MAKE IT HAPPEN
Shape the Future of Healthcare and seize the opportunity to win up to $40,000 in services to turn your visionary idea into a reality.
The winners of the BBFH Challenge, as determined by the esteemed BBFH judges, will be awarded $30,000 in IDE Group services, with an additional $10,000 in services reserved for the recipient of the "People's Choice Award."
Applications for 2024 are opening soon.
BBFH CHALLENGERS
Who is this challenge for?
STARTUPS
and entrepreneurs active in the medtech space
R&D MANAGERS
or employees of a company looking for accelerated support for a R&D project
MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS
working in the field who have uncovered areas of opportunity for new devices
RESEARCHERS
with medical technologies they’re craving to commercialise
YOUR MOTIVATION
What's in it for you?
FEEDBACK
Gather feedback on your idea from our team of medtech design and entrepreneurship experts
GUIDANCE
Seek guidance from our commercialisation experts to help fast track your idea
SUPPORT
Gain support by pitching your idea to an influential panel of medtech industry leaders
FUNDING
Receive $25,000 worth of design, development and commercialisation support from IDE Group
APPLICATION INFO
Preview the application below
JUDGES 2023
ANNE O'NEILL
Acting Executive Director
Office for Health and Medical Research, NSW Health
JOHN KELLY
CEO
Atomo Diagnostics
LEONA MULCAHY
Country Group Head, ASEAN Radiology
Bayer
BBFH INTERVIEW SERIES
Interviews with founders, professors, executives, and other leaders of the Australian startup community.
OUR IMPACT
Building a business is hard. But it takes more than funding to get past the hurdles and realise an idea. That's why the BBFH Challenge is about working together. Creating pathways for individuals to seek guidance, feedback and support from industry experts and connect with the right people to help bring more ideas to market that can make a difference to people's health.
HOURS OF MENTORING and guidance contributed by our community of medtech design and entrepreneurship experts
INVESTED IN CREATING OPPORTUNITIES to collaborate and connect with industry influencers
FUNDING CONTRIBUTED to realising ideas that can make a difference to people's health
ADDITIONAL FUNDING RAISED through working together to build better futures for health