EIT Health InnoStars

EIT Health InnoStars is one of the eight geographical areas of EIT Health. It covers half of Europe, including Hungary, Italy, Poland and Portugal, as well as additional regions included in the EIT Regional Innovation Scheme – Croatia, Czechia, Estonia, Greece, Latvia, Lithuania, Slovakia, Slovenia, and Romania.

Headquartered in Budapest, EIT Health InnoStars brings together more than 50 members. With them, we are focused on promoting entrepreneurship, innovation and education in the domain of healthcare, healthy living and active ageing. As well as concentrating on closing the gap between regions that are leaders in innovation and those regions which are still progressing.

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Programmes

InnoStars Connect

Challenge based programme for emerging European countries

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Open Innovation

Solving Europe’s pressing healthcare challenges

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Open Innovation – Type 1 Diabetes Challenge

Solving Type 1 Diabetes’ pressing healthcare challenges

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DRIVE

Design validated and sustainable support programmes for life science start-ups

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Master in Technological Innovation in Health

Transform health problems into viable commercial products

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Certified Innovation Path

Certified personalised learning programmes in different areas of healthcare innovation

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Health Data – Certified Innovation Path

Personalised learning programme focused on data health innovation

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InnoStars Connect
Open Innovation
Open Innovation – Type 1 Diabetes Challenge
DRIVE
Master in Technological Innovation in Health
Certified Innovation Path
Health Data – Certified Innovation Path
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In Focus

European Health Data Space: Serbia’s Path Forward

The white paper highlights both the country’s progress and the important steps that remain to fully capitalise on a connected European digital health ecosystem.

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VR Health Champions Open Call 2025

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.

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Join your local Morning Health Talks 2025

An exclusive series of events for top healthcare leaders to stimulate thought-provoking discussions on the most pressing innovative healthcare challenges.

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Digital Health Applications (DiGA) in Portugal

This white paper presents the need and current status of a DiGA framework implementation in Portugal.

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European Health Data Space in Portugal

A comprehensive study on the current status of European Health Data Space (EHDS) implementation in Portugal.

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InnoStars Roundtable Report on EHDS in Italy

The power of health data: benefits and challenges for the European Health Data Space in Italy.

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European Health Data Space: Serbia’s Path Forward
VR Health Champions Open Call 2025
Join your local Morning Health Talks 2025
Digital Health Applications (DiGA) in Portugal
European Health Data Space in Portugal
InnoStars Roundtable Report on EHDS in Italy

InnoStars Coordinates

EIT Regional Innovation Scheme

The EIT Regional Innovation Scheme (EIT RIS) was created by the European Institute of Innovation and Technology to close the gap between regions that are leaders in innovation and those ones which are still progressing.

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EIT Hub Israel

Bringing the EU and Israel Even Closer: EIT Hub Israel was established in 2019 with the mission to nurture and create synergies with the Israeli innovation ecosystem and support the growth of innovative EU and Israeli start-ups. We do this through our innovative programmes and extensive global network that leverage both economies and empower entrepreneurs and corporates alike to make a societal impact.

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EIT Jumpstarter

Innovators from Central, Eastern and Southern Europe: Get support in turning your ideas into a successful business. If you are from Central, Eastern or Southern Europe and want to commercialise your innovation, this competitive programme will give you the jumpstart you need. We support ideas in healthcare, agri-food, raw materials, energy, urban mobility, manufacturing or the New European Bauhaus.

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EIT Regional Innovation Scheme
EIT Hub Israel
EIT Jumpstarter

Our members
EIT Health InnoStars brings together over 50 members from the more progressive regions within European countries where the overall pace of innovation is still moderate.

InnoStars news

Rethinking Innovation Support: Introducing the DEEPSEA Hungary Programme

Accelerating Hungary’s Path to Innovation Leadership

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Serbia Charts Its Course Toward EU Health Data Integration

New report outlines the country’s opportunities and challenges under EHDS

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Digital Health in Focus at the EIT Health Morning Health Talks in Albania

Albania Steps into the Digital Health Era

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Polish and Italian Start-ups Among 17 Europe’s Most Promising Deep Tech Ventures Bridge the ‘Valley of Death’

Poland and Italy Lead the Way in Deep Tech Health Innovation!

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When hospitals lag behind smartphones – how can we drive healthcare innovation in our region?

Local initiatives in Portugal and Lithuania, show promising paths other countries can follow.

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Preventable newborn deaths persist — innovation challenge seeks bold solutions from Europe’s best minds

EIT Health and Chiesi Group to transform neonatal respiratory care

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InnoStars Contributes

Heatly Investment Central Eastern Europe

Addressing the investment gap in Central Eastern Europe

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Connected Health Ecosystems via Open Innovation

Cohes.io aims to connect moderate and emerging innovator regions in digital health across Europe

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VR Health Champions

Disrupting the European Healthcare with VR Health technologies

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Heatly Investment Central Eastern Europe
Connected Health Ecosystems via Open Innovation
VR Health Champions

InnoStars Community

Team

They are people behind every innovation. Meet InnoStars Team.

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Lehel Ferenczi, Managing Director of GE Healthcare

A real story behind AI in diagnostics

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Olesja Bondarenko, co-founder & CEO of Nanordica Medical

Runner-up of EIT Women Leadership 2025 at European Prize for Women Innovators

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Dr. Rita Rocha, NOVA Medical School

On a new era in medical education

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Tamás Békási, EIT Health InnoStars RIS Business Creation Lead

How European health innovations can break through?

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Olga Petrović, Neofunction

EIT Health Rising Star

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Balázs Zoltán Fürjes, EIT Health InnoStars Director

The EIT Community Hub in Hungary officially opened its doors in Budapest

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Martin Kern, EIT Director

The EIT Community Hub in Hungary officially opened its doors in Budapest

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Team
Lehel Ferenczi, Managing Director of GE Healthcare
Olesja Bondarenko, co-founder & CEO of Nanordica Medical
Dr. Rita Rocha, NOVA Medical School
Tamás Békási, EIT Health InnoStars RIS Business Creation Lead
Olga Petrović, Neofunction
Balázs Zoltán Fürjes, EIT Health InnoStars Director
Martin Kern, EIT Director

Downloads

  • Il potenziale dei dati sanitari: benefici e sfide per l'European Health Data Space in Italia Download
  • EIT Health InnoStars Brochure Download
  • InnoStars Assessment of Healthcare Innovation Ecosystem Maturity Download
  • EIT Health InnoStars Roundtable Report on EHDS in Poland Download
  • InnoStars Think Tank Report 2020 Download
  • Towards harmonised EU Landscape for Digital Health: Summary of the roundtable discussions in selected EIT Health InnoStars countries Download
  • Digital Therapeutics: the Italian landscape and the contribution of EIT Health Italian Partners for a harmonized context Download
  • EHDS Serbia White Paper Report 2025 Download PDF

How to find us

Address:

1117 Budapest,
Neumann Janos u. 1/E,
Hungary

Address:

ul Prosta 70 (Crown Point)
Bobo Coworking
00-838 Warszawa, Poland

Address:

c/o CESTEV – University of Naples Federico II, via Tommaso De Amicis n. 95,

80145 Napoli NA, Italy

 

Address:

Building C, Rua Pedro Nunes,

3030-199 Coimbra, Portugal