RCHE


We are engineering better healthcare delivery.

The Regenstrief Center for Healthcare Engineering at Purdue University is improving the efficiency, quality and accessibility of healthcare by tapping into expertise in engineering, science, management and social sciences. Launched in 2005 with a gift from the Regenstrief Foundation, the center is the only integrated university-wide effort in healthcare engineering in the nation. View our latest newsletter.

Regenstrief announces 2009 RFP dates

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Up to $240,000 is available for 12-month seed grants through the RCHE seed grant program in 2009. Any faculty from the Purdue West Lafayette campus or regional campuses are eligible to apply. Complete dates, details, and a proposal format are available here.

 

Key dates:

January 21, 2009: Intent to submit e-mail due to rche@purdue.edu

February 4, 2009: Proposal due

March: PIs notified of awards

Center for Assistive Technology hosts innovators' bootcamp

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This one-day bootcamp for innovators of assistive technologies will cover how to master the innovator pitch; create operating agreements with researchers; create a fundable team to move forward with new ideas/products; create sustainable working capital; and navigate the FDA approval process.

March 25, 2009, 9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. at the Burton D. Morgan Entrepreneurship Center

This event is free and open to the public; however, registration is required at this Web site.