Mentoring programs
The mentoring programs of the Parc Taulí Research and Innovation Institute (I3PT) aim to promote innovative ideas and facilitate their transfer to the market. They are carried out with the support of the I3PT innovation team and are based on methodologies validated by reference organizations such as CIMIT in Boston and Stanford.
Research staff participating in any of the three available programs (GENES_IT, BRING_IT and GROW_IT) obtain essential tools and resources to validate and develop their proposals.
The programs are part of the project "Unidad de Dinamización e Innovación Unicéntrico Integrado Parc Taulí", funded by the ISCIII Platform for support of R&D&I in Biomedicine and Health Sciences (ITEMAS).
Programs
The GENES_IT is an innovation program designed to help healthcare professionals and researchers, from both Parc Taulí and the ITEMAS Associated Units, in identifying unmet needs and generating innovative ideas in health. Its goal is to establish the basis for developing new innovation projects that can become solutions with real impact on the healthcare sector.
The program, based on Standford’s BIODESIGN methodology, guides participants from identifying significant problems to selecting viable solutions. GENES_IT is designed to work with early-stage ideas (TRL XNUMX-XNUMX). The program is structured into six phases:
- 1 phase: Detection of unmet needs (Needs Finding)
- 2 phase: Filtering and prioritizing needs (Needs Screening)
- 3 phase: Assessing needs with potential stakeholders
- 4 phase: Developing innovative solutions (Concept Generation)
- 5 phase: Prioritizing the most viable solutions (Concept Screening)
- 6 phase: Presentation the journey through the program(Demo Day)
BRING_IT and A program of innovation designed to support a professionals sanitary i researchers, from both Parc Taulí and the ITEMAS Associated Units Associates in ITEMS, in the development of ideas innovative that address a possible solution for one need No. covered. Its objective is to help projects in the initial stages of maturity (TRL 2-3) to value their product and facilitate its arrival on the market. During the program, each of them is worked on so that they increase their degree of maturity and can continue their development in the GROW_IT program.
BRING_IT is based on the CIMIT methodology from Boston (adapted to Catalonia by CIMTI) and addresses the development and advancement of health innovation projects from four key domains: clinical, market and business, regulatory and technology. To advance in a quick, organized and efficient manner, this methodology focuses on achieving specific de milestones for each domain . The program is structured in four phases:
- 1ª phase: Unmet need
- 2ª phase: Idea development
- 3ª phase: Presentation and pitch preparation pitch
- 4ª phase (optional): Call preparation
GROW_IT is an innovation program aimed at promoting projects that are in more advanced stages of maturity (TRL 4-5), and that have already clearly defined their value proposition, with the aim of continuing to advance in their validation and preparation for the market.
The Innovation Unit is currently working on the development of the program, with the intention of launching it throughout 2026. In the coming months, the methodological details, work phases and participation requirements will be specified.
Benefits
- Creation of strategic project documentation.
- Presentation of the project to calls for competitive funding.
- Work according to an organized and efficient methodology.
- Development of innovation projects. In addition, during participation in the Programs, you will be supported by a team with experience in innovation and entrepreneurship, and you will have access to a network of key stakeholders for your project.
- Obtaining services associated with the Programs such as: dissemination of information, study of intellectual property, contact with industry, etc.
- Project preparation and evaluation before a specialist jury.
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