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Global Center Rising Star Awards To Develop Healthcare Startup Companies Annual Award Competition To Reward Innovation & Stimulate Job Growth
Contacts:
Jeane’ Holley, (216) 698-2544; (216) 640-0821; or jholley@cuyahogacounty.us
Dave Johnson, (216) 920-1437 or djohnson@clevelandconventions.com
Cleveland, Ohio – Earlier today, Cuyahoga County Executive Armond Budish announced the creation of the Global Center for Health Innovation Rising Star Awards program. Sponsored by a Presidential Grant from the Mt. Sinai Health Care Foundation, the Rising Star Awards will provide for the award presentation to three outstanding Northeast Ohio healthcare or biomedical startup companies on an annual basis.
The Rising Star Awards are designed to reward companies that represent the Global Center's vision as a beacon for engagement, connection and inspiration to innovate healthcare today and tomorrow, advance economic development, and create jobs in Northeast Ohio. Each Rising Star Silver and Bronze Award recipients would receive a one-year rent-free space in the Global Center's Business Showcase.
“The Global Center Rising Star Awards program is critical to furthering economic development in Northeast Ohio, advancing the healthcare industry, and attracting and retaining new business to Northeast Ohio,” said Budish. “The goals of this competition are to reward and cultivate biomedical startup companies through a rigorous presentation and application process. Winners will have access to the partners that are there who are leaders in the healthcare innovation space.”
Utilizing the Mt. Sinai Foundation Presidential Grant, the Rising Star Gold award winner will be awarded space in the Global Center Business Showcase and a $25,000 stipend for business development.
Fifteen deserving startup organizations will be invited to submit business plans to the selection committee. The selection committee for the Global Center Rising Star Awards will consist of members of the Global Center's Executive Advisory Council, including Aram Nerpouni, CEO of BioEnterprise; Ray Leach, CEO of JumpStart; John Nottingham, Co-Founder and Co-President of Nottingham Spirk; Dr. Marco Costa, Director of Interventional Cardiovascular Center and Director of the Research and Innovation Center, Harrington Heart & Vascular Institute, University Hospitals Case Medical Center; Dr. Martin Harris, CIO of the Cleveland Clinic; Steve McHale, CEO of IBM Explorys and Dr. Susan Rivera, VP of Research at Case Western Reserve University. The committee will establish criteria for the award selection consistent with the mission and vision of the Global Center for Health Innovation.
Jeane’ Holley, (216) 698-2544; (216) 640-0821; or jholley@cuyahogacounty.us
Dave Johnson, (216) 920-1437 or djohnson@clevelandconventions.com
Cleveland, Ohio – Earlier today, Cuyahoga County Executive Armond Budish announced the creation of the Global Center for Health Innovation Rising Star Awards program. Sponsored by a Presidential Grant from the Mt. Sinai Health Care Foundation, the Rising Star Awards will provide for the award presentation to three outstanding Northeast Ohio healthcare or biomedical startup companies on an annual basis.
The Rising Star Awards are designed to reward companies that represent the Global Center's vision as a beacon for engagement, connection and inspiration to innovate healthcare today and tomorrow, advance economic development, and create jobs in Northeast Ohio. Each Rising Star Silver and Bronze Award recipients would receive a one-year rent-free space in the Global Center's Business Showcase.
“The Global Center Rising Star Awards program is critical to furthering economic development in Northeast Ohio, advancing the healthcare industry, and attracting and retaining new business to Northeast Ohio,” said Budish. “The goals of this competition are to reward and cultivate biomedical startup companies through a rigorous presentation and application process. Winners will have access to the partners that are there who are leaders in the healthcare innovation space.”
Utilizing the Mt. Sinai Foundation Presidential Grant, the Rising Star Gold award winner will be awarded space in the Global Center Business Showcase and a $25,000 stipend for business development.
Fifteen deserving startup organizations will be invited to submit business plans to the selection committee. The selection committee for the Global Center Rising Star Awards will consist of members of the Global Center's Executive Advisory Council, including Aram Nerpouni, CEO of BioEnterprise; Ray Leach, CEO of JumpStart; John Nottingham, Co-Founder and Co-President of Nottingham Spirk; Dr. Marco Costa, Director of Interventional Cardiovascular Center and Director of the Research and Innovation Center, Harrington Heart & Vascular Institute, University Hospitals Case Medical Center; Dr. Martin Harris, CIO of the Cleveland Clinic; Steve McHale, CEO of IBM Explorys and Dr. Susan Rivera, VP of Research at Case Western Reserve University. The committee will establish criteria for the award selection consistent with the mission and vision of the Global Center for Health Innovation.
