Johns Hopkins Healthcare Design Competition 2025 for student-led teams (Up to $5,000)

Johns Hopkins Healthcare Design Competition. Open to any student-led team that has designed a health-related solution. All countries. All academic fields. A competition to celebrate good design in healthcare!

Eligibility Criteria

1. Project must be focused on a healthcare application in either of the 4 tracks
   • Designs of Solutions for Advanced Health Systems
   • Global Health/ Humanitarian Design
   • Healthcare Apps/ Digital Health
   • Post-Surgical Infection Management
2. Project must have been started after January 1st, 2023
3. Project must be driven by full-time students
   • Postdoc research projects are ineligible.
   • Projects that have utilized significant funding (>$100K) are ineligible.
   • Projects that are not run by full-time students are ineligible. For example, projects run by startup companies or faculty are ineligible.
   • Eligible full-time students include those working towards undergraduate, masters, doctoral, and professional degrees (MBA, MD, etc.).
   • Project teams should comprise of more than one full-time student.
4. Applicants can submit multiple unique projects

Competition Tracks:

• Designs of Solutions for Advanced Health Systems
• Global Health/ Humanitarian Design
• Healthcare Apps/ Digital Health

Prizes for Winners

• 1st Prize: $5,000
• 2nd Prize: $3,000
• 3rd Prize: $1,000

Design Briefs

Design Briefs will be evaluated by following four criteria. We recommend the design brief is laid out in sections devoted to each criteria.

1. Problem description (25%)
   • Define the problem you are addressing, the clinical/healthcare background, and why there is a need for a better solution.
2. Solution concept(s) (25%)
   • Present your proposed solution with your design rationale and explain how it meets the needs of the stakeholders involved in your clinical/healthcare problem.
3. Reduction to practice (25%)
   • Describe the proof-of-concept experimental results you have completed and/or renderings and photos of your prototype(s).
4. Pathway to implementation (25%)
   • Describe the pathway that lies ahead for your project towards creating an impactful solution.

Application Timeline and Submissions

Timeline:

• January 19 – Submission of two-page proposals
• March 10 – Finalists informed
• April 12 – Final round (virtual event)

Deadline: January 19, 2025

Click HERE to Apply

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