Applications are open until early January for the new €6 million EIT Health call supporting startups and SMEs with projects based on technology and data, capable of providing more personalized and effective healthcare. Project proposals should align with the Healthcare Innovation Cycle, a roadmap developed by EIT Health that maps the stages of innovation in life sciences, adapting the TRL scale to this sector.
This is a very interesting methodology that combines the maturity levels of a healthcare innovation with the maturation of clinical, regulatory, and market/business domains that must mature alongside the technology.
This continues the activity promoted by the Knowledge and Innovation Community (KIC) dedicated to health within the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT): the European body funded by Horizon Europe with the aim of promoting innovation by connecting the business world, education, and research (the so-called "knowledge triangle").