ACRM Technology Networking Group Presents: ACRM LaunchPad
Deadline to Submit: 31 May 2026
ACRM LaunchPad, hosted by the ACRM Technology Networking Group (TNG), is an annual competition highlighting innovative rehabilitation technologies from early-stage companies, non-profit research and engineering labs, and emerging innovators. Finalists pitch their ideas live at the ACRM Annual Conference each fall to a panel of interdisciplinary rehab industry experts and an audience of clinicians, researchers, engineers, administrators, and decision-makers.
Participants gain valuable market feedback, expand visibility within the rehabilitation community, and compete for prizes designed to accelerate the impact of their technology.
Accepted Competitors receive 20% DISCOUNT off the Registration Rates for the Annual Conference.
How it Works
STAGE 1 – Spring
LaunchPad is a 6-month, 2-stage competition, beginning with the submission of applications in the spring by competitors. The application deadline is 31 May 2026. Contestant are announced in early summer
Applications should include an Executive Summary that describes the following:
- Your innovative rehabilitation technology
- Your target user
- The problem addressed
- Evidence of efficacy and other user feedback
- Evidence of adoption, if any
Download the Executive Summary Outline to identify the information needed to submit an application.
Applications will be reviewed by the LaunchPad Task Force of ACRM’s Technology Networking Group and five finalists will be chosen.
STAGE 2 – Fall
Finalists will present their technologies before a panel of interdisciplinary judges, including healthcare administrators, rehabilitation technology researchers and engineers, rehabilitation clinicians, medical doctors, and technology entrepreneurs to win prizes and gain valuable feedback from rehab professionals at the ACRM Annual Conference.
