CMI | Bench to Bedside: Competition Night 2026

Over the 2025-2026 school year, college students from the University of Utah, across the states, and internationally have come together in multi-disciplinary teams to develop new, innovative solutions to problems facing today's health care professionals.

Student teams will showcase their projects in a gala-style event, meeting with competition judges, industry professionals, mentors, investors, University leadership, community members, family, and friends. After an evening of networking and celebration, an awards ceremony will announce the winners of the competition and send the winning teams home with nearly $100,000 in milestone funding.

Since its inception in 2010, the Bench to Bedside Program has launched hundreds of next-generation medical devices, awarded over $1.4M in milestone funding to winning teams, and given over 1500 students from across Utah first-hand experience with healthcare innovation.

The Bench to Bedside program is presented and managed by the Center for Medical Innovation at University of Utah Health. To learn more, visit

Info: All competing teams must be set-up by 5:30pm

Info: An exclusive "preview" only for our competition judges, this 30 minutes is set-aside for judges and teams to have 1:1 evaluations

Info: Welcome to B2B Comp Night! Meet our student competitors, network with fellow attendees, enjoy free food & drinks, and help us celebrate the hard work of our student innovators!

Info: Make sure you've given your poker chip to your favorite B2B team by 7:30pm to cast your vote for this year's Consumer's Choice Award Winner

Info: Stick around for the conclusion of B2B Comp Night as we announce the winners of this year's competition! **Hosted on the first floor Field Club**

Event Venue

Sorenson Center for Medical Innovation, 15 S. Mario Capecchi Drive, Salt Lake City, United States

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