The UC Berkeley Blum Center for Developing Economies houses multiple programs designed to address global poverty, including the Big Ideas Competition and the Health Technologies Collaborative Laboratory.
For Big Ideas, an annual innovation contest that provides funding, resources, mentorship, and validation to student-led social ventures
For the Health Tech CoLab, a brand-new collaboration space to advance the development of medical devices to facilitate better healthcare and close the data and information gaps between innovators and industry.