Health Future Challenge

• Biotechnology

• Digital Health

• Medical Device

Develop a solution to solve the problems faced by Pine Care Group (松齡護老集團) and win the opportunity to conduct proof-of-concept testing at their senior care facility.

Problem Statement from Pine Care Group

Who?

Individuals or teams with interest in health-tech-related business ideas to form multi-disciplinary teams* during Ideation Gala

*consisting of one PolyU/ HKCC/ SPEED current student (both undergraduates and postgraduates) or researcher as Person-in-charge (team size: max. 5)

How? | Application Deadline: 21 Jul, 1PM

Submit your application in online application form individually. 

Note: For Research Team from FHSS, ABCT and BME, please complete and submit the application form to cs-karina.chan@polyu.edu.hk

• 20% Innovation and Industry Disruption 

• 20% Relevancy and Uniqueness

• 20% Feasibility and Commercial Viability

• 20% Team Background and Strength

• 20% Impact on Society and Solution Effectiveness

  
  
   

1. Knowledge Transfer and Entrepreneurship Office (KTEO) is the administrative unit (the "Unit") of the Health Future Challenge (the "Challenge"). It is responsible for all application, screening, shortlisting, assessment, awarding and follow-up processes.

2. Online applications must be completed on or before the application deadline. No application submitted after the deadline will be entertained.

3. Assessment Panels (the "Panels") will be designated to conduct the assessments in different phases when necessary. The decisions from the Panels shall be final and no appeal will be entertained. No communication will be entered into between the applicants and the Unit or the Panel members in relation to the decisions.

4. Applicants agree and acknowledge that the information submitted during their application process (including but not limited to the online application and subsequent submission of documents) shall be disclosed to the Unit, the trainers/ coaches and the Panel members. The Unit, the trainers/ coaches and the Panel members shall keep the information confidential and shall use the information solely for training/assessing purposes. NO non-disclosure agreement will be signed between the applicants and PolyU, the Unit, the trainers/coaches or the Panel members unless under exceptional circumstance supported by strong rationale from the applicant in writing.

5. Communications with an applicant, generally via email, will be directed to the Person-in-charge (the "PIC") stated in the online application. 

6. All Awardees should provide supplemental documentation requested by PolyU to receive the prizes.

7. Applicants agree not to make any claim or bring any action against PolyU, the Unit, the Panel members, the trainers/ coaches or advisors for any reason whatsoever or otherwise seek to recover from PolyU, the Unit, the Panel members, the trainers/ coaches or the advisors any costs incurred in relation to their applications or any loss of estimated profits or any other benefits which the applicant may anticipate to accrue from application of the Scheme.

8. The Unit reserves the right to disqualify any applications that, in its sole judgment, violate the rules and principles of the Challenge.

9. The Unit reserves the right to change the Challenge guidelines stipulated herein and elsewhere from time to time without prior notice.