MaRS' Spinal Cord Rehab Innovation Challenge accepting submissions, includes $200K prize pool

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MaRS Discovery District in Toronto General Hospital is accepting applications for its Spinal Cord Rehab Innovation Challenge, according to Betakit.

With a prize pool of $200,000, the competition is seeking innovations to measure rehabilitation activities and their impact on patients with spinal cord injuries.

The competition has a grand prize of $100,000 and two other prizes of $50,000.

Applicants must demonstrate the rehabilitation activities and measurements of function they are reporting on, how the measurements were validated and a description of the spinal cord injury patients involved.

MaRS is a nonprofit organization that aims to commercialize publicly funded medical research and innovations.

The deadline to apply for the competition is June 11.

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