VR Health Champions is a 3-year project aiming at breaking down market, clinical and regulatory barriers in XR healthcare across less developed regions of Central Eastern and Southern Europe, while fast-tracking the advancement of VR/AR applications.
It focuses on five flagship SMEs – Lightspace, MEEVA, MedApp, Metaskills, and Virtuleap – that are leading this transformation. The project’s outcome is to upgrade their Technology Readiness Level (TRL) for VR/AR innovations from TRL 6 to TRL 9, ultimately creating pathways for future innovations in the sector.
To achieve this, VR Health Champions is now seeking SMEs specialising in AR sensors, AI-driven virtual agents, VR market research, XR clinical risk frameworks, or regulatory documentation, to be strategically matched with Flagship projects through cascade funding and foster cross-sector knowledge exchange and technology transfer.
The VR Health Champions Open Call 2025 is your opportunity to real impact in the fast-growing healthcare XR sector. If you’re a small and medium-sized enterprise (SMEs) and have an expertise in XR healthcare developments, this is your chance to receive up to 40.000 € grant and contribute directly to the development of cutting-edge solutions alongside top-tier innovators.
Applications to VR Health Champions Open Call 2025 are now open.Don’t miss this opportunity. Apply by 23 June!
Who should apply?
Eligible applicants are:
- SMEs as defined in EU Recommendation 2003/361/EC
- Legally established in:
- A region covered by the VR Health Champions consortium:
- Belgium: Brussels Capital region
- Germany: Oberbayern region
- Hungary: Budapest region
- Italy: Trento region
- Latvia
- Poland: Malopolska region, Lodzkie region
- Portugal: Centro Region, Grande Lisboa
- Spain: Madrid
- A less developed region in the EU
- An outermost region of the EU
- A region covered by the VR Health Champions consortium:
- Able to demonstrate at least 1 year of business or professional activity
