UPDATE

Dear InnoStars and RIS Hub friends, 

We have started this year with increased confidence after the very positive echoes of the EIT Health Summit in Poland. We can see that our Partners and RIS Hubs are very active and your visibility is strenghten in the eyes of EIT Health European Community. We do hope that with the tools that we are developing, you will feel even more supported during your EIT Health journey!

First comes first – InnoStars Partners has successfully submitted 37 Stage pre-proposals. We kindly remind you about support that we offer to prepare successful submissions for BP2020 Call. A relevant Regional Manager can dedicate on-site support in writing the proposals, consulting content and finding partners. If any Partners are looking for an organisation to join the project from other CLC, please contact the Regional Manager to receive support and detailed information. We also still have available slots for Stage 0 consultation. In the following days, all projects shall receive initial feedback during the calls. As of the first week of March, we will be conducting a second round of Stage 0.

Secondly, interest in the EIT Health Accelerator programmes is rising. Thanks to our new online platform, you can easily search programmes that best suit your needs. As of 2018, EIT Health has doubled the number of teams applying to our programmes and competitions year-on-year, we have a strong hope that this time the InnoStars regions will also be very active and visible. I’m sure you remember that, for instance, last year, the European Health Catapult Winner Ceremony was dominated by innovators from the InnoStars regions. We are very proud of the development path of Synoesis, HydruStent and NeuroPsyAI and we hope to meet even more bright minds from InnoStars and RIS countries.

I warmly invite you to join our webinars and all Q&A sessions that we regularly organise. I am waiting for any thoughts or suggestions you may have. We are happy to work with you and co-create the successful proposals as well as guide you to the best accelerator programmes.

All the best,

Last Call for joining EIT Health Accelerator programmes 

InnoStarter - find an accelerator programme online that suits you best!

MatchPoint turned out to be a chart-topping event!

InnoStars Awards 2019 - apply now!

You can still apply to InnoStars Awards 2019, the finest healthtech competition for innovators with prototype or MVP. Participants in the programme receive mentoring, training at two physical bootcamps, and validation interviews with potential customers, investors and/or partners. Learn more here.
Application deadline: 27 March

Oncology Research Team Leader on the radar!

Celon Pharma, EIT Health InnoStars Partner, is searching for motivated scientists holding a PhD degree or a higher academic title, having adequate, documented scientific achievements, who would be ready to start work in the Preclinical Department of the company. Read more here.

You can still apply to EIT Health bootcamps!

RIS Hub Summit 2019: networking & sharing best practices

The RIS Hub Summit organised on 18-19 February 2019 in Budapest by EIT Health InnoStars is the regular gathering of the EIT Health RIS Community to present the forthcoming milestones and support Hubs in implementing EIT Health activities in emerging European countries. At the beginning of this year, the EIT Health RIS Community enlarged to 14 Hubs in 13 countries: Évora, Gdańsk, Cluj Napoca, Kosice, Pecs, Sicily, Porto, Zagreb, Coimbra, Athens, Kaunas, Liberec as well as newcomers as Tartu and Ljubljana. Read more

Startup Europe Week 2019 in March

The 2019 edition of Startup Europe Week will be held on 11 – 14 March. The initiative has the support of the European Commission. It is held in more than 40 European countries and more than 200 towns. Besides Prague and Brno, Liberec belongs to the regular place of the Startup Europe Week in the Czech Republic, where is held by DEX IC – one of EIT Health RIS Hubs. This will be an excellent chance to promote EIT Health Accelerator programmes. Read more here.

StarShip Winner awarded again!

A University of Porto researcher, who won the StarShip Programme in 2018 with his team, became one of the winners of the Portuguese 2018 Youth Participatory Budget. Hernâni Zão Oliveira's Âmago project is going to receive 50 000 EUR for its implementation in the north region of Portugal. Read more here.

EIT Health opens door to Greek start-ups

EIT Health RIS Hubs – the National Documentation Centre (EKT), actively supports the healthcare innovation ecosystem and the implementation of the Regional Innovation Scheme Programme of EIT Health in Greece. Read more here.

• Deadline! Apply to EIT Jumpstarter here.
• Deadline! Apply to StarShip programme here.
• GoGlobal Webinar 15.00 CET https://zoom.us/j/756988757

• Deadline! Apply to E-Boat Bootcamp here. 
• Deadline! Apply to Health Venture Lab here.

• European Health Catapult Webinar "Application procedure",16:00 CET - join here.
• A meeting with Polish Partners of EIT Health, 10:30 am CET, Łódź - if you need more information, please contact Regional Manager.

• Deadline! Apply to CaixaImpulse Acceleration Programme here.

• Deadline! BP Call for Proposals, 16.00 CET 
• Deadline! Apply to Start-up meets Pharma programme here.
• Deadline! Apply to InnoStars Awards here.
• Deadline! Apply to Headstart Funding here.
• Deadline! Apply to European Health Catapult here.
• Deadline! Apply to GoGlobal Programme here.

• EIT Awareness Day in Riga - 28 March, 9:30 - 15.30 CET. Register here. 
• EIT Awareness Day in Vilnius - 29 March, 15.00 CET. More information available here.

• Any Upcoming Event?
• Any News for the Community?
• Any opportunity?