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Innovative Health Initiative Joint Undertaking (IHI JU)

Digital label: one source of comprehensive information for medical technology products

Funds one consortium to build a scannable digital-label standard that replaces cluttered printed labelling on medical devices and diagnostics.

The digital label framework must map which data elements are legally required to stay on the physical label and which the manufacturer can move online, working within named requirements from the MDR and IVDR General Safety and Performance Requirements, the Packaging and Packaging Waste Directive, the Digital Product Passport and battery rules, while also anticipating future EU legislation the fram…

This topic wants a consensus digital-label concept for medical devices and in-vitro diagnostics, accessed via a barcode, QR code or similar scan that links to a curated digital page carrying safety, compliance and Digital Product Passport information. It covers all device types and classes but excludes medicinal products, and it stops short of building a new ISO/IEC standard — that's for later.

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Funding pooliThe total budget available across all awards in this round.€33.8M

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An AI Foundation Toxicology Model and Framework to Support Waiving a Second Species in Drug Safety Studies

🇨🇦IHI JU · European Union

Funds development of an AI toxicology model that lets drug developers waive costly second-species animal safety testing.

MedtechAI
€9MOct'26
IJ
Open

Decode the Immunoscience of age-related diseases

🇪🇺IHI JU · European Union

Funds a research consortium that studies why immune-mediated diseases behave differently when they first strike older adults and hunts for biomarkers to predict them.

BiotechMedtech
€9.2MOct'26
IJ
Open

IHI European HealthCare Incubator Network

🇨🇦IHI JU · European Union

Funds a pan-European industry-and-academia incubator network that re-grants up to EUR 2,000,000 each to early-stage healthcare startups.

MedtechBiotech
€35MOct'26
IJ
Closed

AI-Powered Signal Detection in Pharmacovigilance

🇪🇺IHI JU · European Union

Funds one project to build AI algorithms, data-source guidance and practical tools for faster, more accurate detection of drug safety signals.

MedtechAI
€8.9M
IJ
Closed

Boosting innovation for a better understanding of the determinants of health

🇪🇺IHI JU · European Union

Funds public-private research on the determinants of health, from prevention and early diagnosis to new vaccine strategies and disease-outbreak preparedness.

Medtech
€8M – €30M
IJ
Closed

Boosting innovation for better assessment of the added value of innovative integrated healthcare solutions

🇪🇺IHI JU · European Union

Funds public-private research on new health technology assessment methods that value combined, integrated healthcare innovations fairly.

Medtech
€5M – €9.8M
European Commission logo
Scheduled

Innovative healthcare interventions for non-communicable diseases

🇪🇺European Commission · European Union

Funds €7–8M projects that validate innovative interventions for cardiovascular, metabolic, respiratory or kidney disease.

BiotechMedtech
€7M – €8MApr'27
European Commission logo
Open

Biotechnology for Healthy Ageing

🇪🇺European Commission · European Union

Funds research consortia developing biotechnology-based interventions, biomarkers or non-animal test methods that target the root causes of age-related disease.

MedtechBiotech
€500K – €4MOct'26
European Commission logo
Scheduled

Prevention and management of chronic non-communicable diseases in children and young people

🇪🇺European Commission · European Union

Funds implementation research that helps children and young people prevent and manage chronic disease equitably.

MedtechBiotech
€3M – €4MApr'27
TIPA — Technology Innovation Promotion Agency for SMEs logo
Open

International Joint R&D Program — Phase 2 Full Collaboration

🇰🇷TIPA · South Korea

Funds Korean small businesses in full-scale joint technology development with established overseas partners.

AIHardware+6
â‚©1.39B
European Commission logo
Scheduled

International AI Partnerships for Local Innovation

🇪🇺European Commission · European Union

Funds two €1.5M projects that adapt European AI to local data, innovation hubs and real-world challenges in low- and middle-income countries.

AgritechAI+2
€1.5MMar'27
Innovate UK logo
Open

National Materials Innovation Programme: CR&D Rd1

🇬🇧Innovate UK · United Kingdom

Funds UK-registered businesses collaborating on industrial research into advanced materials, covering up to 70% of project costs from a £12 million pool.

Advanced MaterialsMedtech+1
£500K – £1MOct'26