NOVA Medical School is bringing the well-known 'Shark Tank' business model to academia, providing a unique platform for final-year Nutrition Science students to present themselves to the labour market.
The Nutrition Shark Tank aims to represent an environment where academic knowledge will be transformed into tangible and innovative proposals. A stage where recent graduates will have the opportunity to present visionary projects with solutions to different problems in the area of Health to an audience of potential employers and possible investors. Inspired by the popular format of the existing TV programme, this event will highlight the entrepreneurial spirit of graduates.
Designed in partnership with Nova SBE's Health Economics & Management Knowledge Centre, the "Nutrition Shark Tank" is an innovative model that will be attended by "sharks" from the business world, such as CUF, Nestlé, Eurest, Super Bock, Diaverum, SLB, Abbott, Sonae, Jerónimo Martins, FIPA, Sumol Compal, among others. These experts will assess the projects submitted by six groups of students, involving a total of 15 finalists. The projects will be put to the test by the panel of sharks, with the nomination for best pitch going to the audience.