18-19 Student Technology Prize for Primary Healthcare (2018-2019)
Department Deadline (for University proposal processing):Â TBD (Last year's deadline 4/14/2017)
External Deadline:Â TBA (Last year's deadline 5/1/2017 (pre-proposals due))
Student Technology Prize for Primary Healthcare (2018-2019) | "This 10th Annual Student Technology Prize in Primary Healthcare is a unique $200,000 competition for engineering students to encourage and support innovative clinically-relevant, primary-care technology concepts. It is administered under the auspices of the Massachusetts General Hospital's "Ambulatory Practice of the Future" (APF) and sponsored by the Gelfand Family Charitable Trust. The top prize is $100,000."Â "This annual national competition is intended to encourage graduate and undergraduate engineering students to direct their creative skills toward the needs of primary care. We seek innovations which have a substantial potential to support improved delivery of this care. These may be technologies, instrumentation, devices, systems, or the like." "Technologies of particular interest are ones that could improve access to medical care, leverage the skills of caregivers, automate routine tasks, increase workflow efficiency, support patients with chronic disease, increase compliance with care protocols, reduce medical error, or augment the physician-patient relationship." "Innovations are sought for use in any setting, not just those of the traditional medical-practice office. The full range of venues of daily living, from home to work and beyond, present attractive opportunities for innovations which could enhance the quality and continuity of primary care." "Students can only submit one application on behalf of their individual or team project. However, there is no limit on the number of applications a university or program can submit." 2017 Awards:Â 1st Prize: $100,000; 2nd Prize: $50,000; 5 Finalists: $5,000 each. See:Â http://www.massgeneral.org/apf/studentprize/ |
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