EIT Health Needs-Led Innovation Fellowships
Innovation based on needs has a better chance of achieving business success and ultimately helping patients. These fellowships focus on real solutions for real needs.
Needs-Led Innovation Fellowships (NIFs) actively target the key challenges in healthcare: better patient care, improved population health and reduced costs. Fellows working in multidisciplinary teams identify a broad spectrum of possible healthcare challenges that represent under-met needs. They interrogate the problems in detail and only address clearly-understood clinical needs with solutions that have realistic commercial potential and a higher likelihood of benefitting the healthcare system. The resulting outputs have proven to have greater potential of reaching market maturity and delivering impact for patients. Spinouts by EIT Health Needs-led Innovation Fellows attracted €32 million in investment in 2018 alone. The fellowships take place in an interdisciplinary environment that immerses innovators in the healthcare system, connects them to a network of highly-experienced mentors, offers links with industry and academia and introduces access to funding.
Partners

CLC/InnoStars: Spain
Partner classification: Tech Transfer, Clusters, Other NGOs
Partner type: Core Partner
Biocat is the organization that champions the healthcare and life sciences ecosystem in Catalonia working to transform science and technology into regional economic growth as well as social impact. Biocat focuses its strategy on different key points: • Raising awareness and promoting the ecosystem, creating tools and strategies for improving the knowledge of the Catalan healthcare sector and increasing its projection both at home and abroad, with the aim of positioning the BioRegion as an international reference. • Providing innovative training and developing talent, by designing and executing programs and initiatives to improve talent and entrepreneurship considered essential factors for the growth of the sector. • Accelerating technology transfer and business growth by supporting and carrying out activities for increasing the value of the sector, placing special emphasis on the added value of research, knowledge and technology transfer, internationalization and access to capital. Areas of specialization: Entrepreneurship, training and talent, internationalization, scientific debate, strategic projects.
Key Activities in Business Creation
Incubation, Finance & Investment, Technology Transfer, Business coaching
Key Activities in Education
Business Schools, Entrepreneurship training, Healthcare professional education/training


CLC/InnoStars: InnoStars
Partner classification: Business, Research
Partner type: Associate Partner
Celon Pharma Inc. is an integrated biopharmaceutical company dedicated to the research, development, production, and sales and marketing of pharmaceutical products. The company has its own R&D laboratories consisting of Organic Synthesis Laboratory, Laboratory Methods of Pharmaceutical Control Laboratory and Quality Assurance and Research and Development Laboratory of Biotechnology Medicines, allowing it to develop their own innovative pharmaceutical technologies utilization of available laboratory facilities and hardware, as well as experience staff involved scientists. Celon Pharma Department of Research and Development for Innovative Medicines include: Laboratory of Medical Chemistry, Oligonucleotide Synthesis, Molecular Biology and Cell Culture Laboratory, as well as unique in the country's private NMR Laboratory. The Company has the necessary facilities to carry out research into innovative medicines. We are very acitve in validating the therapeutic suitability of chemical molecules using biochemical, physiological and molecular biology methods. The company has a modern manufacturing facility, which produces dry pharmaceutical forms. In recent years, the company has launched products in the following therapeutic areas: oncology (medicine Aromek ® - breast cancer), diseases of the nervous system: (a drug Donepex ® - Alzheimer's disease, drugs: Ketrel ®, Olasyn ® and Candela ® - schizophrenia) heart disease (drugs Valzek ®, Grepid ®, Cilapril ®) and HIV treatment (drug Lazivir ®). Celon Pharma as part of an innovative research and development activities currently employs 60 professionals with training in the field of medicinal chemistry, biology, biotechnology and pharmaceuticals.
Celon Pharma S.A.
Celon Pharma S.A. , Ogrodowa 2A, 05-092 Kiełpin, Poland
Key Activities in Corporate Innovation
Pharma, Med Tech, Imaging
Key Activities in Social Innovation
Healthcare provision
Key Activities in Business Creation
Incubation, Finance & Investment, Testing & Validation
Key Activities in Education
Entrepreneurship training


CLC/InnoStars: France
Partner classification: Business
Partner type: Associate Partner
Essilor is the world leader for corrective lenses, From design to manufacture, to correct and protect eyesight. Its mission is to "improve lives by improving sight". The group is present in more than 100 countries, strategy is driven by innovation.
ESSILOR International
ESSILOR International, 13 Rue Moreau, 75012 Paris, France
Key Activities in Corporate Innovation
Med Tech, ICT, Consumer products
Key Activities in Business Creation
Incubation
Key Activities in Education
Entrepreneurship training, Healthcare professional education/training


CLC/InnoStars: InnoStars
Partner classification: Business, Education, Research
Partner type: Core Partner
GE Healthcare, as a leading provider of medical imaging, monitoring, biomanufacturing, and cell and gene therapy technologies, enables precision health in diagnostics, therapeutics and monitoring through intelligent devices, data analytics, applications and services. With over 100 years of experience in the healthcare industry and more than 50,000 employees globally, the company helps improve outcomes more efficiently for patients, healthcare providers, researchers and life sciences companies around the world.
GE Healthcare
Key Activities in Research and Developement
Other research, Biomedical engineering, Life Sciences, Clinical research
Key Activities in Corporate Innovation
Pharma, Med Tech, ICT, Diagnostics, Imaging
Key Activities in Business Creation
Incubation, Finance & Investment, Business coaching, Testing & Validation
Key Activities in Education
Business Schools, Entrepreneurship training, Healthcare professional education/training


CLC/InnoStars: InnoStars
Partner classification: Business
Partner type: Associate Partner
GLINTT has become a major contributor for innovation in assisted living technologies and intelligent systems in healthcare, with a major projection in Portugal and Spain but increasingly worldwide. In fact, Glintt, or Global Intelligent Technologies, is a multi-national technology services, consulting and outsourcing group. It is one of the biggest Portuguese IT companies, listed in the NYSE Euronext Lisbon, under the symbol GLINTT. As of 2015, the company reported revenues of €69,5 M, with over 900 employees, directly operating in Portugal, Spain, Angola and Brazil and serving additional clients across more than eight countries.
GLINTT – Global Intelligent Technologies
GLINTT – Global Intelligent Technologies , Alameda Beloura 10, 2710-692 Sintra, Portugal


CLC/InnoStars: Spain
Partner classification: Business, Education
Partner type: Core Partner
IESE Business School is dedicated to training professional managers, with international educational programmes, including those with a particular focus on innovation management in the Health sector. IESE Centre for Research in Healthcare Innovation Management (CRHIM), created in 2012, builds on over 30 years of expertise in the sector. It enables public and private R&I projects to become a reference centre for health innovation management. Specialist areas include: Health management, health economics, business development, executive education, capacity-building activities.
IESE Business School (CHRIM)
IESE Business School (CHRIM), Av. de Pearson, 21, 08034 Barcelona, Spain
Key Activities in Business Creation
Finance & Investment, Business coaching
Key Activities in Education
Business Schools, Entrepreneurship training, Technical faculties, Healthcare professional education/training


CLC/InnoStars: InnoStars
Partner classification: Tech Transfer, Clusters, Other NGOs
Partner type: Associate Partner
The Instituto Pedro Nunes (IPN) is a non-profit private organization, which promotes innovation and the transfer of technology, establishing the interface between the scientific and technological environment and the production sector. Created in 1991 through an initiative of the University of Coimbra, IPN has currently a team of almost 100 permanent staff to support start-ups and researchers in these activities. With a self-sustained business model that gives the flexibility and capacity to accompany business sector needs, IPN operates in three complementary areas: Highly specialized training, Research and technological development, and Incubation and acceleration of technology-based enterprises. In terms of applied research and technological development, IPN’s technological infrastructure includes a set of six laboratories in diversified technological areas which, along with its established connections with higher education institutions, R&TD organizations and both national and international companies, place IPN in a privileged position for jointly conducting R&TD activities with enterprises. As for the incubation and acceleration of technology-based enterprises, IPN assists start-ups with technical guidance in the establishment and early stages of business development, tutorial follow-up for developing business plans, support for attracting investment and securing funding, intellectual property and legal assistance (e.g. technology transfer contracts and the registration of patents or brands), access to and contact with various national and international research centres, knowledge institutions and sources of funding.
Instituto Pedro Nunes (IPN)
Instituto Pedro Nunes (IPN), R. Pedro Nunes, 3030-199 Coimbra, Portugal
Key Activities in Corporate Innovation
Med Tech, ICT, Imaging
Key Activities in Business Creation
Incubation, Technology Transfer, Business coaching, Testing & Validation
Key Activities in Education
Entrepreneurship training


CLC/InnoStars: Scandinavia
Partner classification: Education, Research
Partner type: Core Partner
KTH is Sweden's largest technical university with education and research spanning from natural sciences to all branches of engineering, including life science, mathematical and computational sciences, infrastructure in health, and medical devices.
KTH Royal Institute of Technology
KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Brinellvägen 8, 114 28 Stockholm, Sweden
Key Activities in Corporate Innovation
Med Tech, ICT, Diagnostics, Imaging
Key Activities in Social Innovation
Healthcare provision
Key Activities in Business Creation
Incubation, Technology Transfer, Testing & Validation
Key Activities in Education
Technical faculties, Healthcare professional education/training


CLC/InnoStars: Belgium-Netherlands
Partner classification: Education, Research
Partner type: Core Partner
KU Leuven (together with University Hospitals Leuven) is a research-intensive, internationally oriented university that carries out excellence-driven research in health and care and is dedicated to build bridges between science, society and industry.


CLC/InnoStars: Belgium-Netherlands
Partner classification: Education, Research, Hospital / University Hospital
Partner type: Associate Partner
The mission of the LUMC is ‘to be an innovator improving both healthcare and population health’. LUMC is a university medical center for research, education and patient care with a high quality profile and a strong scientific orientation. It has a unique research practice, ranging from pure fundamental medical research to applied clinical research. LUMC wants to perform ground-breaking innovation. Researchers, educators and healthcare providers at LUMC work together around 3 societal outreach topics, Oncology, Regenerative Medicine and Population Health. Furthermore 10 themes for innovation are defined Academic Pharma, Neuro Science, Cancer, (auto)Immunity, Cell, Tissue & organ, Cardio-Vascular, Genetics, infection, Life course and prevention and Lifestyle. https://strategie.lumc.nl/en/
Leids Universitair Medisch Centrum
Leids Universitair Medisch Centrum, Albinusdreef 2, 2333 ZA Leiden, Netherlands
Key Activities in Research and Developement
Life Sciences, Clinical research
Key Activities in Social Innovation
Healthcare provision
Key Activities in Business Creation
Incubation, Technology Transfer


CLC/InnoStars: InnoStars
Partner classification: Education, Research
Partner type: Core Partner
MUL is among the largest state-owned medical Universities in Poland. It has reached a leading position in the following research areas: immunology, molecular biology, genetics of homeostasis disorders, oncology, hypertension and endocrinology. Within the last two years, young researchers from MUL were considered leaders in areas such as cardiology, oncology, immunology and dermatology.
Medical University of Łódź
Medical University of Łódź, Kościuszki 4, 90-419 Łódź, Poland
Key Activities in Corporate Innovation
Med Tech, Diagnostics
Key Activities in Social Innovation
Healthcare provision
Key Activities in Business Creation
Technology Transfer, Testing & Validation
Key Activities in Education
Entrepreneurship training, Medical faculties, Healthcare professional education/training


CLC/InnoStars: France
Partner classification: Business, Tech Transfer, Clusters, Other NGOs
Partner type: Associate Partner
Founded in 2005, the Medicen Paris Region global competitiveness cluster aims to position the Paris Region as a European industrial leader in diagnostic and therapeutic innovation and leading-edge health technologies, thus enabling it to become one of the global centres for translational medicine. Medicen Paris Region’s partnership approach is based on the concept of economic value creation in the Paris Region stimulated by innovation, which forms the very basis of the creation of competitiveness clusters and sets three main priorities: Developing growth and employment in profitable markets in a successful dynamic relationship between YICs/SMEs, large firms and academic laboratories, clinical centres and educational establishments, promoting transfer of innovative technologies; strengthening international competitiveness for the French “health and leading-edge health technology” sector promoting those involved and stimulating the Paris Region’s capacity for innovation; Helping to increase the attractiveness of the Paris Region and the vitality of its healthcare sector
MEDICEN
MEDICEN, 5 Impasse Reille, 75014 Paris, France
Key Activities in Corporate Innovation
Pharma, Med Tech, ICT, Diagnostics, Imaging
Key Activities in Business Creation
Business coaching
Key Activities in Education
Entrepreneurship training


CLC/InnoStars: UK-Ireland
Partner classification: Education, Tech Transfer, Clusters, Other NGOs
Partner type: Associate Partner
BioInnovate Ireland is a forum which combines resources to catalyse and lead medical innovation. Its training programme aims to act as a neutral territory where academia, clinicians and industry can collaborate on developing novel medical technologies. The programme is an active partnership between multiple universities (NUI Galway, University of Limerick and University College Cork). It engages with hospitals all over the country, and is supported by Enterprise Ireland, IMDA and multiple industry sponsors.
NUI Galway - BioInnovate Ireland
NUI Galway - BioInnovate Ireland, Galway, Ireland
Key Activities in Corporate Innovation
Med Tech, Consumer products
Key Activities in Business Creation
Business coaching
Key Activities in Education
Entrepreneurship training


CLC/InnoStars: Scandinavia
Partner classification: Business, Research
Partner type: Core Partner
RISE Research Institutes of Sweden is a network of research and technology organizations. In global cooperation with academia, enterprise and society, we create value, growth and competitiveness through research excellence and innovation.
RISE Research Institutes of Sweden
RISE Research Institutes of Sweden, Mäster Samuelsgatan 60, 111 21 Stockholm, Sweden
Key Activities in Corporate Innovation
Pharma, Med Tech, ICT, Consumer products, Nutrition
Key Activities in Business Creation
Technology Transfer, Business coaching, Testing & Validation
Key Activities in Education
Entrepreneurship training


CLC/InnoStars: France
Partner classification: Education, Research, Tech Transfer, Clusters, Other NGOs, Hospital / University Hospital
Partner type: Core Partner
Sorbonne University is a multidisciplinary, research-intensive and world-class academic institution. Firmly rooted in the heart of Paris, it is committed to the success of its students and devoted to meeting the scientific challenges of the 21st century. Sorbonne Université is a multidisciplinary research university created on January 1st 2018 by the merging of the Universities Paris-Sorbonne and Pierre et Marie Curie. It is made of three faculties, in Sciences, Medicine and Humanities, and trains 54,000 students, among who 4,700 PhD students and 10,200 international students.
Sorbonne Université (ex UPMC)
Sorbonne Université (ex UPMC), 4 Place Jussieu, 75005 Paris, France
Key Activities in Corporate Innovation
Med Tech, ICT, Diagnostics, Imaging
Key Activities in Social Innovation
Healthcare provision
Key Activities in Business Creation
Incubation, Technology Transfer
Key Activities in Education
Entrepreneurship training, Technical faculties, Medical faculties, Healthcare professional education/training



CLC/InnoStars: France
Partner classification: Fondation
Partner type: Linked / Affiliate party
Fondation Sanofi Espoir


CLC/InnoStars: Belgium-Netherlands
Partner classification: Education, Research
Partner type: Core Partner
TU Delft is the largest technical university in the Netherlands and covers practically the entire spectrum of engineering sciences. An important characteristic of TU Delft is that we not only strive to be good at what we do, but also that we want to be good for something. At Delft University of Technology, we aim for a balance between pursuing world-class academic excellence, providing high quality education and developing expert solutions for societal challenges. Also key at TU Delft is the integration of research, education and innovation. Technical-scientific knowledge is a breeding ground for our education and innovation. Conversely, the interaction with students, companies and societal partners leads to new and unexpected research questions. Research, education and innovation inspire each other.
Our vision: Delft University of Technology contributes to solving global challenges by educating new generations of socially responsible engineers and expanding the frontiers of the engineering sciences.
Our misson
• We perform world-class research by combining science, engineering and design in a socially responsible manner. Thus, we advance and share the benefits of technology.
• We develop and enhance the expertise of tomorrow’s engineering leaders and educate professional, high-level and responsible engineers throughout their careers.
• We help to develop and deliver technology-driven, innovative solutions to societal problems through collaborations with leading national and international partners whilst being firmly rooted in Delft.
• We continuously improve our collective effectiveness, performance and organisational resilience through the principles and practice of professionalism, collaboration and openness.
Delft University of Technology - TU Delft
Delft University of Technology - TU Delft , Mekelweg 4, 2628 CD Delft, Netherlands
Key Activities in Research and Developement
Medical Imaging, Medical Visualization, Quantitative Medical Imaging, Developing better imaging systems, Cure and Care, Advances in minimally invasive surgery, Biomechatronics and BioRobotics, Designing Health, Targeted Molecular Therapy, Innovation in radiation for health, Nanoscale biophysics, Biocatalysis.
Others areas of interest: Positive Health (Lifestyle & Prevention), Design methods, eHealth and mHealth, VR, AR and serious gaming, Artificial Intelligence


CLC/InnoStars: Spain
Partner classification: Education, Research
Partner type: Core Partner
Universidad Politécnica de Madrid health activities cover a wide variety of topics, being the Biotech initiative its flagship: a stable interdisciplinar environment grouping UPM research groups with high expertise and qualified infrastructure to address major challenges in Biomedicine and Health. With special focus in ICT for health, UPM has capabilities and R&D results in all EIT Health areas in order to transfer advanced ICT and Health solutions and technologies to the Industry partners, to validate those solutions in our Living Labs, to promote the start-up of new ventures issued by UPM community and regional Health ecosystem, and to offer high quality and experienced educational programmes.
Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (Technical University of Madrid) - UPM
Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (Technical University of Madrid) - UPM, Calle Ramiro de Maeztu, 7, 28040 Madrid, España
Key Activities in Business Creation
Incubation, Technology Transfer, Business coaching, Testing & Validation
Key Activities in Education
Entrepreneurship training, Technical faculties, Healthcare professional education/training


CLC/InnoStars: InnoStars
Partner classification: Education
Partner type: Core Partner
University of Coimbra (UC) is a reference in higher education and R&D in Portugal, due to the quality of the courses taught at its eight colleges and to the advances achieved in pure and applied research in various scientific domains and on technology related areas. The offer in technological research makes UC an undeniable reference in R&D in Portugal, which highlights the excellence of work developed by the R&D units of UC, namely in the fields of life sciences. UC offers advanced entrepreneurship education trainings programs in different areas that bind to technology, where it was considered by EC as one of the 20 most inspiring cases in Europe. UC stands out also on technology transfer being involved in the promotion of several successful initiatives, like IPN Incubator, TECBis- Business accelerator unit, Biocant, and in the creation of more than 200 technological spin-offs, the majority of them healthcare related businessess. UC U-Multirank scored “very good” (the maximum classification) on Research, Technology Transfer and Internationalisation.
Key Activities in Corporate Innovation
Pharma, Med Tech, ICT, Diagnostics, Imaging
Key Activities in Social Innovation
Healthcare provision
Key Activities in Business Creation
Incubation, Technology Transfer, Business coaching
Key Activities in Education
Entrepreneurship training


CLC/InnoStars: Scandinavia
Partner classification: Education, Research
Partner type: Core Partner
With over 40,000 students and more than 9,500 employees, UCPH – founded 1479 – is among the largest comprehensive universities in Europe. It is ranked No. 7 in Europe and no. 39 in the world in the Academic Ranking of World Universities 2015. The University has an international environment where ambitious researchers and students strive for new knowledge and insights. UCPH is placed at the centre of a stimulation entrepreneurial ecosystem in the Greater Copenhagen Area.
University of Copenhagen (UCPH)
University of Copenhagen (UCPH), Universitetsparken 1, 2100 København Ø, Denmark
Key Activities in Corporate Innovation
Pharma, Med Tech, ICT, Diagnostics, Imaging, Nutrition
Key Activities in Social Innovation
Healthcare provision
Key Activities in Business Creation
Testing & Validation
Key Activities in Education
Entrepreneurship training, Medical faculties, Healthcare professional education/training


CLC/InnoStars: UK-Ireland
Partner classification: Education, Research
Partner type: Core partner
The University of Oxford is one of the leading research and teaching Universities in the United Kingdom and Europe. The Medical Sciences division has major global collaborations across the breadth of biomedical sciences.
University of Oxford
Key Activities in Corporate Innovation
Med Tech, ICT
Key Activities in Social Innovation
Healthcare provision
Key Activities in Business Creation
Incubation, Finance & Investment, Technology Transfer, Business coaching, Testing & Validation
Key Activities in Education
Business Schools, Entrepreneurship training, Technical faculties, Medical faculties


CLC/InnoStars: France
Partner classification: Education, Research, Tech Transfer, Clusters, Other NGOs
Partner type: Core Partner
The UGA in Grenoble is a leading University of Science Technology and Health. Within 80 multidisciplinary laboratories, the UGA is developing outstanding research at national and international level. The UGA offers a wide range of training courses, from bachelor to doctorate, in close connection with the socio-professional environment to promote the integration of its students.
Université Grenoble Alpes (UGA)
621 Avenue Centrale, 38400 Saint-Martin-d'Hères
Key Activities in Research and Developement
Biomedical engineering, Life science, Social sciences /health economics
Key Activities in Corporate Innovation
Pharma, Med Tech, ICT, Diagnostics, Imaging, Nutricion
Key Activities in Business Creation
Incubation, Technology Transfer, Business coaching
Key Activities in Education
Entrepreneurship training, Technical faculties, Medical faculties, Healthcare professional education/training
