{"id":7062,"date":"2025-10-27T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-10-27T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cqdm.org\/?p=7062"},"modified":"2025-10-27T08:57:49","modified_gmt":"2025-10-27T12:57:49","slug":"the-merck-digital-sciences-studio-mdss-is-back-and-recruiting-startups","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cqdm.org\/en\/news-and-events\/the-merck-digital-sciences-studio-mdss-is-back-and-recruiting-startups\/","title":{"rendered":"The Merck Digital Sciences Studio (MDSS) is back and recruiting startups"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Ready to transform the future of drug discovery and development with digitally enabled technologies and AI? The Merck Digital Sciences Studio (MDSS) is back and recruiting startups for its 9-month program in Canada! <br><br>In partnership with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/centech-mtl\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Centech Mtl<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/cqdm\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CQDM<\/a>, the program offers exclusive access to Merck experts, personalized mentoring from Entrepreneurs-in-Residence, high-level workshops, powerful networking opportunities and a US $100,000 pre-seed investment.<br><br>What makes the MDSS program in Canada unique is the combination of hands-on mentoring from health experts, strategic workshops with industry leaders, connections with decision-makers and scientific leaders, and significant funding to propel your startup forward.<br><br>Shape the future of health innovation with three focus areas:<br>\u2022 AI for preventive health and drug discovery<br>\u2022 Platforms that accelerate biologics R&amp;D (proteins and antibodies)<br>\u2022 3D translational models to improve preclinical testing and shorten clinical timelines<br><br>\ud83d\udcc5 Apply before November 28 \ud83d\udc49 <a href=\"https:\/\/lnkd.in\/gEuK8sQ8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/lnkd.in\/gEuK8sQ8<\/a><br><br><br>\ud83d\uddd3\ufe0f Don\u2019t miss our FREE online information sessions (Eastern Time, ET \u2013 Canada)<br><br>November 4, 12:00\u20131:00 p.m. \u27a1\ufe0f <a href=\"https:\/\/luma.com\/3mbmepoc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/luma.com\/3mbmepoc<\/a><br>November 18, 11:00 a.m.\u201312:00 p.m. \u27a1\ufe0f <a href=\"https:\/\/luma.com\/85014dko\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/luma.com\/85014dko<\/a><br>November 24, 1:00\u20132:00 p.m. \u27a1\ufe0f <a href=\"https:\/\/luma.com\/65upkfxw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/luma.com\/65upkfxw<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Learn more about the Merck Digital Sciences Studio (MDSS) by <a href=\"https:\/\/cqdm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/MDSS-OnePager_CA-EN-1.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">clicking here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ready to transform the future of drug discovery and development with digitally enabled technologies and AI? The Merck Digital Sciences Studio (MDSS) is back and recruiting startups for its 9-month program in Canada! In partnership with Centech Mtl and CQDM, the program offers exclusive access to Merck experts, personalized mentoring from Entrepreneurs-in-Residence, high-level workshops, powerful&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":7063,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7062","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-our-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cqdm.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7062","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cqdm.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cqdm.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cqdm.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cqdm.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7062"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/cqdm.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7062\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7074,"href":"https:\/\/cqdm.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7062\/revisions\/7074"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cqdm.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7063"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cqdm.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7062"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cqdm.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7062"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cqdm.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7062"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}