FOR INSTITUTIONS

Your faculty are building the future of medicine. Most of it will never reach a patient.

75 to 90 percent of institutional innovation investments produce zero patient impact and zero financial return.

Not because the science failed. Because the business did.

THE STRUCTURAL GAP

Grant Pipeline & TRL Advancement

Federal funders including DARPA, BARDA, DITRA, and NASA increasingly evaluate institutions on commercialization output. Congressional scrutiny is shifting from what did you discover to what did you deliver. Institutions that move innovations up the Technology Readiness Level scale become the preferred recipients of future funding. Those that do not face declining allocations.

TRL 1
Basic research
TRL 2
Concept formulation
TRL 3
Proof of concept
TRL 4
Lab validation
TRL 5
Relevant-env validation
TRL 6
Prototype demo
TRL 7
System prototype
TRL 8
System qualified
TRL 9
Fielded system
Research
Basic science · concept
Validation
Bench → relevant environment
Deployment
Fielded, qualified, deployed
Federal funding preference →

IP Value Capture

Your faculty generate intellectual property. Without structural training, that IP either dies in translation or leaves the building with the physician who conceived it. Structural literacy ensures your institution captures the value of the research it funds.

Ecosystem Development

Institutions known for commercialization output attract better faculty, stronger industry partnerships, and more funding. A structured translational training program signals to the market that your institution delivers, not just discovers.

Physician Retention

Clinicians who can innovate inside your system do not leave. Structural literacy training is a retention strategy, not just an education program. When physicians understand how to commercialize within the hospital ecosystem, and know they are being treated fairly on IP and equity, they stay.

When things move from bench to commercial, everyone succeeds. The institution. The physician. The patient. The funder.

DELIVERY MODELS

Your format. Your timeline.

12 MONTHS

Fellowship

Quarterly in-person intensives plus virtual sessions, project work, mentoring, and capstone presentation. Full curriculum with assessment and certification.

Pre/post assessment
Progress reporting
Co-branded certification
Dedicated program liaison
CME pathway integration
Best for: Academic medical centers building innovation ecosystems
3-5 DAYS

Intensive

Single immersion event covering core structural literacy modules. High-density delivery for physician groups ready to engage immediately.

Pre/post assessment
Completion certification
Summary report for program administrator
Best for: Hospital innovation programs activating physician-entrepreneurs
6-12 MONTHS

Embedded

One session per month, integrated into existing hospital education infrastructure. CME-compatible. Builds structural literacy over time alongside clinical practice.

Pre/post assessment
Monthly progress dashboards
Co-branded certification
CME pathway integration
Best for: Institutions integrating entrepreneurship into physician development
SELF-PACED + COHORT

Open Enrollment

Virtual curriculum with live cohort sessions. Individual physicians enroll directly. No institutional partnership required.

Full curriculum access
Live cohort sessions
Structural Literacy Credential
Best for: Individual physicians anywhere in the world

In my career evaluating training and leadership programs across the U.S. Army and beyond, very few met the level of rigor, structure, and real-world execution I see in AEIOU. This program stands out immediately.

Tamas Horvath
Bronze Star Recipient, Former Chief Quality Assurance & Accreditation Officer, United States Army

Dr. Christos' advisory work builds disciplined judgment around risk long before it appears on a balance sheet, when it is still preventable. That capability is rare, highly practical, and essential at the senior banking and board level.

Fatma AlShehhi
Senior Credit Officer, National Bank of Ras Al Khaimah, UAE

Questions from institutional partners

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HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONAL PROGRAM

For Healthcare Innovation Leaders

Your physicians invent. Your institution files patents. But when capital enters the picture—when term sheets arrive, when acquirers call, when earnout provisions get drafted—who at your institution understands the structural consequences? AEIOU’s Healthcare Professional Program teaches your innovators to understand every decision between invention and exit: ownership and assignment, regulatory pathway as capital structure, pre-revenue valuation, IP as architecture, and the engineering milestones that determine founder outcomes. We teach your physicians to understand the deal they are signing.

Device Track

Medical Device Pathway

7 Core + 9 Medical Specialization evolutions covering 510(k)/PMA pathways, bench-to-production engineering milestones, and medtech deal structure.

Biotech Track

Biotech & Pharma Pathway

7 Core + 9 Medical Specialization evolutions covering IND-to-NDA pathways, clinical trial milestones as capital events, and pharma deal structure.

Institutional Packages

Four ways to partner.

Institutional pricing reflects executive-education norms: 12–16% off list for volume, with Partnership deals structured as custom engagements. Every partnership begins with a conversation, not a contract.

Enterprise Seats
$10,560 / seat
10–24 seats · 12% off list

For hospitals, academic medical centers, and research universities running a small cohort of physician-innovators or faculty.

Typical deal: $105K–$253K
Dedicated Cohort
$10,080 / seat
25–49 seats · 16% off list · dedicated facilitation

A single-institution cohort with custom facilitation. Departmental faculty, fellows, or hospital-wide innovation teams run the program together.

Typical deal: $252K–$494K
Institutional Partnership
Custom SOW
50+ seats · negotiated engagement

For federal funders, multi-year engagements, and research-to-deployment programs. Priced as a partnership — base seats plus customization, evaluation, executive-sponsor access.

Typical deal: $500K–$2M+
Executive Partnership
$150,000 / year
Annual retainer · board-level engagement

Dedicated quarterly engagement with the principals for the institution’s senior leadership. Full program access for three executives. Priority on new curriculum. For institutions making AEIOU part of their standing innovation architecture.

Annual: $150,000

Prices shown are anchored to the Medical program ($12,000 list). Institutional deals involving the General program are priced to the General list ($7,500). Volume discounts apply identically.

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Every institutional partnership begins with a consultation. No commitment. No pitch deck. Just a conversation about what your program needs.

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