The Healthcare Entrepreneurship Community Challenge solicits proposals for new products or services to address a community healthcare problem facing underserved areas in New York City, Long Island and the Hudson Valley Region.
The Challenge focuses on inspiring entrepreneurs to develop market-based solutions to health problems in underserved communities in downstate New York. A Steering Committee formed of public health experts selects an annual Challenge topic. Entrepreneurs who participate in the Challenge will receive mentorship, participate in a bootcamp and will showcase their innovations and pitch at an annual Regional Symposium.
– Applications are due by 11:55PM EST on March 15, 2019 at www.nyhealthchallenge.com
– The Healthcare Challenge is part of the U.S. Economic Development Administration’s Regional Innovation Strategies i6 Challenge and is hosted by Hofstra University’s Center for Entrepreneurship.
– The signature prize money sponsor is Northwell Health, New York State’s largest healthcare provider and private employer.
– The innovation must address the 2019 topic “Creating Wellness” and solve a healthcare problem facing one or more underserved communities in NYC, Long Island, and the Hudson Valley.
– Entrepreneurs will participate in a Bootcamp, receive mentorship from healthcare experts, and have an opportunity to present at a Regional Symposium and Pitch Competition.
– This year’s competition includes a $5,000 “Community Impact Award” for diverse entrepreneurs who are solving suburban healthcare issues sponsored by the Hofstra University National Center for Suburban Studies.
– Prize money sponsors include Digital Remedy, Ernst & Young, Nixon Peabody, and the NuHealth Foundation.
– In-kind sponsors include Intelligent Product Solutions and the Hofstra ideaHUb.
Full details: https://www.nyhealthchallenge.com/
