Competitions
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Great competitions for student innovators!
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.
- Open to all graduate and undergraduate student teams
- BMEidea competition deadline: Friday, April 6, 2012
- Learn more and apply
- 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.
NCIIA Events
TEDxWakeForest
February 25, 2012
Wake Forest University
Winston-Salem, NC
TEC: Idea2Venture
March 2, 2012
UCLA
Los Angeles, CA
I2V Washington State
March 29, 2012
Washington State University
Pullman, WA
IdeaLab: The Sustainable University
March 30-Apr 1, Apr 20-22, 2012
University of Massachusetts
Amherst, MA
BME VentureLab
June 25-29, 2012
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, CA
VentureLab Wisconsin
August 13-17, 2012
University of Wisconsin
Madison, WI
Sustainable Vision VentureLab
August 23-27, 2012
Cambridge, MA




