the eligible collection according to the agreed schedule. Guide students in pattern recognition and review their annotations.

If permissions are not ready, do not transfer data simply to meet the deadline.

SCIENTIFIC CONTRIBUTION · SHARED VALUE

Recognition with responsibilities defined from the start.

Contribute to the resulting manuscripts

Collaborating clinicians can qualify for authorship through substantial contributions, drafting or critical revision, final approval and accountability. Contributions and author order are documented; supplying images alone does not guarantee authorship.

Guide the next generation

An assigned student group learns clinical pattern recognition, image labeling and data preparation under your supervision. Students do not make independent clinical decisions.

Define the calculation before transferring data

The signed agreement establishes the receipts and agreed deductions, allocation among clinicians, covered products and licences, duration, payments, reporting, accounting verification, taxes, termination and institutional rights.

Read the collaboration safeguards

These requirements apply before data transfer and throughout the project.

Authorized, secure data

Depending on the track, images may include digitized specimens, microscopy, radiographs, ultrasound, clinical photographs or ECGs. Do not send physical biological specimens. Remove identifiers from pixels, filenames, DICOM/EXIF metadata, dates, labels, faces and other identifying features. Coding is not anonymization. Do not transfer re-identification keys.

Possession does not establish ownership or permission. Institutional authorization and an ethical and legal basis for research, training and potential commercial use are required. We agree a secure transfer route and verify de-identification before admitting data. Do not attach images to the initial email.

Clinicians who train teams

An assigned student group will work with each accepted clinician to learn pattern recognition, image labeling and data preparation. The clinician supervises labeling criteria, annotations and disagreements; students do not make independent clinical decisions.

The protocol defines reference standards, quality, duplicate cases, patient-level separation of training and evaluation, diversity, bias assessment and validation. Data acceptance depends on these requirements and project feasibility.

Authorship through contribution

Clinicians participate as scientific collaborators with an opportunity for authorship in resulting manuscripts when they meet contribution and editorial responsibilities: substantial contribution, drafting or critical revision, final approval and accountability. Images alone do not guarantee authorship. Contributions and author order will be documented transparently.

A shared 30% commercial participation

microscopIA offers a collective 30% economic participation in commercial exploitation of the relevant AI, distributed among clinicians contributing data to that project. It is not 30% per clinician, company equity or a guaranteed return.

Before data transfer, the agreement must define the calculation base (receipts and expressly agreed deductions), allocation among clinicians, covered products and licences, term, payments, reports, accounting verification, taxes, termination and institutional rights. No definition of net proceeds or unilateral deductions is presumed. Without a signed agreement, data transfer and the project do not begin.

Prepare your proposal

Tell us what your collection could make possible.

Prepare a short, non-confidential description. You do not need to send images to express interest.

Clinicians & Investigators · microscopIA Network

Apply with your clinical image collection.

For active Clinicians & Investigators members. Use your membership account email. You do not need another subscription.

Before opening the application

  • Your clinical role, institution and country
  • Image modality, approximate count and availability to supervise annotation
  • Permission status — no patient records, images or identifiers

The team reviews membership and scientific fit, then confirms the scope and permissions in writing before work starts.

Submit my image collaboration proposal ↗

This link does not verify paid membership. Applying does not guarantee acceptance, authorship or publication. An initial proposal is not permission to transfer clinical material.

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