Competitions

Great competitions for student innovators!

Biomedical Competitions

NCIIA organizes two annual biomedical engineering competitions for university students. The objectives of these competitions are to identify and recognize innovative, commercially promising medical devices and technologies developed by entrepreneurial student teams.

BMEidea competition

  • Open to all graduate and undergraduate student teams
  • BMEidea competition deadline: Friday, April 6, 2012
  • Learn more and apply

BMEStart competition

  • Open to undergraduate student teams only
  • BMEStart competition deadline: Friday, May 11, 2012
  • Learn more and apply

 

Intel Innovators

NCIIA and Intel are working together to support 18-24-year-old technology innovators and entrepreneurs participating in the new Intel Innovators program. Get involved in Intel Innovators

Intel Innovators is a new platform and a nationwide competition on Facebook to discover, empower and award the next generation of young entrepreneurs with the best game-changing technology ideas up to $100,000 every month.

NCIIA will provide the winners of Intel Innovators with specialized training through a series of one-on-one business strategy development sessions. Through NCIIA’s immersive five-day program, VentureLab, the winning entrepreneurs will learn to identify potential markets for their innovations, and create valuable connections to industry professionals in order to help position them for further investment.

 

The ASME Innovation Showcase (IShow)

The ASME Innovation Showcase (IShow) is a national competition featuring the most innovative technologies in the engineering field at the baccalaureate level. IShow provides the full experience of technology product commercialization, bridging the gap between engineering school practicum and business school theory.