The Digibio Healthtech Innovation Programme
Designed to fuel the next generation of digital health leaders and entrepreneurs.
The DigiBio programme is a unique 10-month postgraduate programme that gives you the opportunity to identify and solve real healthcare problems using digital technologies. The programme delivers hands-on training in needs-led innovation based on a tried-and-trusted needs-led innovation methodology developed by Stanford University. The programme combines design thinking with entrepreneurship and maps a route to market in the highly regulated healthtech sector. You will identify real-world healthcare needs, invent novel solutions to address those needs, and develop and validate a commercially viable business case with key stakeholders.
The programme is hosted and managed by Dundalk Institute of Technology (DkIT) with core partner RCSI managing the clinical training and immersive environment access, with additional partners DCU, Trinity College Dublin and Tyndall National Institute providing additional immersive access, technical training and mentorship.
- 8 weeks immersion in a healthcare environment identifying and assessing unmet needs
- An MSc or PgDip in Digital Health Innovation
- €38k tax-free scholarship
- Academic fees paid
- Funding for national and international travel
- Mentorship by clinical, industry, investment, regulatory and technology experts
Is this programme for me?
This programme is for ambitious, high-calibre clinical, commercial, entrepreneurial and technical professionals with five to ten years’ experience in their fields, with a problem-solving innovative mindset and a hunger for success.
DigiBio is supported under the Innovators’ Initiative Programme co-funded by the Government of Ireland and the European Union through the Southern, Eastern & Midland Regional Programme 2021-2027.
