Biomedical Life Sciences Innovation Competition

                                                 

The goal of the competition is to stimulate the creation of innovative, bold ideas that aim to solve important problems facing humanity.

Hosted By:

UNC Eshelman Institute for Innovation

UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy

American Association of Blacks in Higher Education


Prize:

First Place: $1500

Second Place: $1000

Third Place: $ 750

Top Ten Submissions: 1 Night Hotel Stay

Submission and Award Guidelines:

· Open to all professional students, graduate students, or graduates from a US school of higher learning.

· Innovative idea must be from you or a team where you have contributed significantly.

· The idea does not have to be in development or in production but should be an idea that applies Science, Technology, Engineering or Math to solving the problem.

· Application must follow the format outlined below and should not exceed the two pages.

· Applications must be submitted by 3:00 am EST March 1, 2017.

· The top 10 applications will be invited to pitch their idea to a panel of judges at the upcoming AABHE meeting in Raleigh, NC.

· Ideas invited for the pitch must be present in person at the meeting to pitch the idea.

· Cash prizes will be awarded to the top 3 submissions. Travel stipends to support one night hotel stay will be provided to the top 10 submissions.