Support Opportunities

CUREs has numerous opportunities for those interested in supporting the business plan competition including sponsorship opportunities for the website and final competition as well as funding opportunities for specific students projects and the program as a whole. Contact Chris Clarke (chris.clarke@duke.edu) to discuss a funding opportunity that meets your needs.

Student Participants

At this time, the CUREs competition is open to students from across Duke University, graduate and undergraduate. In fact, CUREs seeks to bring together diverse student teams that currently include undergraduate biomedical engineering, Masters of Engineering Management, Public Policy, Markets and Management and the Fuqua School of Business students.

Technical Experts

CUREs seeks advisors to work with student teams during both the competition and business incubation phases. The level of commitment can very from team mentor (in regular contact with a specific team), to advisor-at-large (available on an as-needed basis for industry-specific questions) to final competition judges (charged with reviewing the final business plans and presentations.) CUREs currently has entrepreneurs, legal experts, industry experts, graduate students and many others advising the students in different capacities. Contact Robert Malkin (robert.malkin@duke.edu) is you are interested in serving as an advisor to CUREs.

Engineering Students Interested in an Extended Experience

The CUREs MEM Fellowship allows students interested in gaining a degree in Management the opportunity to compete and get their education at the same time. A very limited number of students have the opportunity to make a significant difference by spending the summer in a developing world hospital and investigate healthcare technology needs on the ground. These select students will also develop a new venture to address the needs of the world's poorest compete in the CUREs business-plan competition. Visit the CUREs fellowship page for more details.