Opportunity

Sponsored by: MIT linQ

  • Do you want to break out of the constraints of traditional research paradigms and programs? 
  • Can you devote one day per week (funded) to participate in a new approach to biomedical research? 
  • An approach that has high potential to yield projects that will have clear impact on medical science, scientists, clinicians and patients?

MIT linQ is recruiting medtech innovators for the Catalyst Program. Catalyst, a pioneering program for postdoctoral researchers and practicing professionals in engineering, science and medicine, offers cross-disciplinary collaboration for research-derived biomedical innovation.

As a Catalyst Fellow, you will meet weekly as a group with other Catalyst Fellows — Boston-area researchers and practicing professionals in areas relevant to healthcare — to identify and develop a new biomedical research project.

In collaboration with other Fellows, and guided by a multidisciplinary faculty team from academia, medicine and industry, you will:

  • identify compelling unmet medical needs, unconstrained by the limitations of a single lab or research organization;
  • devise a set of possible new solutions;
  • meet with stakeholders — those who might ultimately utilize the outcome of the research — to ensure that the solutions are practical and appropriate;
  • narrow down to the most promising, and do a proof of concept; and
  • explore further funding opportunities for those projects found to have greatest potential for impact.

Details

  • Eligibility: Post-graduate researcher or practicing professional in engineering, science and medicine in the Boston area
  • Commitment: About one day per week for six months
  • Program start: Fall 2018
  • Application deadline: August 31, 2018

For more information and to apply, visit the Catalyst Program website