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Messe Berlin
08–10 APR 2025
DMEA - Connecting Digital Health
08–10 APR 2025
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Newcomer Award

Newcomer Award

DMEA Newcomer Award: Apply with your visionary thesis in e-health

Every year, the DMEA honours the most outstanding Bachelor's and Master's theses in the fields of medical informatics, e-health, health IT, health management, health economics and healthcare management as well as related degree programmes.

A renowned jury of experts from science and industry selects the theses that offer particularly innovative and practice-oriented approaches to the sustainable improvement of digital healthcare.

The authors of the 5 best Bachelor's and Master's theses will present their work in a video in advance and in a live pitch in front of an audience at the DMEA. The three winners in each category will then be chosen. In addition, the 10 short video presentations will be published and the work with the most audience votes will be honoured with the Audience Award at the DMEA.

This prize money awaits the winners:

Bachelor theses: 1st prize: €1,500 – 2nd prize: €1,000 – 3rd prize: €500

Master theses: 1st prize: €2,000 – 2nd prize: €1,000 – 3rd prize: €500

Audience Award: €500

Apply now!

The Path to the Newcomer Award 2025:

  • 1. Submission of the thesis via the portal (until 15 January 2025)
    Upload Bachelor's or Master's thesis as a PDF, insert abstract of the thesis Guidelines Abstract Structure, (PDF, 82.5 kB) provide contact details and portrait photos of all authors.
  • 2. Jury Evaluation Period (January/February 2025)
    The expert jury will evaluate the applications received and nominate the five best works in each category.
  • 3. Creation of a short video by the finalists (max. 5 min)
    The videos will be included in the evaluation and will take part in the voting for the Audience Award.
  • 4. Live Pitch & Award Ceremony at the DMEA
    The 10 finalists present their work to the audience. The 3 best Bachelor's and Master's theses and the Audience Award will then be chosen.

Application conditions

Free application for all graduates of a Bachelor's or Master's degree programme in the field of digital healthcare.

Only theses submitted to a university after 31 January 2024 can be considered.

Applications must be complete and submitted exclusively via the portal.

Restriction notices: The work will only be made available to the jury and the DMEA session organiser, who will treat the documents confidentially. If necessary, please obtain an exemption authorisation and send it to dmea@bvitg.de

The application portal opens on 4 November 2024.

Newcomer Award Winners 2024

(f.l.t.r) Jennifer Miller, Tobias Archut, Pia Lehmann, Pauline Nöldemann, Simon Koller, Dr. Julian Hugo

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Category: Bachelor Thesis

1st place: Simon Koller

2nd place: Pia Lehmann

3rd place: Tobias Archut

Categrory: Master Thesis

1st place: Dr. Julian Hugo

2nd place: Pauline Nöldemann

3rd place: Jennifer Miller

Category: Audience Award

Pia Lehmann

Videos 2024 of Winners from Category: Bacher Thesis

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Always there for you:
The DMEA team

Doreen Kempa
doreen.kempa@bvitg.de
M +49 175 9280501

All Important Information at a Glance

Who can participate in the call for papers?

The Call for Papers for the DMEA Congress is open to all stakeholders in the healthcare industry or other appropriate industries. We look forward to receiving diverse, innovative and practical submissions.

What is the deadline for the call for papers for the DMEA Congress?

From 17 October on until 17 November 2023 we invite you to apply for a lecture with your topic.

Only papers that are submitted in full via the submisson portal form by the end of the submission period will be considered.

Can I submit the same presentation for multiple categories?

We do not recommend this, as each application should be specific to a congress theme if possible.

What are the costs for me?

Participation in the Call for Papers is completely free of charge. There are no fees for you for either the submission of a paper or the subsequent placement.

What are the criteria for presentation submission?

The content and therefore also the selection of the presentations for each session are the responsibility of the respective session leaders. They are guided by the following weighting:

  • Practical benefit for users (25%)
  • Technical quality (including content, methodology, framework conditions) (10%)
  • Structuring, comprehensibility and comprehensibility of the abstract (10%)
  • Originality and degree of innovation of the contribution (20%)
  • Sufficient consideration of legal, technical and organizational aspects (10%)
  • Relevance of the contribution to the session (15%)
  • Internationality and diversity of speakers (10%)
What can I do to increase my chances?

Four submission tips:

  • When writing your abstract, follow the structure guidelines.
  • Match your abstract as closely as possible to the descriptive text of the selected congress topic.
  • Refrain from promotional content. Presentations with a scientific focus and those that concentrate on imparting knowledge are in demand.
  • Make your presentation as practice-oriented as possible; user presentations are welcome.
Who can I contact if I have problems with the presentation submission?

If a problem arises during the submission process, please contact dmea@bvitg.de.