The EIT Health Headstart programme provides emerging companies with mentorship and funding opportunities to accelerate the development and time-to-market of innovative products and services to improve the lives of European patients and citizens. Mentored by EIT Health’s regional teams of Business Creation Managers, the programme offers support to the companies as they navigate the steps required to bring their solution to market including, crucially, verification of the clinical, patient or system need for the product or service. The selected start-ups will have access to mentoring and business support, and financial support of up to €50,000, and will make valuable contacts within the health innovation ecosystem via EIT Health’s vast network.
The aim of the Headstart awards is to:
Eligibility criteria:
Application period: 1 July – 14 September 2020 via the EIT Health Optimy Platform
Further information about the application procedure, eligibility and deliverables is available in the Programme guide.
EIT Health Germany is organising five webinars until the end of the application period, with the aim of helping applicants navigate through the application process.
Here is the schedule:
Contact information:
Barbara Costa (barbara.costa@eithealth.eu)
Bojana Trajkovska (bojana.trajkovska@eithealth.eu)