Last modified: December 15, 2009, 11:48AM
Description[edit]
About BMEidea
The BMEidea competition was launched in 2004 by the NCIIA, in collaboration with Stanford University Biodesign and the Whitaker Foundation. The competition provides opportunities for extracurricular, team-based educational experiences in design, innovation, and entrepreneurship.
Teams of students working with faculty and industry mentors submit entries that are evaluated by judges drawn from academia and industry. Winning entries must solve a clinical problem; meet technical, economic, legal, and regulatory requirements; feature novel and practical designs; and show potential for commercialization. Submissions are judged on technical feasibility, clinical utility, economic feasibility and market potential, novelty and patentability, potential for commercialization and benefit to quality of life and care.
Prizes include cash awards in the amount of $10,000 (first prize), $2,500 (second prize), and $1,000 (third prize), and product development and commercialization resources and training.
Eligibility[edit]
The competition is open to all graduate and undergraduate student teams at colleges and universities. Each team must include at least one engineering student. There is a limit of one entry per department within academic institution. Inter-institutional collaborations are also encouraged; we require a faculty advisor from each institution. Competition registration and materials submission takes place online VIA NCIIA competition tools.