Creative solutions for healthcare provision in rural areas
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General Information About the Application

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Provide a concise summary of your idea and its relevance to rural healthcare.

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Please select the thematic area to which your idea belongs:

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Information About the Participants

Please fill in your personal details. In case of a group application, indicate the name of a contactperson.

Additional Team Members (if applicable):

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Project Description

Detailed Project Description (max. 2,000 characters): Provide a detailed explanation of your idea, including the intended goal, planned implementation, and innovation potential.

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Innovative Character

  • Novelty: What makes your project innovative? Is it a new solution or an improved version of an existing one?
  • Technological or Social Innovation: What new technologies or social concepts does your project use?
  • Added Value for Healthcare: How does your idea contribute to improved medical processes or more efficient patient care?
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Addressing a Specific Problem in Rural Healthcare (max. 1,000 characters)

  • Relevance for Rural Areas: What specific problem in rural regions does your project address?
  • Needs-Based Orientation: Are there studies, surveys, or empirical data supporting the need for this solution?
  • Technical Challenges: What obstacles (e.g., network coverage, digital literacy) may arise and how will they be addressed?
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Feasibility with Regional Partners (max. 1,000 characters)

  • Cooperation Opportunities: Which regional actors (healthcare providers, SMEs, universities) could be involved?
  • Integration into Existing Structures: How can your idea utilize existing networks and resources?
  • Practical Feasibility: Have initial discussions with potential partners taken place, or are there realistic plans for implementation?
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Feasibility Within Five Years (max. 1,000 characters)

  • Short-Term Implementation: Can your project realistically be implemented within five years?
  • Concrete Implementation Strategy: What key milestones and implementation steps are planned?
  • Technical Feasibility: Is the required technology already available or realistically developable?
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STEP 8/10

Application Video (Mandatory)

Please create a 90-second application video in which you (or your team) briefly introduce yourselves and your project. The video will be used for presentation on the wecare homepage and social media.

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Content of the Video:

  • Introduction of yourself or the team
  • Brief description of the project
  • Why is your idea innovative?
  • Which problems in healthcare does your project solve?

Technical Requirements:

  • Format: MP4 or MOV
  • Maximum Size: 100 MB
  • Duration: max. 90 seconds
STEP 9/10

Project- and/or team photo

For the poster session at the award ceremony, we need a maximum of 3 photos of the project and you or the project team.

Technical requirements:

  • Format: JPG or PNG
  • Maximum size: 5 MB
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STEP 10/10

Submission and Participation Conditions

  • Application Deadline: 30.06.2025
  • Applications are open to students enrolled at universities in Thuringia.
  • Both individual and group applications (up to 5 persons) are accepted.
  • By submitting the application, participants agree to present their ideas as part of the competition.
Oktober 2025
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