The male contraception research and advocacy community is a small, but passionate one that is naturally very collaborative.
With the unfortunate reality of limited resources and funding for the sector, it is imperative that we creatively and in an innovative manner foster and support this bias towards collaboration. We developed the opportunities below in an effort to do just that.
Startup Bootcamp
Transitioning from lab bench to corporate boardroom is no easy journey. It is therefore critical to provide the training and guidance required to facilitate the growth needed to ensure market success once methods are approved for use. This $50,000 sponsorship provides qualified and interested grantees with access to corporate coaches and other educational opportunities to develop a holistic understanding of taking a new product to market in an effort to ensure success. Please find sponsorship details here.
Transitioning from lab bench to corporate boardroom is no easy journey. It is therefore critical to provide the training and guidance required to facilitate the growth needed to ensure market success once methods are approved for use. This $50,000 sponsorship provides qualified and interested grantees with access to corporate coaches and other educational opportunities to develop a holistic understanding of taking a new product to market in an effort to ensure success. Please find sponsorship details here.
Male Contraception Conference
Male contraception is growing both in interest as well as in attention, with more researchers investigating promising targets each year. Despite this, the subject area gets limited attention with respect to professional and academic conferences. This $50,000 sponsorship allows MCI to address that by hosting a conference that provides an opportunity for those in the field to interact with each other and share learnings, while the event itself will provide attention and a platform for promoting the sector. Please find sponsorship details here. (People interested in supporting a Male Contraception Conference in other ways can also consider the Silver and Bronze levels of support)
Male contraception is growing both in interest as well as in attention, with more researchers investigating promising targets each year. Despite this, the subject area gets limited attention with respect to professional and academic conferences. This $50,000 sponsorship allows MCI to address that by hosting a conference that provides an opportunity for those in the field to interact with each other and share learnings, while the event itself will provide attention and a platform for promoting the sector. Please find sponsorship details here. (People interested in supporting a Male Contraception Conference in other ways can also consider the Silver and Bronze levels of support)
Male Contraception Ideation Event
Ideation Events are different from conferences and other convenings as they are biased towards action: the intent is to gather a cohort of individuals to collaborate on investigating a challenge and brainstorming potential solutions for it. Male contraception is a perfect platform for ideation events and MCI’s inaugural ideation event was instrumental in catalyzing new ideas and efforts. This $50,000 sponsorship enables us to provide additional ideation experiences to the male contraception research community in an effort to use disruptive methodologies to accelerate product development. Please find sponsorship details here.
Ideation Events are different from conferences and other convenings as they are biased towards action: the intent is to gather a cohort of individuals to collaborate on investigating a challenge and brainstorming potential solutions for it. Male contraception is a perfect platform for ideation events and MCI’s inaugural ideation event was instrumental in catalyzing new ideas and efforts. This $50,000 sponsorship enables us to provide additional ideation experiences to the male contraception research community in an effort to use disruptive methodologies to accelerate product development. Please find sponsorship details here.
Conference Dinner/Meet & Greet
Conferences are a great way to hear updates on research activities while sharing news of your own. However, networking activities tend to be limited. And even those that occur fail to provide adequate opportunity to engage beyond exchanging pleasantries and contact details. This $5,000 sponsorship helps address this by supporting MCI’s Conference Meet & Greet program and provides supporters the opportunity to participate in these convenings and meet MCI grantees to learn about their work directly from the researchers. Please find sponsorship details here.
Conferences are a great way to hear updates on research activities while sharing news of your own. However, networking activities tend to be limited. And even those that occur fail to provide adequate opportunity to engage beyond exchanging pleasantries and contact details. This $5,000 sponsorship helps address this by supporting MCI’s Conference Meet & Greet program and provides supporters the opportunity to participate in these convenings and meet MCI grantees to learn about their work directly from the researchers. Please find sponsorship details here.
