What We Do

MGN’s innovation hackathons offer a guided start for exploring ideas within real mental-health challenges. Interdisciplinary teams work with clinicians, researchers, and domain experts to understand needs, assess feasibility, and test early concepts.

Innovation is strengthened through access to clinical, research, and technical specialists who contribute knowledge, review ideas, and help align early work with ethical and scientific principles.

Projects progress through a transparent pipeline that incorporates ethical reflection, feasibility checks, user understanding, and alignment with mental-health practice and research.

MGN supports teams in preparing for grant-based and institutional funding pathways, including partner challenges and non-dilutive support opportunities.

Teams with promising ideas can continue through structured mentorship, project development, and guided preparation for partnerships, pilots, and funding.

MGN programs bring academic expertise into innovation settings where real mental-health challenges are explored with interdisciplinary teams. Researchers contribute evidence and methodological clarity that guide early ideas.

Universities collaborate with MGN to offer students opportunities in:
• innovation-based coursework,
• interdisciplinary teamwork,
• hackathons and events,
• research and project support.

We co-develop:
• white papers,
• applied research insights,
• briefs and recommendations for responsible innovation,
• frameworks aligned with ethical and scientific standards.

Academic partners participate in co-designed programs, joint challenges, accelerator initiatives, and EU-aligned collaboration efforts.

Practitioners join hackathons, roundtables, and accelerator sessions as advisors, mentors, and subject-matter contributors.

Their insights help ensure that innovation is grounded in practice, aligned with ethics, and informed by real experiences in care and clinical work.

Practitioners collaborate with researchers and innovators on:
• applied insights,
• responsible innovation frameworks,
• expert reviews,
• educational content.

MGN offers opportunities for professionals to share expertise, support teams, and contribute to cross-sector dialogue.

Participants contribute to coordination, facilitation, research assistance, communication, and team support during hackathons and events.

Students and volunteers gain hands-on experience working with interdisciplinary teams, experts, and real mental-health challenges.

Volunteers assist in early research, content development, ecosystem activities, and other initiatives aligned with their skills.

MGN offers a welcoming environment where emerging professionals can grow, learn, and contribute meaningfully.