Johns Hopkins Healthcare Design Competition is 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

Benefits

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

Requirements

  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

Selection Process

Timeline:

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

Method of Application

Click Here to Apply

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

For More Information,

Visit the Official Webpage

Application Deadline: February 12, 2024.