Brigham & Women’s Hospital will host its bi-annual Shark Tank in Oct 2019 to fund innovative and high-risk/high-impact projects in the basic, clinical, digital and translational realms through its Health & Technology Innovation Awards (open to ALL research themes) and the new McGraw Family Innovator Awards (open to opioid-related research).

These awards aim to advance projects that have the potential to make an impact in one or more of the following domains – biomedical research, healthcare delivery, the generation of new companies/products/services, cost savings, care quality and provider burnout.

All applications will be evaluated and ranked for funding priority based on a strategic and scientific/innovation review.  Ultimate selection will depend on input from the review committee and recommendations from the BRI Executive Committee (EC).  Please note that the selection process will involve review by both BWH faculty (clinicians/researchers) as well as non-BWH reviewers including donors, venture capitalists, representatives of the biopharma/device industry and other friends of the Brigham. The final selection round will be a ’shark tank’ (live pitch session) featuring the finalists and conducted as a closed-door meeting with the review committee in attendance.

More details here: http://www.bwhresearch.org/internal-2/