An influx of cash for the Games for Health community was announced today, providing funds for serious games projects across the US. More than $2 million will be split amongst 12 research teams who aim to identify ways games can be used to increase positive health behaviours and outcomes. From the press release:
This is the first round of grants to be awarded from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation through its Health Games Research national program, based at the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB). Funded studies explore topics ranging from how motion-based games may help stroke patients progress faster in physical therapy to how people in substance abuse treatment can practice skills and behaviors in the virtual world to prevent real-world relapses.
Today's press event was recorded live and you can see streaming audio of the announcement, plus the Q&A with the first funders here.
