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EIT Health Headstart

EIT Health Headstart

Offers European health founders early support from EIT Health through mentorship, networks, and commercialization guidance.

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About

EIT Health Headstart is an early-stage funding and support programme operated by EIT Health, a Knowledge and Innovation Community of the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT) established in 2015 and headquartered in Munich, Germany. The programme is designed to help proof-of-concept healthcare innovations — spanning medtech, digital health, and health data applications — advance to…

What this grant funds

Equity-stage funding of €50K–€75K for early-phase medtech and digital health innovations from teams registered in EIT Health InnoStars (Central, Eastern, and Southern European) regions.

Key facts
CycleiHow often this grant runs — e.g. annually, on a rolling basis, or a one-off call.Annual
Next deadlineiThe next date applications are due. Rolling means you can apply any time.—
Decision timeiTypical time from the deadline to the funder's decision.—
Project durationiHow long the funded work is expected to run.—
Award typeiThe form of funding — grant, equity, loan, tax credit, etc.Equity
Match fundingiThe share of project costs you must cover yourself. 0% = fully funded.0%
Funding pooliThe total budget available across all awards in this round.—
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Last verified: 22 Jul 2026Source: eithealth.eu