Healthtech programme offers financial, mentor support and real-world experience
Applications have opened for the second DigiBio Healthtech Innovation Programme designed to cultivate the next generation of innovators and entrepreneurs in the rapidly evolving health and wellbeing sectors, has opened for applications.
Hosted and managed by Dundalk Institute of Technology (DkIT) in partnership with core partners RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences, Dublin City University, Trinity College Dublin and Tyndall National Institute, the 10-month full-time postgraduate programme, commences in September 2025.
Among the programme benefits are a grant of €38,000 for participants; guidance from experienced clinical, industry, investment and technology professionals; hands-on training in needs-led innovation, design thinking and entrepreneurship; and up to eight weeks in a healthcare environment identifying real healthcare problems to address
Carl Power, DigiBio Healthtech Innovation Programme Director, said: “By providing aspiring innovators and entrepreneurs with the training, resources and support they need to succeed, this programme will play a vital role in shaping the future of healthcare with impactful solutions.
“We are looking for 12 quality candidates, with five or more years of professional experience, who are looking to get into a start-up or perhaps a career change as an innovation leader. It’s a very hands-on programme where you also get direct access to healthcare environments. At its core, the programme is about learning and applying a specific approach to finding a problem worth solving and building a commercial case to bring it to market.”
DigiBio is supported under the Innovators’ Initiative Programme co-funded by the Government of Ireland and the European Union through the Southern, Eastern & Midland Regional Programme 2021-2027.
Applications close on 2 May.
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