{"id":843,"date":"2019-01-09T12:13:22","date_gmt":"2019-01-09T17:13:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/m2d2\/?p=843"},"modified":"2019-01-09T12:13:22","modified_gmt":"2019-01-09T17:13:22","slug":"enter-the-2019-m2d2-200k-challenge-free","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/m2d2\/2019\/01\/09\/enter-the-2019-m2d2-200k-challenge-free\/","title":{"rendered":"Enter the 2019 M2D2 $200K Challenge FREE!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-423\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/m2d2\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2018\/04\/2-271-300x168.jpg\" alt=\"Medical device innovators can enter the 2019 M2D2 $200K Challenge for FREE.\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/m2d2\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2018\/04\/2-271-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/m2d2\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2018\/04\/2-271-768x430.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/m2d2\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2018\/04\/2-271-1024x574.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/m2d2\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2018\/04\/2-271-500x280.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Great news for cost-conscious medical device innovators: <em>M2D2 is waiving the $50 entry fee for the first ten submissions<\/em> to our 2019 $200K Challenge!\u00a0 Entries are open now\u2014to get your application started, visit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.m2d2challenge.com\/\">www.m2m2challenge.com.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><strong>Even if you&#8217;re not in the first 10, you can <em>still<\/em> save:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Submit your entry by January 18, and you pay just $25\u2014half off the $50 regular entry fee. The regular fee will apply to all entries submitted after January 18.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Why should you enter the $200K Challenge?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-389 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/m2d2\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2018\/03\/DSC01477-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Geeta Singh of MagOptics, a 2018 M2D2 Challenge Finalist\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/m2d2\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2018\/03\/DSC01477-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/m2d2\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2018\/03\/DSC01477-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/m2d2\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2018\/03\/DSC01477-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/m2d2\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2018\/03\/DSC01477-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Now in its 8th year, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.m2d2challenge.com\/\">the Challenge<\/a> has grown to become one of the premier medtech pitch competitions in the New England life sciences startup ecosystem. Past finalists and winners have seen their innovations go from early-stage to acquisition thanks to their participation. No matter how far along in development\u00a0<em>your\u00a0<\/em>innovation is, it&#8217;s a valuable opportunity to take it to the next level\u2014or to market.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What can you win?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This year up to 20 finalists will become eligible to win a share of our $200,000 award purse of sponsor-provided, in-kind services. These services can include lab and office space, as well as engineering, product development, legal, regulatory, clinical, and business guidance and advisory.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Who should enter?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/m2d2\/2018\/06\/27\/just-announced-barda-drive-offering-funding-opportunity-for-revolutionary-technologies-and-innovations-in-health-security\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-572\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/m2d2\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2018\/06\/xtlm4p4X_400x400-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"M2D2 is the only New England incubator for the BARDA DRIVe initiative.\" width=\"87\" height=\"87\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/m2d2\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2018\/06\/xtlm4p4X_400x400-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/m2d2\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2018\/06\/xtlm4p4X_400x400-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/m2d2\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2018\/06\/xtlm4p4X_400x400.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 87px) 100vw, 87px\" \/><\/a>We welcome innovations that address the full range of medical device challenges. For the 2019 challenge, we\u2019re especially interested in ideas that can benefit from our association with the <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/m2d2\/2018\/06\/27\/just-announced-barda-drive-offering-funding-opportunity-for-revolutionary-technologies-and-innovations-in-health-security\/\">BARDA DRIVe initiative<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.m2d2challenge.com\/\">Get complete information on the 2019 M2D2 $200K Challenge\u2014and enter your innovation.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Great news for cost-conscious medical device innovators: M2D2 is waiving the $50 entry fee for the first ten submissions to our 2019 $200K Challenge!\u00a0 Entries are open now\u2014to get your application started, visit www.m2m2challenge.com.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":328,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/m2d2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/843"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/m2d2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/m2d2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/m2d2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/328"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/m2d2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=843"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/m2d2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/843\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":847,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/m2d2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/843\/revisions\/847"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/m2d2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=843"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/m2d2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=843"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/m2d2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=843"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}