Johns Hopkins Healthcare Design Competition 2024 for student-led teams

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

Applications are now open for the 2024  Johns Hopkins Healthcare Design Competition. Open to any student-led team that has designed a health-related solution. All countries. All academic fields. A competition to celebrate good design in healthcare! Winners show a solid understanding of the need; the people impacted, focused problem-solving, and a great real-world solution!

Competition Tracks:

• Designs of Solutions for Advanced Health Systems
• Global Health/ Humanitarian Design
• Healthcare Apps/ Digital Health
• Post-Surgical Infection Management

Eligibility

1. Project must be focused on a healthcare application in either of the 4 tracks
   • Designs of Solutions for Advanced Health Systems
   • Global Health/ Humanitarian Design
   • Healthcare Apps/ Digital Health
   • Post-Surgical Infection Management
2. Project must have been started after January 1st, 2022
3. 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.
4. Applicants can submit multiple unique projects

Format

The Design Brief must be no more than 2 pages in length including figures. References can be listed as a separate page.

• Use an Arial, Helvetica, Palatino Linotype, or Georgia typeface, a black font color, and a font size of 11 points or larger. (A Symbol font may be used to insert Greek letters or special characters; the font size requirement still applies.)
• Type density, including characters and spaces, must be no more than 15 characters per inch. Type may be no more than six lines per inch. Use standard paper size (8 ½” x 11). Use at least one-half inch margins (top, bottom, left, and right) for all pages. No information should appear in the margins.
• Figures, plots, and/or photos are highly recommended but are counted towards the page limit.
• References can be included in a separate page and are not part of the two-page requirement

Timeline:

• February 12 – Submission of two-page proposals
• March 18 – Finalists informed
• April 13 – Final round (virtual event)

For More Information:

Visit the Official Webpage of the Johns Hopkins Healthcare Design Competition