Pistoia Alliance President's Startup Challenge 2016

Pistoia Alliance President's Startup Challenge 2016

Closing Date for entries: Friday 2 September 2016 midnight EST
* Finalists notified: Monday 19 September 2016
* Live pitching and grand prize award: Tuesday 18 October 2016 in Boston, MA, USA

 

Two awards of $15000 and 6 months mentorship from a Pistoia Alliance member.
* $5000 award for each finalist.
(Further prizes may be awarded from competition sponsors nearer the date)

 

 Welcome to the Pistoia Alliance President's Startup Challenge 2016. The President's Challenge is the Pistoia Alliance's flagship competition to support lowering the barriers to R&D Innovation in the life sciences industry.
How To Enter:

Entrants must include a brief text summary of their proposal that the Pistoia Alliance is permitted to reproduce publicly.

Entrants must also explain how their proposal is relevant to the Pistoia Alliance's mission of lowering barriers to innovation in life sciences R&D. The proposal itself will remain confidential.

The proposal must be a PDF document of no more than 5 (five) pages at a readable font size. It must cover the following points:

1. Plan Description: Outline the product or service and how it is planned to be delivered and the anticipated impact it will have on innovation in life science research and development;
2. Execution: Explain how you plan to develop your product or service. Please include information on required materials or resources, potential vendors, any regulatory barriers, and any environmental requirements or outputs to consider.
3. Commercialization: Explain how you plan to market and sell your product or service. Explain how your product or service is different from others in the marketplace and how you can demonstrate a demand for your product or service.
4. Qualifications: Explain the experience of your team and why your team is qualified to execute the Plan and lead a successful commercialization. Include your team’s commitment, what expertise you have or lack, and what your team has built or produced previously.
   Contestants may include confidential information in the uploaded file.
   The competition is open only to corporations (including not-for-profit corporations and other nonprofit organizations), limited liability companies, partnerships, and other legal entities that, at the time of entry are legally formed, and employ fewer than fifty (50) people and have under $10 million in revenue or balance sheet capital. The product or service described in the Submission must not yet be commercially available, or it must not have been commercially available for more than 12 months before the start of the Competition Submission Period, and must not have achieved more than US$1,000,000 (one million) in sales in that same period. See full terms and conditions for details. Register Here
   

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Full terms and conditions of entry can be found via the competition website.