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

AIProHealth

Elevating Healthcare through AI Innovation

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Open Innovation

Solving Europe’s pressing healthcare challenges

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Open Innovation – BC Challenge

Solving Breast Cancer’s pressing healthcare challenges

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Open Innovation – EGPA Challenge

Solving EGPA’s pressing healthcare challenges

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Digital Medical Devices – Summer School

Training future healthcare innovators about Digital Medical Devices

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InnoStars Awards

Key acceleration programme for CEE and Southern Europe start-ups

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Certified Innovation Path

Certified personalised learning programmes in different areas of healthcare innovation

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AIProHealth
Open Innovation
Open Innovation – BC Challenge
Open Innovation – EGPA Challenge
Digital Medical Devices – Summer School
InnoStars Awards
Certified Innovation Path
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In Focus

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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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

Doctor.One secures strategic acquisition amid fundraising round to revolutionise chronic care

With the acquisition, Doctor.One is taking next step toward scaling its impact across Europe

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HICEE Programme Publishes Study on Start-Up Investment Challenges and Recommendations for the CEE Region

The survey gathered responses from various investors, with the highest representation from Hungary, Slovenia, Czechia, France, and Sweden.

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How Early Health Technology Assessment (eHTA) shapes smarter healthcare innovations

eHTA is not just an assessment tool but a strategic advantage

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Fighting Counterfeit Medicines: How Lightly Technologies is Revolutionising Drug Detection

From a university lab to partnering with Interpol,

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A system in need of change: why do we need more women leading healthtech innovation?

A growing force of women entrepreneurs is challenging the status quo in healthcare

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Unicorns on the horizon: this is how European health innovations can break through

Tamás Békási, RIS Business Creation Lead, discusses start-up success factors with Hungarian Portfolio.

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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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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
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

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