About BMEidea, guidelines, and enter
The BMEIdea 2011 competition is open!
More than just a design competition, BMEIdea provides opportunities for 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 of $10,000 (first prize), $2,500 (second prize), and $1,000 (third prize), and product development and commercialization resources and training.
Stipends are available to help you develop your competition submission. Apply today!
Who's eligible?
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.
2011 competition details:
- See eligibility requirements and entry guidelines
- September 7, 2010: 2011 BMEidea competition open
- November 5, 2010: 2011 stipends deadline
- April 1, 2011; Competition deadline
- June 2011: Finalists announced at MD&M trade show in NYC.
