Innovation

Dedicated to Exploring and Enabling New Solutions

Made possible through transformative philanthropy, the Mansueto Innovation Institute fosters innovative thinking with the ultimate goal of creating better care delivery options. By acting as a catalyst for both Northwestern Medicine and collaborators, we identify and champion ideas, then work to bring them into practice or to the market.

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Sourcing and Evaluating Opportunities

By tapping into a deep understanding of the healthcare landscape and the challenges it presents, NM Ventures identifies and co-creates solutions with the potential to drive meaningful change. Close collaboration with clinical and administrative leaders across Northwestern Medicine ensures alignment with the most urgent and impactful problems, enabling targeted innovation that delivers real-world results.

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Enabling a Culture of Innovation That Drives Impact

NM Ventures encompasses a variety of programs, each uniquely structured to engage our physicians, nurses, and all workforce members in innovation. The Mansueto Innovation Institute fosters many of these programs.

Health Catalyst NM A systemwide competition to find and fund innovative ideas

NM Innovation Champions 8 months of protected time for clinicians to develop
their ideas

Techstars Accelerator Mentor-based guidance to accelerate a startup’s growth

NM SHIP Grants Microgrants funding small-scale innovative solutions

Nurturing New Ideas

Bringing innovators together

The Mansueto Innovation Institute

The Manseuto Innovation Institute exists to facilitate greater collaboration among healthcare innovators, including the Northwestern Medicine workforce and earlystage companies and market leaders.

Techstars Healthcare Accelerator

Techstars is a global initiative helping founders scale their startups into world-changing businesses.

Working Together for Innovation

We're proud to work with these industry leaders to bring new solutions to health care