KMU-innovativ: Medizintechnik
Funds German SME-led medtech R&D projects with grants up to EUR 300,000.
KMU-innovativ: Medizintechnik is a Federal Ministry of Research, Technology and Space (BMFTR) call that funds German SME-led medtech R&D projects with grants up to EUR 300,000, covering medical devices, in-vitro diagnostics and digital medtech products intended to improve patient care. Outlines are judged against nine criteria: fit with the funding goal, meeting the funding's subject matter and gr…
The call funds risky, pre-competitive research and development on medical devices, in-vitro diagnostics, or digital medtech products intended to improve patient care, spanning prevention, diagnosis, prognosis, therapy, monitoring, rehabilitation, aftercare and nursing. Companion diagnostics tied to new drug development, purely lifestyle products, and stand-alone biotech or biomedical research fall outside this call's scope.
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