Have a marketable idea?
JHU supports student entrepreneurs.
JHU Engineering students are encouraged to dream big. And with the support of peers, faculty, mentors, alumni, and student-focused centers for idea and career development, students can see those dreams become reality.
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Successful Student Startups
Student Spotlight - CurveAssure, a promising student startup, received $100,000 in support through JHU’s President’s Venture Fellowships, a program designed to allow fledging ventures to grow and thrive in Baltimore. The company’s technology is a three-part system that combines wearable sensor technology, deep learning, and an integrated clinical report to provide comprehensive spinal insights that can improve treatment plans.
Undergraduate Entrepreneurs - A standout project from 2022’s annual Engineering Design Day event was Tastee Tape, an edible adhesive that keeps your burrito wrapped tightly. Garnering attention from Newsweek, NBC, and Jimmy Fallon, the team of student entrepreneurs are in the process of patenting the technology.
Graduate Entrepreneurs - With funding and mentorship provided through FastForward U, two female-led graduate STEM startup teams are bringing innovation to reproductive health. Ovubrush, founded by Center for Bioengineering Innovation and Design graduate student Janis Iourovitski, is a high-tech toothbrush that provides discrete and easy fertility window tracking.
By the Numbers
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100+startups launched
by JHU students every year
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1/2FFU’s venture teams
come from the Whiting School of Engineering
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$365k+in direct funds
for JHU student entrepreneurs
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150alumni mentors
in our entrepreneurial network
Timeline to entrepreneurship:
1) Student develops idea for a startup
2) Student contacts FFU for mentorship and funding opportunities
3) Student attends pitch events with alumni
4) Student competes and gets awarded with accelerator funding for their tech venture startup
“Student entrepreneurship and innovation continues to grow exponentially at Johns Hopkins, thanks to our invested faculty and staff leaders across campus, and we look forward to our brilliant student ventures continuing to attract the attention they deserve. ”
Student entrepreneurs are supported in a variety of ways
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The OnPoint Ventilation team developed Bronchosleeve, designed to reduce complications associated with common chest surgery procedure
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The team developed the Bronchosleeve, a novel catheter to improve a common chest surgery procedure.
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Johns Hopkins' FastForward U and a growing cadre of alumni help student entrepreneurs every step of the way—even if all they have is an idea.