{"id":44,"date":"2012-12-17T11:46:09","date_gmt":"2012-12-17T16:46:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/m2d2\/2012\/12\/17\/m2d2_new_venture_competition\/"},"modified":"2012-12-17T11:46:09","modified_gmt":"2012-12-17T16:46:09","slug":"m2d2_new_venture_competition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/m2d2\/2012\/12\/17\/m2d2_new_venture_competition\/","title":{"rendered":"M2D2 New Venture Competition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><strong><font>2nd Annual M2D2 New Venture Competition<\/font><\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><strong><font>Sponsored by Nutter McClennen &amp; Fish LLP<\/font><\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><strong><font>$20K in Prizes<\/font><\/strong><\/p>\n<table border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" width=\"100%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\">\n<p align=\"center\">March Madness Spreads to the Medical Device Community!<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">\n<p>M2D2 is hosting a medical device startup tournament that will find Massachusetts&#8217; best new medical device ventures &#8211; and award thousands of dollars worth of services for product development. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>Who is Eligible<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The M2D2 New Venture Competition is open to medical device technology-based startup businesses located in Massachusetts. The venture must involve the development of a new medical device.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>Competition Details and Deadlines<\/strong><strong>First Round:<\/strong> Entries are due by 5 p.m. Friday, February 1, 2013. <\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li>Entry Applications and executive summaries must be submittedvia emailto <a href=\"mailto:M2D2@uml.edu\" target=\"_blank\">m2d2@uml.edu<\/a> by 5 p.m. Wednesday, February 1, 2013. Entry Applications are available at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.uml.edu\/M2D2\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.uml.edu\/m2d2<\/a> (navigate to the events page). There is a $25 entry fee. Applicants will be judged by a team of medical device experts.\n<ul type=\"circle\">\n<li>Finalists will be chosen from the pool of applicants and notified by February 16, 2013. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Second Round:<\/strong> Detailed M2D2 New Venture application formsare due on Friday, March 15, 2012 and applicants who advance to this round will give presentations on Wednesday, March 27, 2012. <\/p>\n<ul type=\"circle\">\n<li>The finalists will be invited to submit a detailed M2D2 New Venture application form by 5 p.m. Friday, March 15, 2012.\n<li>The finalists also will be required to present before a panel of expert judges at M2D2 on March 27, 2012 beginning at 6 p.m. The presentations will be a maximum of 5 minutes in length and followed by a brief Q&amp;A session with the judges. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Winners&#8217; Ceremony<\/strong> &#8211; April 10 <\/p>\n<ul type=\"circle\">\n<li>Three winners will be selected. The winners and award amounts will be announced in April at the Nutter McClennen &amp; Fish LLP offices located at Seaport West, 155 Seaport Boulevard, Boston, MA. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Prizes<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><b>A total of $20,000<\/b><\/p>\n<p>$10,000 in M2D2 Services will be awarded, including:<\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li>Engineering Services (prototyping, etc.)\n<li>Business School Services (business plans, market development, etc.)\n<li>Medical School Services<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>$10,000 in Legal Services provided by Nutter<\/p>\n<p>Please call the Massachusetts Medical Device Development Center (M2D2)at 978-934-3465 if you have any questions or if you need further assistance.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>We would like to thank Nutter, McClennen and Fish LLP, our Platinum Sponsor for their support of M2D2!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img border=\"0\" hspace=\"5\" alt=\"Nutter logo\" vspace=\"5\" src=\"http:\/\/ih.constantcontact.com\/fs039\/1101900345882\/img\/87.jpg\" width=\"189\" \/><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2nd Annual M2D2 New Venture Competition Sponsored by Nutter McClennen &amp; Fish LLP $20K in Prizes March Madness Spreads to the Medical Device Community! 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