Opportunity Details
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Opportunity ID 225375
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No. of Opportunity 12
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Fields of study Health
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Opportunity Type : Partially Funded
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Gender MaleFemale
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Language of Instruction English
Opportunity Description
Apply to the 2024 Johns Hopkins Healthcare Design Competition and win up to $5000 cash prize. This competition is an annual program that invites innovative proposals focused on healthcare applications. This competition provides a platform for full-time students worldwide to showcase their projects in four distinct tracks, addressing critical challenges in the following four categories:
- Advanced health systems
- Global health/humanitarian design
- Healthcare apps/digital health
- Post-surgical infection management
The competition aims to foster creativity and problem-solving in healthcare design.
Key Details and Dates
Application Deadline: February 12, 2024 (11:59 pm EST)
Result Announcement Dates:
- Finalists informed by March 18, 2024
- Final round (virtual event) on April 13, 2024
Funding Type: Cash Prize
Organizer: Johns Hopkins University
Eligible Countries: All
Eligible Gender: Male/Female
Target Group: Full-time students pursuing undergraduate, master’s, doctoral, or professional degrees (MBA, MD, etc.)
Focus Area: Healthcare design solutions
Number of Opportunity: 12 winners across four tracks
Host Country: United States
Prizes and Financial Terms
The total Prize for this annual competition is $36,000, which is divided into four tracks with 12 winners in total:
- 1st Prize: $5000
- 2nd Prize: $3000
- 3rd Prize: $1000
Eligibilities for the Johns Hopkins Healthcare Design Competition
Before entering the competition, please read these criteria carefully:
- The project must focus on a healthcare application in one of the four above tracks.
- Project initiation should be after January 1, 2022.
- Full-time students must lead projects; postdoc research projects are ineligible.
- Projects that have used significant funding (or less than $100K) are not eligible for this competition.
- Projects not run by full-time students, such as those by startups or faculty, are ineligible.
- Eligible students include those pursuing undergraduate, master’s, doctoral, and professional degrees.
- Project teams should consist of more than one full-time student.
- Applicants can submit multiple unique projects.
Required Documents
A two-page Design Brief, including figures, should follow these requirements:
- A brief layout recommended for an audience of medtech engineers and designers
- Arial, Helvetica, Palatino Linotype, or Georgia typeface with 11 points or larger font size
- Type density should not exceed 15 characters per inch.
- Figures, plots, or photos are encouraged but counted towards the page limit.
- References may be listed on a separate page.
Note: Design Brief guidelines and additional information are available on the official website.
Selection Process
The Design Brief will be evaluated based on four criteria:
- Problem description (25%)
- Solution concept(s) (25%)
- Reduction to practice (25%)
- Pathway to implementation (25%)
Application Process of the Johns Hopkins Healthcare Design Competition
Enter the official link below to apply for the Johns Hopkins Healthcare Design Competition.
Apply Now
- For questions on eligibility, contact Aditya Polsani at apolsan1@jhu.edu or Kunal Parikh at ksp@jhu.edu.
- For general inquiries, email cbid@jhu.edu, apolsan1@jhu.edu, or ksp@jhu.edu
- Do you still have any questions? Visit the official website of Johns Hopkins University.
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