Accelerator Programs

Innovation programmes are a guided, accelerator type program aiming to educate student participants about aspects of starting and developing a medical technology business or research project as they work to develop a solution for a real unmet clinical need.

​

Develop a Solution

Innovation programmes create interdisciplinary teams of medical, engineering, business and other science students with each team focused to working on a different problem presented by a clinician expert, researcher or occasionally a corporate partner.  The teams work together to develop a solution over a period of weeks to months and are provided with a series of educational talks focusing on different aspects of medtech business.

​

Pitch to Experts

At the completion of the program, the teams pitch their ideas to an expert panel including but not limited to the clinicans who presented the ideas and intellectual property and business experts where they are given feedback and a winner is chosen.

​

Support after Finishing

Participating teams are also supported after they finish the program being advised about potentially relevant conferences to present their work, funding opportunities or pointed towards other expert support.

​

Program Aims

​

Inspire

Inspire and empower students to participate in Medtech research or business

​

Accelerate

Accelerate and support ideas in medtech business and research

​

Teamwork

Provide a platform to develop participants’ transferable teamwork skills in interdisciplinary teams

​

Educate

Educate students about medtech business and research

​

​

Where?

​

We currently have 7 regional spokes running IP programmes in 2021-22.

​

Leeds

IP Team: Alna Dony, Veylamuthen Murugan, Vonnie Lau

​

Cambridge

IP Team: Will Foster

​

Edinburgh

IP Team: Lewis McColm, Risantini Murugan

​

Leicester

IP Team: James Brosnan

​

Hull York Medical school

IP Team: Alex Dunn-Sale

​

Warwick

IP Team: Thomas Dale MacLaine

​

Manchester

IP Team: Anthony Cheung

​

Are there no Innovation Programmes running in your area? Are you interesting in running one?

Please get in touch with us