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DMEA sparks Award

Newcomer Award

DMEA sparks 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

The Path to the DMEA sparks 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, 82.4 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.

The Winners 2024

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

DMEA Newcomer Award Winner 2024

Category: Audience Award

Pia Lehmann

Questions & Answers

Graduates with practice-relevant Bachelor's and Master's theses that deal with the digitalisation of the healthcare sector can apply. These include degree programmes such as medical informatics, e-health, health management, health economics and healthcare management.

The thesis must have been submitted to a university in Germany or abroad after 31 January 2024. The final grading of the thesis by the university is not decisive for submission and may still be open.

Applications can only be submitted via the bvitg Service GmbH booking portal. Once the application has been uploaded, it can be processed until the final submission date. Unfortunately, submissions by e-mail cannot be considered.

Applications can be submitted in German or English.

Please have the following information and documents ready for submission:
- Names and contact details of all authors
- Portrait photos of the authors
- Title of the work
- Abstract
- Bachelor's or Master's thesis as PDF
- Information on the practical relevance of the thesis

If the work is marked with a blocking note, a declaration of consent from the company/institution must be sent to the bsg dmea@bvitg.de by the application deadline, which allows the information to be used by the bsg, the bvitg e. V. and the cooperation partners for the purpose of organising the competition.

Incomplete submissions, including missing or incomplete abstracts, will not be accepted for evaluation.

Yes, submission is also possible in this case.

A thesis that has previously been submitted for the DMEA Young Talent Award may not be resubmitted and will be excluded from the assessment.