Innovation and Scientific Merit: Originality and soundness of the proposed approach.

Susustainability, Feasibility and Scalability: Potential for translation into clinical practice and scalability for widespread use.

Impact: Potential to significantly improve patient outcomes and address current limitations in the field.​

Interdisciplinary Collaboration: Integration of expertise across biology, engineering, data science, and clinical research.

Applicability of technology for addressing chronic respiratory diseases with demonstrated unmet medical needs.

Pre-clinical evidence to support quality and feasibility of the technology.

Potential for platform development.

Strength of prospective clinical impact and differentiation within the competitive landscape.

Capability to clearly define, communicate, and achieve proposed research milestones.

Motivation and qualifications of the team supporting the technology.

Alignment with Chiesi’s mission in prioritizing sustainability, health equity, and patient care.

Must meet BioLabs’ resident criteria.

Readiness to move into the BioLabs lab space shortly after receiving an Award (subject to site availability).