Nov 20, 2023 – Jan 13, 2024
The Global Health Innovation Grand Challenge
A blended innovation challenge empowering multidisciplinary student teams to solve global health issues through creativity, collaboration, and responsible innovation.

10
Projects Submitted
4
Finalist Projects
70
Unique Attendees
Winners
Senseye
Grand Prize
Global Health Innovation Grand Challenge 2025 in Illinois, US
HexCode
Winner
500
€
Cura Compliance
Winner
350
€
Hero
Winner
250
€
Judges
Desirability
◦ Does the project clearly address a meaningful and well-defined health or social challenge?
◦ Judges will consider how well the solution resonates with real user or community needs.
◦ Judges will consider how well the solution resonates with real user or community needs.
Feasibility
◦ Is the idea realistic within current constraints, and does the team have the right mix of skills to execute it?
◦ While not mandatory, teams with at least one member from the TCD School of Medicine are strongly encouraged for relevance.
◦ While not mandatory, teams with at least one member from the TCD School of Medicine are strongly encouraged for relevance.
Innovation
◦ How original or forward-thinking is the idea?
◦ Judges will look for creative approaches, use of technology, or new ways of solving persistent problems.
◦ Judges will look for creative approaches, use of technology, or new ways of solving persistent problems.
Viability
◦ Does the solution have long-term potential to create sustainable value or impact?
◦ Judges will assess whether the project has a pathway to scale or further development.
◦ Judges will assess whether the project has a pathway to scale or further development.
Team presentation
◦ How clearly and confidently did the team communicate their idea?
◦ This includes storytelling, structure, design of materials, and ability to answer questions effectively.
◦ This includes storytelling, structure, design of materials, and ability to answer questions effectively.
Schedule
November 15
2023
Application Deadline
November 20
2023
Workshop 1: Design Thinking
December 4
2023
Workshop 2: Lean Canvas
December 11
2023
Workshop 3: Pitch Deck from A to Z
January 5
2024
Idea Submission Deadline
January 13
12:30 – 13:00
Arrival
January 13
13:00 – 13:10
Key Speeches
January 13
13:10 – 13:50
Team Pitches
January 13
13:50 – 14:05
Refreshments & Judges Evaluation
January 13
14:05 – 14:15
Winner Announcement & Closing Remarks
Organizers
Gallery




FAQ
An interdisciplinary innovation program focused on tackling global health challenges. It’s designed for students at Trinity College Dublin, with a strong focus on the Medical School.
◦ Improving health outcomes in rural or underserved areas using AI
◦ Enhancing early disease detection
◦ Slowing/reversing disease progression in aging populations
◦ Creating low-cost diagnostic/therapeutic solutions for global scale
◦ Enhancing early disease detection
◦ Slowing/reversing disease progression in aging populations
◦ Creating low-cost diagnostic/therapeutic solutions for global scale
Open to TCD students across disciplines, but each team must include at least one Medical School student.
Access to the Open Incubator platform, ideation playbook, mentorship, workshops, and TCD’s innovation support.
Participants receive a Practitioner Badge. The winning team will represent TCD internationally in Illinois in 2025.
Projects are assessed on desirability, feasibility, innovation, viability, and presentation.
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