Healthcare company-building profile
Social Innovation Lab
Johns Hopkins University (Pava Marie LaPere Center for Entrepreneurship)
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Source-based profile
Program at a Glance
- Program type
- Accelerator
- Program category
- University accelerator
- Organization
- Johns Hopkins University (Pava Marie LaPere Center for Entrepreneurship)
- Organization type
- University
- Location
- Baltimore, Maryland
- Company stage served
- Early stage
- Cohort or participation model
- Six-month cohort (January to May) of about 15 teams; weekly sessions plus monthly in-person days; minimum 10 hours per week
- Investment or funding offered
- Yes
- Published investment terms
- $5,000 grant stipend to completing teams plus up to $15,000 in cohort prize money; no equity
- Equity or fee model
- No equity
- Clinical or hospital connection
- Not publicly documented
- Application status
- Active
Public description
About the program
The Social Innovation Lab accelerates early-stage, mission-driven ventures from Johns Hopkins and the Baltimore community, including many health equity and public health ventures. The cohort of about 15 teams runs six months from January to May with weekly online sessions and monthly in-person SuperSaturdays, requiring at least 10 hours per week. Teams that complete the program receive a $5,000 grant stipend, and up to $15,000 in additional prize money is awarded at the closing showcase.
What the program publicly emphasizes
Focus areas and features
Health equitysocial enterprisemission-driven venturesnonprofit and for-profit health ventures
- Category: University accelerator
- Program structure: Six-month cohort (January to May) of about 15 teams; weekly sessions plus monthly in-person days; minimum 10 hours per week
- Published terms: $5,000 grant stipend to completing teams plus up to $15,000 in cohort prize money; no equity
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