2026 JOHNS HOPKINS HEALTHCARE DESIGN COMPETITION

Application Deadline: February 1st, 2026, 11:59 PM EST.

LOCATION: USA

Applications for the 2026 Johns Hopkins Healthcare Design Competition are now open! A competition to celebrate good design in healthcare! Winners show a solid understanding of the need, the people impacted, focused problem-solving, and a great real-world solution.

ELIGIBILITY:

The project is open to any student-led team that has designed a health-related solution. All countries. All academic fields.

The 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

The project must have been started after January 1st, 2024

The 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, master’s, doctoral, and professional degrees (MBA, MD, etc.).

Project teams should comprise more than one full-time student.

Applicants can submit multiple unique projects

If you have any questions regarding your team’s eligibility, please contact Aditya Polsani at apolsan1@jhu.edu or Allyson Chiu at achiu9@jh.edu

Timeline:

February 1 – Submission of two-page proposals

March 10 – Finalists informed

April 12—Final round (virtual event)

BENEFIT:

Award for each track:

1st Prize: $5,000

2nd Prize: $3,000

3rd Prize: $1,000

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