2018 MIME seed fund round, meeting on 19 March

Monash Institute of Medical Engineering (MIME) is preparing to launch its annual seed fund. The 2018 MIME Seed Fund will be launched through a series of affinity meetings with our partner hospitals.

Click on the link below to RSVP to attend the meeting.

Monday, 19 March MIME Monash Health Affinity Meeting 3.30 – 5.30 pm

The 2018 round of the MIME Seed Fund is designed to build on the collaborative framework of MIME established in recent years. There will be up to $500,000 available in the 2018 funding round. Applications may request up to $50,000 per project for medtech collaborative projects involving a MNHS clinician researcher and a Monash engineering or IT researcher. Cardiac themed proposals will be highly regarded and may attract a higher level of funding. Successful applicants of the 2016 MIME Seed Fund round are also invited to apply for top up funding as part of the 2018 round.

The funding will be directed to projects that can achieve a meaningful outcome within 12-18 months, e.g. proof-of-concept data or initial prototype. The seed funding is aimed at progressing a project to the point that the research team is well positioned to then secure external funding from industry or grants to progress the next phase of the R&D.

Like the previous rounds of the MIME Seed Fund, there will be two stages to the application process: an initial call to clinicians to define areas of unmet clinical need, followed by an invitation to all Monash staff to respond with proposed solutions. All Monash staff are eligible to participate in the multidisciplinary ‘solution' teams. Researchers from MIME partner institutions are also invited to participate as members of the collaborative teams.

Important Dates

Date	Item
19 March	MIME Monash Health Affinity Meeting
19 March 2018	Call to clinicians for unmet needs opens
3 April 2018	Call to clinicians for unmet needs closes
9 April 2018	Selected proposals announced on our website
11 April 2018	Call for solutions opens
26 April 2018	Call for solutions closes
4 - 15 June 2018	Panel interviews
1 July 2018	Announcement of successful candidates

For further details regarding the 2018 MIME Seed Fund please visit the MIME Seed Fund webpage https://www.monash.edu/mime/seed 

To RSVP to attend the MIME Monash Affinity Meeting or if you are a clinician researcher wishing to present please complete the attached Google form HERE or contact MIME’s Executive Officer Susan Newland susan.newland@monash.edu