Johns Hopkins Healthcare Design Competition 2025

Applications are now open for the Johns Hopkins Healthcare Design Competition 2025 for Student-led Teams

The 2025 Johns Hopkins Healthcare Design Competition is now accepting applications! This global competition invites student-led teams from all academic fields who have developed innovative health-related solutions. Open to participants from all countries, it celebrates excellence in health Care design.

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Awards and Prizes

Prizes are awarded for each track as follows:

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

Eligibility Criteria

To participate, projects must meet the following requirements:

• Healthcare Focus: Projects must address one of the following four tracks:
  • Designs of Solutions for Advanced Health Systems
  • Global Health/ Humanitarian Design
  • Healthcare Apps/ Digital Health
  • Post-Surgical Infection Management
• Project Start Date: Projects must have begun after January 1, 2023.
• Student-Led Teams: Projects must be driven by full-time students. Eligible participants include undergraduate, master’s, doctoral, and professional degree students (e.g., MBA, MD).
• Team Size: Teams must consist of more than one full-time student.

Ineligible Entries

• • Postdoc research projects.
  • Projects funded with more than $100,000.
  • Projects run by faculty members or startup companies.

NOTE: Applicants can submit multiple unique projects for consideration.

Competition

Participants can submit entries under the following categories:

1. Designs of Solutions for Advanced Health Systems
2. Global Health/ Humanitarian Design
3. Healthcare Apps/ Digital Health
4. Post-Surgical Infection Management

Brief Requirements

Participants must submit a two-page executive summary that outlines their design project. The brief should target medtech engineers and designers and must include the following sections:

1. Problem Description (25%)
   • Define the healthcare issue being addressed.
   • Provide clinical background and explain the need for a better solution.
2. Solution Concept(s) (25%)
   • Describe the proposed solution.
   • Highlight the design rationale and how it addresses stakeholders’ needs.
3. Reduction to Practice (25%)
   • Present proof-of-concept data, experimental results, and/or prototype renderings or photos.
4. Pathway to Implementation (25%)

• • Outline the steps required to develop the solution into a real-world impact.

Competition Timeline

• January 19, 2025: Deadline for proposal submissions.
• March 10, 2025: Finalists announced.
• April 12, 2025: Final round (held virtually).

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