{"594076":{"#nid":"594076","#data":{"type":"event","title":"APDC 7th Annual Innovation Competition","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe Atlantic Pediatric Device Consortium (APDC) will host its seventh annual Innovation Competition at the Virginia Commonwealth University\u0026nbsp;on\u0026nbsp;\u003Cstrong\u003ESeptember 25, 2017\u003C\/strong\u003E. APDC is seeking proposals from innovators who have medical device concepts or ideas for use with pediatric patients. Proposals should address a significant pediatric problem with device ideas or previously existing projects ready to move towards the commercialization of a viable product.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThis year\u0026#39;s competition began with written proposals for\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/atlanticpediatricdeviceconsortium.org\/innovation-competition\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003Eseed grant funding\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;due July 31, 2017.\u0026nbsp;Finalists will present their proposals\u0026nbsp;to the review committee, an audience of peers, and the engineering and medical community in attendance. The investigators will be given advice on market size, product development, and regulatory submissions.\u0026nbsp;There will be five to eight awards ranging from $10,000 to $50,000 for product development.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ECompetition winners will be announced in October 2017.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"APDC will host its 7th annual Innovation Competition at the Virginia Commonwealth University "}],"uid":"27349","created_gmt":"2017-08-04 17:37:27","changed_gmt":"2017-08-04 17:37:27","author":"Floyd Wood","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","field_event_time":{"event_time_start":"2017-09-25T09:00:00-04:00","event_time_end":"2017-09-25T17:00:00-04:00","event_time_end_last":"2017-09-25T17:00:00-04:00","gmt_time_start":"2017-09-25 13:00:00","gmt_time_end":"2017-09-25 21:00:00","gmt_time_end_last":"2017-09-25 21:00:00","rrule":null,"timezone":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/atlanticpediatricdeviceconsortium.org","title":"APDC"}],"groups":[{"id":"1292","name":"Parker H. Petit Institute for Bioengineering and Bioscience (IBB)"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"248","name":"IBB"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[{"id":"1788","name":"Other\/Miscellaneous"}],"invited_audience":[{"id":"78761","name":"Faculty\/Staff"},{"id":"174045","name":"Graduate students"}],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:martha.willis@gatech.edu\u0022\u003EMartha Willis\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}