Programs
The BRICS & BRICS+ Biodesign Program offers a comprehensive portfolio of programs designed to nurture innovation, strengthen institutional collaboration, and accelerate the translation of healthcare solutions from concept to commercialization. Through multidisciplinary education, collaborative research, cross-border partnerships, and industry engagement, the Program creates opportunities for clinicians, engineers, researchers, entrepreneurs, and institutions to work together in addressing global healthcare challenges.
BRICS Biodesign Fellowship
A flagship multidisciplinary fellowship that equips clinicians, engineers, scientists, designers, and entrepreneurs with the knowledge and practical experience to identify unmet clinical needs, develop innovative healthcare technologies, and translate them into commercially viable solutions through the Biodesign methodology.
Programs under the Fellowship
Clinical Immersion program
A structured program enabling participants to work alongside healthcare professionals in hospitals and clinical settings across BRICS & BRICS+ nations to identify unmet healthcare needs and generate opportunities for innovation.
Research & Innovation program
Promotes collaborative research among partner institutions through joint projects, faculty exchange, student mobility, publications, intellectual property development, and translational research in medical technology.
Innovation Challenges
International innovation competitions focused on solving priority healthcare problems through multidisciplinary teams. Participants collaborate across institutions and countries to develop practical, scalable healthcare solutions.
Prototype Development & Engineering
Supports innovators through product design, engineering, rapid prototyping, testing, validation, and design optimization using the advanced engineering and manufacturing infrastructure available within the BRICS & BRICS+ ecosystem.
Manufacturing & Commercialization
Facilitates the transition of validated innovations into manufacturable products by connecting innovators with manufacturing partners, regulatory expertise, quality systems, technology transfer mechanisms, and commercialization pathways.
Faculty & Research Exchange
Encourages international collaboration through faculty exchange, visiting researchers, student mobility programs, collaborative teaching, and joint supervision of innovation projects among partner institutions.
Workshops & Capacity Building
Regular workshops, masterclasses, seminars, and executive programs on biodesign, medical device innovation, regulatory science, intellectual property, entrepreneurship, quality systems, and advanced manufacturing.
Annual BRICS & BRICS+ Innovation Showcase
An international platform where fellows, researchers, startups, and partner institutions present breakthrough healthcare innovations, share best practices, establish collaborations, and engage with industry leaders, investors, and policymakers.
Startup & Entrepreneurship Support
Provides mentorship, incubation support, industry networking, technology transfer guidance, investment facilitation, and commercialization assistance to innovators developing next-generation healthcare technologies.