Innovative Health Initiative (IHI): planned calls 9 and 10 for international projects

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The European Partnership Innovative Health Initiative (IHI) has announced preliminary information about its planned calls 9 and 10 for proposals of international projects. The calls are planned to open in „early 2025“.

IHI is one of the Institutionalised European Partnerships of Horizon Europe.

On 7. – 16. 1. 2025, IHI organise online infodays on these calls. Event webpage.

On 12. – 14. 11. 2024, IHI organise in Brussels a brokerage event (travel grants for brokerage events can be used). Brokerage event and networking platform – the online platform for finding potential project partners will remain open until the call deadline. 

If you plan to participate in a proposal, please, contact well in advance the Project Management Department (Martina Holíková, martina.holikova@natur.cuni.cz).
See also Horizon Europe – practical information on faculty website.

• IHI information on the planned calls.
• Recording and presentation from online info session on the planned Call 9 (10. 10. 2024).
• Tips on finding partners.
• IHI Future opportunities – up-to-date information about upcoming IHI calls is published here.
• Database of supported projects.
• About IHI by Czech National Contact Points (in Czech) – news, events, etc.

Call 9 (single-stage evaluation) should support the following topics, see also the final call text:

• Topic 1: Boosting innovation for a better understanding of the determinants of health
• Topic 2: Boosting innovation through better integration of fragmented health R&I efforts
• Topic 3: Boosting innovation for peopled centred integrated healthcare solutions
• Topic 4: Boosting innovation through exploitation of digitalisation and data exchange in healthcare
• Topic 5: Boosting innovation for better assessment of the added value of innovative integrated healthcare solutions

Call 10 (two-stage evaluation) should support the following topics, see also the final call text:

• Topic 1: Digital label: one source of comprehensive information for medical technology products
• Topic 2: Safeguarding innovation in secondary use of health data in the European Health Data Space (EHDS)
• Topic 3: Per- and Poly-fluoroalkyl substance (PFAS) exposure, emissions, and end of life management in the healthcare sector

The IHI projects usually have to be carried out by international consortia with significant participation of users of the research results. Formally, minimal requirement is participation of at least 3 legal entities from 3 different countries (EU member states or countries associated to Horizon Europe). In practice, the usual size of consortial is ca. 8–25 entities, depending on the nature of the topic.
See also Horizon Europe – consortial projects on Faculty website.

News published by Ludmila Součková on 24. 10. 2024.
Updated 29. 11. 2024 (link to infodays in January 2025).
Updated 19. 12. 2024 (links to draft call texts removed, links to final call texts added).

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