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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">Subject: Fall Application Open - MIT Sandbox Long Covid & Lyme Entrepreneurship</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">Date: </span></b><span style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">August 12, 2021 at 11:24:30 AM EDT</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Applications for the<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Fall 2021 MIT Sandbox Long Covid & Lyme Entrepreneurship Program are open! This focused track within the<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://sandbox.mit.edu/"><span style="color:#0563C1">MIT
Sandbox</span></a>program provides funding and mentorship for<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>student-led entrepreneurial solutions to problems associated with long Covid and Lyme disease. The program is open to both undergraduate and graduate students.
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<p class="MsoNormal">Below we include info about the program. We would appreciate your help in sharing this with students in your<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>DLC. If you have any questions about the program, please email: <a href="mailto:sandbox-healthcare@mit.edu"><span style="color:#0563C1">sandbox-healthcare@mit.edu</span></a>.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Info
about applications for the main MIT Sandbox program, which open on Sept 1, will be shared later in the month.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Enjoy the rest of the summer!<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"> <span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Thank you,<span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>MIT Sandbox Fall 2021 Long-Haul Covid & Lyme Entrepreneurship Program</b><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Applications Due Sept 3rd</b><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Lyme disease is the fastest growing vector-borne infectious disease in the U.S. Given the growing prevalence, current unreliable diagnostic tests, and manifestation of chronic symptoms in many patients, there is a significant need for development
of novel methods and technologies to tackle the disease on multiple fronts. Long Covid presents a similar need, on a global scale, with many people suffering from a range of chronic and autoimmune diseases caused by the infection.<span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Applications are open for the<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://sandbox.mit.edu/healthcare-innovation-program"><span style="color:#0563C1">Fall 2021 MIT Sandbox Long Covid & Lyme Entrepreneurship Program</span></a>!<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></b>Join
us in the Sandbox to participate in this unique and exciting opportunity to develop and prototype novel methods and technologies that address a prominent healthcare problem.<span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><a href="http://sandbox.mit.edu/healthcare-innovation-program"><span style="color:#0563C1">View full details and apply</span></a></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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