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    CASCADE FUNDING

    Innovation Validation Call 2027

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    Run by EIT Health

    13 Jan 2027
    Deadline
    €5.1M
    Total for all companies

    What this call funds

    This call from EIT Health supports innovation projects that need validation funding to move forward, with a total budget of about 5.1 million euros. Applicants submit through the EIT Health platform and go through a single stage process that includes eligibility checks, expert evaluation, a pitching session, and an ethics review. It is aimed at health innovation projects seeking early stage backing and validation.

    digital health · biotechnology · medical devices · pharmaceuticals

    Who wins this

    This call best suits a health innovation team or organisation with a project ready to be validated and pitched to expert panels.

    Could you win this call?

    Only the website is required.

    The call in detail

    Submission
    Single-stage submission (full proposal at once)
    Type of action
    Cascade funding
    Partners
    Not stated in the call.
    Also required
    Applicants must register for a PIC number via the EU Funding and Tender Opportunities Portal and apply through the EIT Health Application Platform, with shortlisted teams needing a score of at least 70 out of 100 to proceed to pitching.
    Eligible countries (45)
    Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Norway, Iceland, Switzerland, United Kingdom, Israel, Türkiye, Ukraine, Serbia, North Macedonia, Montenegro, Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Georgia, Armenia, Moldova, Tunisia, New Zealand

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