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Snapshot overview: Partnership to support innovation across the health industry with close cooperation with industry
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Name: Innovative Health Initiative (IHI)
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Institution/ DG/ Agency responsible at EU-level: European Innovation Council (Horizon Europe)
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Work programme: Open-ended funding with deadline (2030)
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Programme: Partnership programmes
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Programme budget: EUR 1.2 billion
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Project budget:
- IHI call 1 (single-stage topics) has a budget of up to EUR 135 million
- IHI call 2 (two-stage topics) has a budget of around EUR 22 million
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Type of funding : Top-down
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Target participants: EU-focused but a recognition of the global nature of health threats and therefore international actors from the academic, industrial, and regulatory sectors are allowed to participate
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Programme scope: Translate scientific knowledge into tangible innovations; develop safe, effective, people-centred and cost-effective products and services; and address key unmet public health needs. Covers prevention, diagnostics, treatment and disease management
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Participant criteria: A range of partners, including mid-caps, from different sectors, such as biomedical imaging, medical information technology, diagnostic and animal health industries Wider participation would help to advance the development of new approaches and technologies for the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of diseases with high impact on public health.
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Project duration: Duration of Horizon Europe (2021-2027)
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Average time from submission to project kick-off: Currently unknown
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R&D stage: Covers the entire life science research and innovation value chain
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Intellectual property: TBD
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Project database: EU Funding & Tender Opportunities portal – Single Electronic Data Interchange Area (SEDIA)
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Status: The three topics (cancer, neurodegenerative diseases, and health data) are launched under IHI call 1. The topics on cardiovascular disease and early feasibility studies fall under call 2.
The deadline for proposals for both calls is 20 September 2022.
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