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JOHNS HOPKINS HEALTHCARE DESIGN COMPETITION

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Application Deadline: February 12, 2024, 11:59 PM EST

LOCATION: USA

The 2024 John Hopkins Healthcare Design competition is open to any student-led team that has designed a health related solutions. All countries, all academic field are encouraged to apply.

ELIGIBILITY:

Project must be focused on a healthcare application in either of the 4 tracks: Competition Tracks:

Designs of Solutions for Advanced Health Systems

Global Health/ Humanitarian Design

Healthcare Apps/ Digital Health

Post-Surgical Infection Management

Designs of Solutions for Advanced Health Systems

Global Health/ Humanitarian Design

Healthcare Apps/ Digital Health

Post-Surgical Infection Management

Project must have been started after January 1st, 2022

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.

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 Kunal Parikh at ksp@jhu.edu.

BENEFIT:

For each track:

1st Prize: $5,000

2nd Prize: $3,000

3rd Prize: $1,000

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ZAYED SUSTAINABILITY PRIZE (UP TO US $5.9 MILLION)

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Application Deadline: 23 June 2024 5:00PM EST.

LOCATION: United Arab Emirates

The Zayed Sustainability Prize awards 6 categories to the Global High Schools. Category recognises high schools or secondary schools, from six global geographic regions that propose innovative, impactful and inspirational sustainability projects in the areas of health, food, energy and/or water. The proposed project could be in one area (e.g. water) or a combination of areas (e.g. health, food, energy, water and climate action).
The Prize is intended to encourage students to develop and implement their sustainability ideas and is not aimed at administrative projects or educational reforms at the schoo

ELIGIBILITY:

To be eligible for this category, the nominated organisation must be a small or medium-sized enterprise (SME) or a non-profit organisation (NPO) for the 6 categories stated above.

Organisations must also demonstrate a clear vision and long-term plan to further deploy their solution and scale up their impact, as well as inspiring others to follow suit by advancing sustainable and human
development.

The application must be submitted by the students and supported by the school management. The projects must:

demonstrate how they meet the three criteria: impact, innovation, and inspiration, as explained in the Evaluation Criteria section of this page;

be able to be implemented and operational within one to two years; and

benefit the school community and/or their local/regional community for several years. One school will win up to US $150,000 in each of the following six global regions: The Americas, Sub-Saharan Africa, Middle East & North Africa, Europe & Central Asia, South Asia and East Asia & Pacific. For the rest of the eligibility criteria, you are recommended to download the Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) document that serves as a guideline for new entrants.

BENEFIT:

The total prize fund is US $5.9 million, distributed as follows:

Health US $1,000,000

Food US $1,000,000

Energy US $1,000,000

Water US $1,000,000

Climate Action US $1,000,000

Global High Schools:  US $900,000

Divided amongst six schools; awarding each up to US $150,000:

Regions: The Americas Europe & Central Asia Middle East& North Africa Sub-Saharan Africa South Asia East Asia & Pacific

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