[Academic] Fwd: Please Forward: OneStart Bio-Entrepreneurship Programme for Students/Postdocs

[Nigel Langford]

Dear All,

Please see below from Anna Selwood.

Nigel

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See below. Please share with all students and colleagues under 36 years old!
Many thanks
Anna
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Win £100k to realise your healthcare business idea! Applications are open NOW

Do you have an innovative idea that could tackle humanity's most pressing healthcare needs?

We are pleased to announce the launch of OneStart<http://onestart.co/> 2016, the world's largest life sciences and healthcare accelerator programme. Offering young entrepreneurs the chance to win £100k, free lab space and on-going advice from our extensive mentor network drawn from McKinsey & Co., Johnson & Johnson Innovation, GlaxoSmithKline, AstraZeneca, SR One, Takeda Ventures and more<http://onestart.co/partners>.

Many of our graduates have been successful in securing follow-on investment, our alumni raising over £20 million combined!

There is no cost to apply, and applications are open now until 1st Dec, 2015.  Learn more at onestart.co<http://onestart.co/> today and start building your winning team.

Who should participate?

Anyone under 36 years old interested in healthcare entrepreneurship.

We welcome applicants from all disciplines and ideas at all stages of development - from a simple idea to a startup with ample data. Moreover we encourage applicants to recruit other scientists, engineers, business students, lawyers, and anyone else with talent and motivation to join your team. Have a fantastic idea but no co-founders; why not assemble your team through our co-founder hub<http://www.onestart.co/cofounders>, connecting innovators across the globe.

How does it work?

Again, there is no cost to apply. Applications are reviewed in Dec 2015 and 35 semi-finalist teams are selected to attend a two-day Biotech Bootcamp<http://onestart.co/update/onestart-2015-london-biotech-bootcamp-slides-videos> based in London on 5th and 6th Feb 2016. Consisting of workshops and networking opportunities with our mentors and partners. Each team also receives 1-on-1 mentorship from our industry experts over 7 weeks. The programme ends with the Finals Gala, at which 10 exceptional finalist teams compete for the grand prize. Throughout October launches are being held across the world<http://www.eventbrite.com/o/oxbridge-biotech-roundtable-7399020109>.

Who will you be working with?

You'll be directly interacting with experts across healthcare and life sciences drawn from pharma, biotech, venture capital, management consulting and more<http://onestart.co/partners>.

If you have any further questions feel free to get in touch via jess at oxbridgebiotech.com<mailto:jess at oxbridgebiotech.com> or reach us through our dedicated discussion forum<http://www.onestart.co/discuss>.

What are you waiting for? Visit onestart.co<http://onestart.co/> today. Applications are open NOW<http://onestart.co/apply>.

We can't wait to hear about your ideas.

Best wishes,

Jess

Jess Sutcliffe
Marketing Director, OneStart 2016
PhD Candidate, University College London
Department of Cell and Developmental Biology
jessica.sutcliffe.10 at ucl.ac.uk<mailto:jessica.sutcliffe.10 at ucl.ac.uk>
onestart.co<http://onestart.co/>
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