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Art of Medical Science Innovation Award

(as part of The Park End Collection: The Mila Catalyst Award, 2026 Edition)

Application Form

What is the Art of Medical Science Innovation Award?

The Art of Medical Science Innovation Award celebrates outstanding Oxford entrepreneurs developing ventures with the potential to create meaningful societal impact.

As part of The Park End Collection and The Mila Catalyst Award, 2026 Edition, the Award supports student, staff, researchers and recent alumni entrepreneurs who are translating medical science and research into commercially viable solutions.

The Award provides equity-free funding from a £110,000 prize fund, alongside a platform for founders to showcase their innovation, share their vision and connect with researchers, investors, institutional partners and future collaborators.

From research and innovation to venture, and from venture to real-world impact, the Award aims to strengthen the connection between academic excellence, entrepreneurship and global innovation networks.

Key Dates

Application deadline: Monday 21 September, midday (BST)
Shortlist notification: Wednesday 30 September
In-person pitches: Friday 2 October
Final event: Tuesday 13 October

Applicants who progress to the pitching stage must be available to pitch for 10 minutes in person at Saïd Business School on Friday 2 October.

Successful finalists will have the opportunity to showcase their venture at the one-day forum of The Park End Collection on Tuesday 13 October. Finalists must be available to attend.

Business criteria

The Art of Medical Science Innovation Award seeks to translate medical science and innovation into scalable solutions that strengthen health, wellbeing and the resilience of future health systems.

We are particularly interested in ventures working across three interconnected areas:

01 | Prevention, Treatment & Chronic Disease

Innovations advancing prevention, early diagnosis, treatment and management of non-communicable and chronic diseases.

02 | Regenerative & Precision Medicine

Innovations translating advances in regenerative, personalised and precision medicine into new approaches to prevention, diagnosis and treatment.

03 | Future Health Systems & Healthcare Innovation

Innovations transforming how healthcare is delivered, including AI, digital health, data, prevention, population health, longevity, accessibility and resilient health systems.

The Award is not limited to these areas. Exceptional ventures working in other areas of the medical sciences may also be considered, based on their innovation, commercial potential and potential for meaningful impact.

Eligibility

Applicants must have a University of Oxford affiliation.

At least one founder must be a current:

University of Oxford student
Member of staff
Researcher
Alumnus/alumna who graduated within the past three years

The venture should:

Be incorporated, or actively incorporating, in the UK, Europe, the US, or another country with secure governance.
Be at an early stage (pre-seed or seed).
Not have raised significant prior dilutive capital.
Demonstrate strong commercial potential and meaningful innovation.

Application process

Applicants will be shortlisted based on their written submissions and invited to pitch their ventures in person at the pitching round at Saïd Business School.

Following the pitching final, the final teams will be selected to showcase their ventures at the final event of The Park End Collection.

We look forward to receiving your application.

If you have any questions about the Award or application process, please contact entrepreneurship@sbs.ox.ac.uk.

Applications will close on Monday 21 September, midday (BST).

Lead Founder Information

First Name

Last Name

University Email

Personal Email

Your LinkedIn URL

What is your affiliation with the University of Oxford?

Select your University Department:

What is your college affiliation (please select none if applicable):

Please specify your course name:

What year did you graduate?

What year will you graduate?

Business Information

Your business name

Business Website URL

Business overview:

limit 100 words

The problem your business solves (max three sentences)

limit 100 words

Where is your business registered?

Please specify where your business is registered

What region does your business operate in?

What stage of funding are you at?

Details of any other funding if relevant e.g. grants, prizes, matched funding etc:

Limit 250 words. (Please note: your company stage is for contextual information only and will not affect the success of your application unless you do not meet the eligibility as stated previously).

Your Business LinkedIn URL (if applicable)

How many employees does your business have?

How many founders does your business have?

Co-founder 1

Co-founder 1 First Name

Co-founder 1 Last Name

Co-founder 1 Email Address

Co-founder 1 University of Oxford Affiliation

Co-founder 1 LinkedIn URL

Co-founder 2

Co-founder 2 First Name

Co-founder 2 Last Name

Co-founder 2 Email Address

Co-founder 2 University of Oxford Affiliation

Co-founder 2 LinkedIn URL

Co-founder 3

Co-founder 3 First Name

Co-founder 3 Last Name

Co-founder 3 Email Address

Co-founder 3 University of Oxford Affiliation

Co-founder 3 LinkedIn URL

Co-founder 4

Co-founder 4 First Name

Co-founder 4 Last Name

Co-founder 4 Email Address

Co-founder 4 University of Oxford Affiliation

Co-founder 4 LinkedIn URL

Co-founder 5

Co-founder 5 First Name

Co-founder 5 Last Name

Co-founder 5 Email Address

Co-founder 5 University of Oxford Affiliation

Co-founder 5 LinkedIn URL

Co-founder 6

Co-founder 6 First Name

Co-founder 6 Last Name

Co-founder 6 Email Address

Co-founder 5 University of Oxford Affiliation

Co-founder 5 LinkedIn URL

Your Pitch Deck:

Please add a URL link to your pitch deck or data room:

This could be a link to a folder on a cloud drive, (i.e. onedrive, Google drive or Dropbox) containing a pitch deck, financial plan or other data useful to understand your business. This could also just be a live link to your pitch deck.

The deck should include information on...

problem & solution
market & competition
team
traction
how you intend to use the funds if you receive investment

If you are looking for a template try this link: Y Combinator's Seed Deck template. 

PITCH DECK TIPS

Some more guidance is avialable on our E-School here

Alternatively take a look at this link for the ten slides you need.

Pitch Video:

Your video should cover similar ground as your deck, but in your own words:

Problem & solution - what you're solving and why your approach works
Market & competition - who your customer is and why you'll win
Team - why you're the people to do this
Traction - what you've achieved so far
Use of funds - what The Mila Catalyst Award unlocks for your venture

Two minutes is limited, so prioritise. We'd rather hear three of these covered convincingly than all five rushed. The deck carries the main detail and the video is where we hear your conviction and how clearly you can articulate the direction of the venture.

Please share by uploading a Youtube/Vimeo link. Make sure the link is publicly viewable or set to "unlisted", we can't review private or password-protected videos:

How did you hear about the Art of Medical Science Award?

Other - please let us know how you heard of the Art of Medical Science Award here:

Would you like to stay in touch with the Entrepreneurship Centre via occasional emails?

Agreement to Privacy Policy and Photography Consent

I understand as part of this competition I or my team may be photographed, filmed or recorded and the imagery may be used for promotional purposes by the University of Oxford. I also acknowledge the pitch deck and video I submit may be shared with judges and advisors as part of the competition process.

I have read the Privacy Policy and agree to the processing and storing of my data for the purposes of this application by the Oxford Saïd Entrepreneurship Centre, Saïd Business School. By consenting I agree to receive communications and agree to the data storage, communication and tracking of my data as described in the privacy policy.

I acknowledge that relevant information may also be shared with The Mila and have read the The Mila Privacy Notice.

I AGREE TO THE ABOVE & WISH TO APPLY

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