2025 EDITION
Applications for IDEA² 2025 are closed
1:1 project-specific mentoring from matched experts
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Innovation training
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Workshops to develop your project and gain new skills
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Elite international network connections
Put your healthcare technology idea on a path to impact
Based at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, IDEA² provides transformative mentorship and expertise to emerging innovation leaders to develop their project ideas. Individuals and teams complete IDEA² with new technology projects clearly focused on compelling medical needs, broad networks of connections, and improved abilities to compete for collaborators and funding.
Dedicated guidance
The expertise and connections available to teams ranges across elite institutions in Boston and other international research hubs. See where our mentors have come from
Diverse exposure
IDEA² teams cover research areas ranging from new biomaterials to big data analysis—and they learn from one another's innovation journeys. Read about the 2022 teams
Proven method
The MIT linQ innovation method helps teams refine their research objective, anticipate challenges, and identify multiple development paths. Read about the linQ Method
2025 EDITION
Applications for IDEA² 2025 are closed
2024 EDITION
Applications for IDEA² 2024 will open Monday, August 21 at 12:30am ET
1:1 project-specific mentoring from matched experts
•
Innovation training
•
Workshops to develop your project and gain new skills
•
Elite international network connections
Put your healthcare technology idea on a path to impact
Based at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, IDEA² provides transformative mentorship and expertise to emerging innovation leaders to develop their project ideas. Individuals and teams complete IDEA² with new technology projects clearly focused on compelling medical needs, broad networks of connections, and improved abilities to compete for collaborators and funding.
Dedicated guidance
The expertise and connections available to teams ranges across elite institutions in Boston and other international research hubs. See where our mentors have come from
Diverse exposure
IDEA² teams cover research areas ranging from new biomaterials to big data analysis—and they learn from one another's innovation journeys. Read about the 2024 teams
Proven method
The MIT linQ innovation method helps teams refine their research objective, anticipate challenges, and identify multiple development paths. Read about the linQ MethodIDEA² Contributors
