2023 calls for entrepreneurs: Discover current opportunities

You are student, professional or entrepreneur, and involved in healthcare innovation in Austria?
It is time to take the opportunity by applying to one of our EIT Health programmes.

Our programmes are designed to strengthen the healthcare innovation ecosystem so that we can be truly transformational as a collective. We provide continuous learning opportunities, and support businesses to build, grow and expand. The broad offering allows students, healthcare professionals and entrepreneurs to learn new skills, connect with our vast network of experts, access finance, enter new markets and more. By providing support at every stage of the entrepreneurial journey, we empower the brightest minds to develop their ideas and access practical resources to help their business grow.

You can apply today to the following programmes:

• 4 EIT Health Bootcamps

The bootcamps target European teams of MSc, MDs and PhD students and/or Postdocs, patients, informal caregivers and collaborators, and professionals who have a business idea for a product still in the research and development stage.

This year, we offer four bootcamps in Medtech, Patient Innovation, Regulatory Pathways to Market and Women Entrepreneurship. We summarized relevant information, including the latest deadlines and info session here: https://eithealth.eu/news-article/bootcamps-2023/

• Catapult

A unique competition and training programme that showcases biotech, medtech and digital health start-ups to leading experts and investors across Europe. The programme recognises and awards the very best business concepts, fast-tracking start-ups to become part of the EIT Health Community of world-leading companies.

→ More info and application

→ Register for the info session on the 21 March & 18 April here

• Wild Card

The programme provides world-class training and mentoring to teams and individuals with bold healthcare solutions. We build and invest in the most promising ventures, so that together we can break new ground, push boundaries and troubleshoot some of Europe’s healthcare greatest challenges.

→ More info and application

→ Register for the info session on the 20 April

• Bridgehead Europe

The programme brings together health entrepreneurs who want to grow their business in the European market with top incubators and accelerators who have the expertise and resources to make it happen.

→ More info and application

→ Register for the info session on the 22 March & 19 April here

• User validation Labs

The programme connects start-ups with EIT Health partners in Europe that can help to organise and execute a validation study for start-up’s innovation. The ULabs include living labs, accelerators, hospitals and innovation centres that can help to get access to and collect feedback from future end users.

→ More info and application

→ Register for the info session on the 23 March & 20 April here

• Gold Track

Gold Track pairs promising companies with top-flight life science advisors who immerse themselves in your ideating, strategising, and operational execution to set you on a path to success.

→ More info and application

→ Any question? You can schedule a pitch session

Stay tuned to all our opportunities by filling out this form here!

The application deadline for most programmes is the 2nd of May 2023. For all questions feel free to contact our team in Vienna at austria.office@eithealth.eu and we can help you navigate to the opportunities best suited to you.

You can also reach out to all programmes and opportunities on the EIT Health webpage here.