Stanford-Taiwan Biomedical Fellowship Program (STB Program) is a multidisciplinary training program executed by STPI, a non-profit organization under the supervision of the Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST) in Taiwan. STB is a unique blend between the innovative Medtech culture in the Bay Area of the US and eager young scientists from Taiwan. We hope to train the next generation of medical technology innovators and create an innovative Medtech platform in Taiwan. One of the goals is to arm these STB fellows with tools to return to Taiwan and consider starting Medtech efforts, which will be coupled with the infrastructure of manufacturing and miniaturization in Taiwan when cost reduction may be the perfect environment to surround these innovative kernels.
SPARK Taiwan Program
SPARK Program was launched in accordance with the biotechnology industry development planning. This program aims to provide assistance to those that are in the pharmaceutical industry or the medical device industry with potential products but are lacking in initial commercial planning for entrance into the market. This program includes: translation, medical regulation implementation, intellectual property registry, negotiation, marketing and commercialization planning and training.
SPARK Taiwan cultivates future teams and team projects in preparation for the entrance into the industry. Part of the program is to provide teams with initial funding as a start. The teams will go through training to learn product development methods gaining international view on turning research into products. There are six anchor universities involved in SPARK Taiwan Program including Northern area-National Taiwan University, Taipei Medical University, Fu Jen University(cooperated with National Tsing Hua University; Central area-China Medical University (cooperated with Asia University); Southern area-National Cheng Kung University and Kaohsiung Medical University, executing more than 300 biomedical innovation projects. In addition, more than 1000 persons from universities, research institutions and medical centers participate to carry out the value of bio-innovation and translate the research projects into products.