QIdea Cancer

Are you a Queen Mary early career researcher (PhD or postdoc) with a cancer-related research idea for a business or social enterprise? QIdea - Cancer is an exciting new opportunity at Queen Mary designed specifically for moving ideas to impact. Take this opportunity to win expert business coaching, and every team that enters will receive a tailored recommendation for their next steps and Queen Mary support – meaning everyone who takes part has a roadmap to succeed.

Whether you have a game-changing concept or still exploring possibilities, this is your chance to connect with fellow innovators, and explore taking your idea to the next level. 

Judging

A panel of external and internal judges, including experienced founders, alumni entrepreneurs and enterprise educators, will review and score applications independently. They are committed to the terms of judging, including non-disclosure.

Prizes

• Winners receive an invitation to join small group, tailored innovation workshops to progress your idea, with professional business coaching and connections with mentos where appropriate for the stage
• Bespoke roadmap of support and suggestions, incl. Queen Mary and external funding programmes where relevant

Questions

There are 6 questions to answer, which will give us an outline of your idea.  Answer each as best as you can - we want to see that you have put a bit of thought into each one, but they do not have to be thoroughly researched at this stage.

Q1: Tell us in one sentence what your cancer-related idea is (hook)
Q2: What cancer-related need or problem would your idea address, and what difference could it make?
Q3: Who would use, benefit from, or potentially pay for your idea?
Q4: How could your idea reach the people or organisations that would use it?
Q5: How could your idea generate income or become financially sustainable?
Q6: What expertise do you or your team bring, and what would you need to develop the idea further?