Funded Fellowships for Innovators in the Health Tech Field at Stanford University 2021
Applicant criteria
- Both
Opportunity criteria
Opportunity description
Stanford University announced the 2021 Stanford Biodesign Innovation Fellowship. The Biodesign Innovation Fellowship is a 10-month experience that equips aspiring innovators with a proven, repeatable process to identify important healthcare needs, invent novel health technologies to address them, and prepare to implement those products into patient care through start-up, corporate channels, or other channels. In addition, the Innovation Fellows become part of the Stanford Biodesign community, which is a life-long, worldwide network of innovators passionate about improving healthcare.
Benefits:
The Stanford Biodesign Innovation Fellowship is a launch pad for initiating, redirecting, or accelerating a career in health technology innovation. Stanford Biodesign graduates apply their talents to:
- Catalyzing innovation inside major health technology companies.
- Building their own health technology start-ups.
- Teaching and/or leading translational research programs for world-class universities.
- Driving innovation initiatives within academic or private medical centers.
- Becoming specialists in design, investing, or other aspects of the health technology innovation ecosystem.
They also become part of the Stanford Biodesign community, which is a life-long, worldwide network of innovators passionate about improving healthcare.
Eligibility:
Individuals with advanced degrees and/or substantial work experience in the engineering, science, computer science, business, product design, law, medical, or nursing fields are encouraged to apply. Fellows will be selected based on their experience, passion, and drive, as well as their potential to become leading innovators in the health tech field. Applicants are welcome from any country.
Stanford looks for individuals with strong leadership, problem solving, creativity, teamwork, and communication skills. And, is seeking candidates who have the ambition to become leaders in health technology innovation.
Fellowship's Place and Duration:
Stanford Biodesign Fellows become members of the Stanford Biodesign team at the James H. Clark Center on the Stanford University campus. Clinical immersion is completed at Stanford Health Care, as well as a variety of other settings across the continuum of care.
The fellowship is a full-time, intensive experience that runs from the beginning of August through early June each year.
Financial Support:
Stanford Biodesign Innovation Fellows receive a monthly stipend and health benefits during their fellowship period.
About Stanford University:
Stanford University, located between San Francisco and San Jose in the heart of California's Silicon Valley, is one of the world's leading teaching and research universities. Since its opening in 1891, Stanford has been dedicated to finding solutions to big challenges and to preparing students for leadership in a complex world.
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