ACCELERATE
Healthcare and Medicine Accelerator
The Dartmouth Innovation Accelerator for Healthcare and Medicine (DIAHM) helps Dartmouth innovators transform research into real-world healthcare solutions with funding, mentorship, and expert support.
Are you developing a new health or medical solution?
Guidance from alumni and industry leaders – and philanthropic gifts from visionary donors – help Dartmouth teams develop novel solutions and harness the resources needed to accelerate the implementation of novel solutions to improve people’s lives.
GOALS
To promote a culture of entrepreneurial thinking at Dartmouth
To provide Dartmouth faculty-led teams with the knowledge and funding needed to bring their healthcare ideas and research to patients and providers
To develop and strengthen Dartmouth intellectual property and increase licensing of Dartmouth IP to startups and other companies
To build and grow a network of Dartmouth innovators, alumni, and companies in healthcare to facilitate collaboration and support
BY THE NUMBERS
$5M+ in alumni donations
350 participants across 83 teams
26 awards totaling $2.5 million
12 startups created
6 licensed technologies
Follow-on funding over $20 million
IN THE NEWS
BEYOND THE NUMBERS
Lasting impact across the Dartmouth community
Faculty: access to investors and funding for research, projects, and grants
Students: expanded networks leading to internships and career opportunities
Alumni: renewed connections with Dartmouth and fellow innovators
Outreach: mentor networks, industry summits, corporate partnerships, and national media visibility
Multiple tracks in Healthcare and Medicine:
Cancer Therapeutics
Dartmouth Innovation Accelerator for Cancer (DIAC)
This accelerator provides innovators across Dartmouth with the support, entrepreneurial guidance, and infrastructure needed to translate their innovations for the diagnosis and treatment of cancer into the marketplace. Compete for up to $300,000 in project funding.
Applications open until November 15, 2025
Digital Health
Dartmouth Innovation Accelerator for Digital Health (DIADH)
This accelerator provides researchers across Dartmouth with the support, entrepreneurial guidance, and infrastructure needed to translate their science-based digital therapeutics and digital health tools into the marketplace. Compete for awards of up to $100,000.
Dates for the next cohort will be announced once available
Healthcare Delivery
Healthcare Delivery Challenge (HCDC)
This accelerator provides innovators across Dartmouth with the support, entrepreneurial guidance, and infrastructure needed to make patient lifts accessible for a wide population of patients. Compete for up to $70,000 in project funding.
Applications open until October 31, 2025
Apply to an Accelerator
Are you developing a new health or medical solution? Our accelerators in cancer therapeutics, digital health, and healthcare delivery provide funding, mentorship, and access to Dartmouth’s network to help move your idea from concept to impact.
Join Dartmouth students, faculty, and researchers who are driving the future of medical innovation, and bring your own breakthrough to life.
To learn more about the acclerators and application-related questions, please contact:
Angela Presley
Program Manager, Entrepreneurship at Geisel
Support Innovation in Healthcare + Medicine
Across Dartmouth, experts in biomedical research, behavioral health, computer science, and patient care are collaborating to advance digital mental health tools, improve healthcare delivery, and bring new cancer treatments to market.
Support this growing network of innovators and help accelerate discoveries that improve lives, locally and beyond.
To learn more about how you can support our accelerators, please contact:
Bethany Solomon
Assistant Vice President, Principal Gifts and Venture Philanthropy