The ARIIA x MDPP Ideas Incubator Grants Program aims to support early-stage product or technology innovation ideas to be developed for Aged Care.
ARIIA and the Medical Device Partnering Program (MDPP) are excited to collaborate on this initiative. The MDPP has been supporting the development of medical devices since 2008 under the leadership of Professor Karen Reynolds, who is also the Director of ARIIA’s Aged Care Partnering Program (ACPP).
Successful applicants will be provided with up to 250 hours (over a 40 week period) of professional technical expertise by Flinders University engineers, which may include proof of concept research, prototyping or product technical validation. Further, successful applicants will be provided with a market opportunity report as a result of an additional 30 hours (maximum) of professional expertise as well as connections to / introductions with aged care providers, end-users, potential manufacturers, and commercial partners (where appropriate).