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<span style="font-family:'Helvetica'"><b>From: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'">Traci Anderson <<a href="mailto:tanderso@mit.edu">tanderso@mit.edu</a>><br>
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<span style="font-family:'Helvetica'"><b>Subject: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'"><b>IDEA2 Global: Call for Projects. Extended Deadline (6/15/2016)</b><br>
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<div class="" style="word-wrap:break-word"><b class="" style="font-family:TimesNewRomanPSMT; widows:1">EXTENDED DEADLINE</b><span class="" style="font-family:TimesNewRomanPSMT; widows:1">: </span><b class="" style="font-family:TimesNewRomanPSMT; widows:1"><font color="#ff2600" class="">JUNE
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<div class="" style="font-family:TimesNewRomanPSMT; widows:1"><i class=""><font size="4" class="">Please forward as appropriate to your student, postdoc and other researcher lists. </font></i><i class=""><font size="4" class="">Any individual or team with a
biomedical research idea is eligible to apply.</font></i></div>
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<div class="" style="font-family:TimesNewRomanPSMT; widows:1"><span class="" style="widows:auto; color:rgb(26,26,26)"><font face="Georgia" size="4" class=""><b class=""><span class="">IDEA�</span> Global: Call for Projects</b></font></span></div>
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IDEA� Global provides mentoring and connections to biomedical innovators around the world to develop their project ideas and to provide the expertise to realize them. It is especially valuable for trainees, early-stage professionals and those who have few
opportunities in their normal work to participate in innovation projects.</p>
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Each 6-month edition of IDEA� recruits new project teams of one or more individuals, and provides innovation training, presentation skill building, and team-specific mentorship and guidance by internationally-recognized experts.</p>
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Teams who complete IDEA� have projects more clearly focused on a driving medical need, a broader network of connections, and improved ability to compete for collaborators and funding.</p>
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IDEA� Global is based on two prior programs, IDEA� at Harvard-MIT HST, and IDEA� Madrid, a program of the Madrid�MIT M+Visi�n Consortium.</p>
<p class="" style="font-family:TimesNewRomanPSMT; margin:0px 0px 1.75em"><font color="#1a1a1a" face="Merriweather, Georgia, serif" size="3" class=""><b class="">Who is eligible?</b><br class="">
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<li class=""><font color="#1a1a1a" face="Merriweather, Georgia, serif" size="3" class="">Any individual or groups who have an idea for a biomedical research project or business concept.</font></li><li class=""><font color="#1a1a1a" face="Merriweather, Georgia, serif" size="3" class="">Individuals or at least 1 member of a team must be available for the Final Presentation in Boston on November 16-17, 2016.</font></li></ul>
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<font color="#1a1a1a" class="" face="Georgia" size="3" style="line-height:normal; widows:auto"><span class=""><b class="">Application Information</b></span><br class="">
For more information and to apply, see call for projects attached and at: <a href="http://idea2.mit.edu/call-for-proposals/" class="">http://idea2.mit.edu/call-for-proposals/</a></font></p>
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<font color="#1a1a1a" class="" face="Merriweather, Georgia, serif" style="line-height:normal; widows:auto"><font color="#1a1a1a" class="" style="font-size:16px"><b class="">Project applications EXTENDED DEADLINE: </b></font><font color="#ff2600" class="" style="font-size:16px; font-weight:bold">June
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<div class="" style="font-family:TimesNewRomanPSMT"><span class="" style="color:rgb(26,26,26); font-family:Merriweather,Georgia,serif; font-size:16px">Martha L. Gray, PhD. </span><font color="#1a1a1a" face="Merriweather, Georgia, serif" size="3" class="">J.W.
Kieckhefer Professor, IMES, HST, EECS, MIT</font></div>
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<div class=""><font face="Georgia" size="3" class=""><span class="" style="color:rgb(26,26,26)">Mehmet Toner, PhD. </span><font color="#1a1a1a" class="">Helen Andrus Benedict Professor of Surgery, MGH, HMS</font></font></div>
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<div class=""><font color="#1a1a1a" class="" face="Georgia" size="3">Mercedes Balcells, PhD. Principal Research Scientist, IMES, MIT</font></div>
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<div class=""><span class="" style="color:rgb(26,26,26)"><font face="Georgia" size="3" class="">Sandra Widland, MPH. Special Projects Manager, MIT</font></span></div>
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<div class="" style="font-family:TimesNewRomanPSMT"><span class="" style="color:rgb(26,26,26); font-family:Merriweather,Georgia,serif; font-size:16px">Questions: <a href="mailto:info.idea2@mit.edu" class="">info.idea2@mit.edu</a></span></div>
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