EVF: Accelerators Course

To be eligible to apply for the course, you must:

• Be developing a device, technology, or digital health tool designed for people with epilepsy.
• Apply as a business entity. No university-based applications will be considered. A university may partner with an existing company through licensing to commercialize the venture, but the company must be the applicant.
• Must demonstrate in the application an ability to move the proposed plan to completion, showing how an investment can accelerate a step along the path to market.
• Applicants must submit a model/prototype of proposed project (must include demonstration of some form of materialization - i.e. early sample, model or release of a product built for testing).
• Entrepreneurs who have previously received Epilepsy Foundation funding through Shark Tank Competitions or New Therapy Commercialization Grants are encouraged to re-submit their ideas if substantial progress has been made.
• Applicants may reside in any country so long as they are committed to attending all lectures.

Examples of ventures considered for the course:

• A drug or device treatment that stops a seizure (especially those already developed or approved for a different indication)
• A system that helps patients manage their treatment or their epilepsy (less invasive, less costly anti-epileptic drug measurement, for example)
• Any other concept that could improve the lives of people with epilepsy potentially in the near future

Still have questions about the course for startups? Please reach out to us at grants@efa.org