ARE YOU INTERESTED IN ACCESSING A GLOBAL INDUSTRY R&D ENVIRONMENT?

DO YOU SEE YOUR FUTURE CAREER CLOSING THE GAP BETWEEN INDUSTRY, r&d AND HEALTHCARE STAKEHOLDERS?

DO YOU WANT TO WORK IN A MULTIDISCIPLINARY TRANS-EUROPEAN TEAM AND HELP SOLVE REAL HEALTHCARE MARKET CHALLENGES?

DO YOU WANT TO GAIN AN EIT HEALTH DIPLOMA AND TAKE PART IN ITS ALUMNI NETWORK? DO YOU WANT TO MAKE A REAL IMPACT IN HEALTH CARE INNOVATION?

THEN THIS PROGRAM IS FOR YOU!

 Have a quick look at the program and some testimonials:

A Unique Opportunity

StarShip – an EIT Health educational initiative in collaboration with leading European academic and health industrial partners.

Using a blend of different educational approaches – including elements from the Stanford Biodesign methodology – StarShip is a unique opportunity for participants to be involved in needs-driven life science innovation, working together with other innovators in highly skilled multidisciplinary teams, in close collaboration with Europe’s leading health care industry actors and EIT Health partners.

During the part-time, nine-month program, fellows learn to apply a proven and action-based approach to find solutions to challenges, verifying user requirements, and identifying unmet health care needs. In the multidisciplinary teams, fellows will develop responses to critical real time problems, validate them in real health care settings, and produce a solution that will have an impact. Throughout the program, the teams are coached and mentored by the StarShip academic team and designated industry mentors.

StarShip's outcome will be a crucial contribution to relevant market opportunities in collaboration with the industrial partners.

Companies providing challenges for 2020 fellows:

EIT Health and its partners will sponsor each selected participant with:

  • 15,000€ tuition fee

  • 3,000€ travel grant*

* NB: Travel grant covers air/train fare and accommodation expenses only. Participants are eligible for 3,000€ travel grant once 1,000€ has been spent on travel and accommodation which will not be reimbursed. Evidence will need to be provided for all reimbursable (3,000€) and non-reimbursable (1,000€) expenses.

Travel and accommodation costs for up to a maximum of 20 fellows (exact number tbd) coming from Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia or Slovenia can be fully reimbursed (up to 4.000 € per person) from the EIT Health Regional Innovation Scheme fund.

Why participate?

The  Starship program is for you if you want to:

  • Start an entrepreneurial venture in the health technology space

  • Solve real, concrete, health care market challenges

  • Learn about needs-driven innovation methodologies and solution design

  • Travel Europe with your team and your class

  • Learn about the keys to successful innovation and entrepreneurship from Europe’s leading academic institutions

  • Establish business connections and networking with key healthcare companies looking for talent

  • Develop new solutions in a multidisciplinary group environment

Read the testimonials of StarShip alumni from the previous years.

Who can participate? 

A StarShip future participant must:

  • have a strong interest in the health sector with a background in one or more of the following areas:

    • Medicine

    • Life science

    • Engineering (biomedical, mechanical, or other)

    • Economics or business management

    • Public policy

    • Design

  • hold a Bachelor’s Master’s or PhD degree in one of the above mentioned fields.

  • be fluent in English, both written and spoken.

  • be able to dedicate the equivalent of 9 weeks of full-time work, including some fixed one-week education modules, one or two days visits to companies (potentially), and some dedicated time for on-line teleconferences and teamwork – during the course of the program;

  • have a strong desire to be a change maker in the healthcare innovation space;

Participants are eligible from the following countries: Belgium, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Israel, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom.

how to participate?

  • Send your CV and a letter of motivation to starship@uc.pt by 31st January 2020, 23h59min CET. A reference letter is not required in the first application phase but it will be requested if the applicant is shortlisted in this selection phase.

  • Participants will be assessed according their CV, motivation letter, area of expertise and English fluency in the first selection phase.

  • In the final selection phase, candidates will be assessed based on letter of recommendation and an individual online interview with a Starship alum.

  • Final selection of participants is expected to be announced by March 2nd.

Other Considerations

  • Dedication of the equivalent of 9 weeks of full time work over the year, including 4 fixed one-week training modules, one or two days visits to companies (to be agreed upon) and dedicated time for on-line teleconferences and teamwork;

  • Planned education modules:

    • Introduction seminar (2h online): March 9th 2020

    • Needs-led Innovation Fundamentals seminar (2h online): March 26th 2020

    • 1st workshop module on April  20th-24th 2020 (Stockholm, Sweden)

    • 2nd workshop module on June 15th-19th 2020 (Barcelona, Spain)

    • 3rd workshop on September 21st-25th  2020 (Coimbra, Portugal)

    • 4th workshop and Hackathon November 13th-17th 2020 (Stockholm, Sweden)

  • The Academic partners will form multidisciplinary teams to work on company challenges;

  • An EIT Health diploma is delivered at the end of the program to fellows who have actively participated in teamwork and on-site workshops (a team peer assessment will be conducted).

Application deadline for 2020 is 9th february, 23h59min CET

In case of questions please contact: starship@uc.pt

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