Innovation Programs

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The Entrepreneurial Ecosystem Navigation Tool provides up-to-date information about programs, funding and expert help to support you progress your idea and translate your research. From student initiatives to innovation accelerators, you can explore and apply for programs relevant to your career stage, project status, and research interest.

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Research and student innovation programs

MDHS Innovation and Enterprise Programs

We offer two different Innovation and Enterprise Bootcamp programs, focusing on providing an immersive introduction to healthcare innovation and impact.

MDHS Health Innovation and Enterprise BootcampMDHS Impact Health Catalyst Program
  • Domestic focus
  • Open to current MDHS PhD candidates
  • Interact with students from a diverse range of disciplines from across the Faculty
  • Practice presenting and communicating a health innovation project to an audience
  • International focus
  • Open to current MDHS academic staff and PhD candidates
  • Interact with domestic and international students from diverse disciplines across the Faculty
  • Practice presenting and communicating a health innovation project to a live/online audience
  • Prize AUD 2,000 shared equally between team members
  • Grant funding of up to AUD 50,000
  • 01 Week travel | Melbourne - Malawi

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Leaders Lunch Seminar Series

The monthly Leaders Lunch seminar series aims to bring new and established leaders from across the faculty to learn from inspiring, entrepreneurial and innovative guest speakers from academia, government and industry. The seminars will focus on fostering a culture of innovation and developing an ecosystem that supports the next generation of innovative leaders.

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Other Innovations Programs

  • Australian Clinical Entrepreneur Program

    The Australian Clinical Entrepreneur Program (AUSCEP) aims to up skill clinicians and accelerate innovation by developing the entrepreneurial and innovation mindset of Australia's healthcare professionals to create positive change for the Australian healthcare system.

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  • Innovation Acceleration Program

    The Innovation Acceleration Program is a joint initiative between Western Health and the University of Melbourne established to encourage and support innovation and entrepreneurship between the health care sector and research teams. This exciting opportunity links compelling problems and unmet needs from the health sector with world-class research and commercialisation expertise at the University of Melbourne.

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  • Melbourne Accelerator Program

    MAP was launched in 2012 as the first University-aligned accelerator in Australia. Each year 10 teams are selected to take part in the MAP Accelerator Program, where they receive mentoring from some of Australia’s most brilliant business minds, as well as access to a global network of advisors, channel partners and investors.

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  • Melbourne Bioinnovation Student Initiative

    Based at the University of Melbourne, the MBSI brings together undergraduate, postgraduate and medical students who share an interest in technology and its applications in medicine and the biological sciences. The initiative aims to support students with backgrounds across science, engineering and medicine with opportunities for multidisciplinary collaboration and learning.

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  • Melbourne Connect

    Melbourne Connect is a purpose-built innovation precinct in the heart of the Melbourne Biomedical precinct that brings together world-class researchers, government, industry, SMEs, startups, higher-degree students, artists, and Science Gallery Melbourne.

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  • Melbourne Entrepreneurial Centre

    The Melbourne Entrepreneurial Centre offers a gateway to the entrepreneurial opportunities available within the University of Melbourne for students, alumni and the general public including pitch nights, hackathons, masterclasses, workshops and other programs.

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  • TRAM

    TRAM is a gateway to research entrepreneurship and industry engagement for ambitious researchers. The TRAM suite of programs are designed to quickly develop entrepreneurial thinking within proven frameworks to maximise the real-world impact of research-based projects. TRAM is open to all researchers from the University of Melbourne and the Melbourne Biomedical Precinct.

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  • Social Ventures Exchange

    Many aspects of founding and growing a social venture are the same as those involved in any type of startup company. The University of Melbourne has a comprehensive ecosystem which supports you to take your research idea or discovery out into the world via a startup pathway.

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  • Women Founders Network

    The Women Founders Network is open to those from the University of Melbourne or recent alumni that identify as Women Entrepreneurs and offers an informal community of trusted advisors for testing ideas, seeking solutions and learning from the experiences of successful innovators over regular brunch events.

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Learning and teaching innovation programs

Explore funding and professional development opportunities, teaching innovation programs, and contacts that can support you to deliver innovative learning and teaching experiences for our students by visiting MDHS Education on the staff intranet.

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