IHI European HealthCare Incubator Network
Innovative Health Initiative JU Call 13 · HORIZON-JU-RIA · TRL 1–9 · Needs partners
What this call funds
This call funds a single large consortium to build a pan-European network of healthcare incubators that identifies and supports early-stage health startups (medical devices, drugs, diagnostics) at TRL 3-5. The network will provide mentoring, regulatory guidance, industry connections, and cascade funding (grants to third-party startups) to help these companies mature and attract follow-on investment. The goal is to reduce fragmentation in Europe's healthcare innovation ecosystem and accelerate research-to-market pathways.
digital health · medical devices · pharmaceuticals · biotechnology · sme scaleup · diagnostics
Who wins this
This call suits a large multi-partner consortium of academic, pharma, medtech and biotech incubators and industry players able to govern a pan-European network and disburse cascade funding to early-stage healthcare startups.
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The call in detail
- Indicative grant size
- €35M
- Funding model
- Budget-based — reimbursement of actual eligible costs
- Submission
- Two-stage submission (short outline first, full proposal if invited)
- Cut-off dates (2)
- 8 Oct 2026 · 21 Apr 2027
- Type of action
- HORIZON JU Research and Innovation Actions
- Partners
- Required. The call asks for a consortium — a group applying together, typically 3+ organisations from 3+ countries.
- Eligible applicants
- research organisation, public body, large enterprise, incubator, industry (pharma, medtech, biotech)
- Support to third parties
- Financial Support to Third Parties (FSTP/cascade funding) to fund selected early-stage companies (TRL 3-5), with milestone-based follow-on grants possible; specific maximum per third party not stated.
- Also required
- Only one grant is expected to be awarded; proposal must address all stated strategic objectives and include an even public/private split in the Network Coordination Forum.
- 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, IL, TR, UA, RS, MK, ME, AL, BA, XK, GE, AM, MD, TN, NZ
Read the full conditions from the official call ›
General conditions 1. Admissibility conditions: Proposal page limit and layout described in Annex A and Annex E of the Horizon Europe Work Programme General Annexes. Proposal page limits and layout: described in Part B of the Application Form available in the Submission System: at the first stage of a two-stage call, the limit for RIA short proposals is 20 pages; at the second stage of a two-stage call, the limit for RIA full proposals is 50 pages. 2. Eligible countries described in Annex B of the Work Programme General Annexes. A number of non-EU/non-Associated Countries that are not automatically eligible for funding have made specific provisions for making funding available for their participants in Horizon Europe projects. See the information in the Horizon Europe Programme Guide. 3. Other Eligibility Conditions described in Annex B of the Work Programme General Annexes and in the ''Conditions of the Calls for proposals and Calls management rules'' section of the IHI JU Work Programme (WP) 4. Financial and operational capacity and exclusion described in Annex C of the Work Programme General Annexes. 5a. Evaluation and award: Award criteria, scoring and thresholds described in Annex D of the Work Programme General Annexes and in the ''Conditions of the Calls for proposals and Calls management rules'' section of the IHI JU Work Programme (WP) 5b. Evaluation and award: Submission and evaluation processes described in Annex F of the Work Programme General Annexes and the Online Manual. 5c. Evaluation and award: Indicative timeline for evaluation and grant agreement described in Annex F of the Work Programme General Annexes. 6. Legal and financial set-up of the grants described in Annex G of the Work Programme General Annexes. Specific conditions described in the ''Conditions of the Calls for proposals and Calls management rules'' section of the the IHI JU Work Programme (WP) specific conditions on Availability, Accessibility and Affordability (3A) do not apply to this topic JU's right to object to transfer/exclusive licensing Information on eligibility for funding: Legal entities based in all countries associated to Horizon Europe, including Canada, Switzerland, the UK, and South Korea, will be eligible to receive funding under this call, in line with the normal rules. Where relevant, templates of the reference documents and associated guidance can be found on the IHI JU website. Regarding the application forms for submitting proposals, the relevant templates and annexes are available to download in the submission system of the Funding and Tender Opportunities portal. The IHI JU 13 th Call for proposals full topics text is available here.
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