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EIT Health Opportunity: Headstart Funding for COVID-19 Solutions

Published on: 01/04/2020

EIT Health Opportunity: Headstart Funding for COVID-19 Solutions
Covid-19, Funding
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Headstart provides companies that are chosen for the programme up to €50,000 to support the development of innovative healthcare products and services.

This year, Headstart is supplemented by a special programme focused on COVID-19 solutions.

COVID-19 Solutions

Calling digital health start-ups with valuable COVID-19 solutions. Through Headstart, EIT Health will award up to €50,000 to companies with the potential to enable the community and health systems to fill in the gap until COVID-19 vaccines are ready. We are looking for products or services with technology readiness level eight. We are accepting applications for this call until 14 April 2020. For more details, please refer to the Headstart for COVID-19 Guide.

Applications must be filed through the EIT Health Optimy Registration platform.


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