Opportunity: EIT Health RIS Innovation Call 2021

EIT Health InnoStars, in collaboration with EIT Health Hubs, has announced a call for proposals from innovative healthcare partnerships. The call aims at funding the proof of concept phase of high-quality, strong, balanced projects that target EIT Health’s six Focus Areas and will be developed by local actors, including business, academic, research and health care […]

Second BIC Webinar successfully delivered!

Second BIC Webinar successfully delivered! More than 70 participants attended the second BIC webinar on “How to Commercialise your Biomarker Discovery” on August 27, 2020. This webinar went into more detail about the Biomarker Commercialization project with the focus on European IVD Regulation with a speaker from the Finnish Medicines Agency FIMEA. The webinar dived […]

Second BIC Webinar successfully delivered!

Second BIC Webinar successfully delivered! More than 70 participants attended the second BIC webinar on “How to Commercialise your Biomarker Discovery” on August 27, 2020. This webinar went into more detail about the Biomarker Commercialization project with the focus on European IVD Regulation with a speaker from the Finnish Medicines Agency FIMEA. The webinar dived […]

Join EIT Health online Mobility and Active Ageing Summer School

The Summer School in Mobility and Active Ageing aims to train professionals to design, develop, and implement support, or health and functional independence promotion solutions for persons with reduced mobility or at risk of mobility reduction, when carrying out their daily activities. The curriculum is designed to provide the learners with skills viewing the promotion […]

BIC Webinar on “How to Commercialise your Biomarker Discovery” is now available online!

Yesterday, on June 3, 2020, the first part of the BIC Webinar series was successfully held! 78 participants from all over the world attended the first BIC webinar on “How to Commercialise your Biomarker Discovery”.   The webinar focused on the biomarker commercialization process and the biomarker commercialization guide. The BIC guide covers technical, clinical, […]

On Thursday, 30th of April Tartu Biotechnology Park held a Webinar about Bioplastics and Circular Economy

On Thursday, 30th of April Tartu Biotechnology Park held a Webinar about Bioplastics and Circular Economy. Over 40 participants took part of the webinar to learn about the environmentally sustainable product packaging, including about the different possibilities, but also the restrictions for using plastics made from biological resources. Webinar speakers were: Dr. Mait Kriipsalu, Eesti […]

EIT Health Community is tackling COVID-19 related crisis with several initiatives

The EIT Health community is working tirelessly in response to the pandemic, harnessing their combined knowledge and the strength of their network to join the fight against the virus. The EIT Health teams working across 25 countries are also supporting the community in raising awareness of the European Union’s newly launched COVID-19 initiatives such as […]

‘CELIS – Cluster Excellence in Life Sciences’ provides financial support for international exchanges

30 March, Heidelberg. Today the formal kick-off meeting of CELIS project took place on line. CELIS stands for ‘Cluster Exchange in Life Sciences – internationalisation of SMEs’ and is one of the 13 European Strategic Cluster Partnerships for Excellence (ESCP-4X) selected under the last call for proposals of the European Cluster Excellence Programme (COS-CLUSTER-2018-03-02).   CELIS […]

EIT Health Accelerator programmes – application deadlines extended

Due to the current pandemic, EIT Health has decided to extend the application submission deadline to Monday, 30 March 2020 at 23:59 CET for the following acceleration programmes: Headstart Provides funding and mentorship to accelerate the development and time-to-market of innovative products and services. European Health Catapult  Showcases start-ups to investors and awards the best health […]

EIT Health InfoDay 2020 materials

EIT Health InfoDay 2020 took place on the 9th of March 2020, at SPARK Democentre, Tartu, Estonia. At the event, plenty of valuable information was provided about the different EIT Health Accelerator and Bootcamp opportunities to help the healthcare innovators, entrepreneurs, researchers, students and start-ups improve themselves and their products or ideas! ⚡️Recordings of the […]

12 great teams pitching at Tartu BioHackathon 2020

A part of sTARTUp Day 2020, the largest business festival in the Baltic countries, the EIT Health supported BioHackathon brough together over 60 participants, including students and starting and established entrepreneurs in the field of life sciences. The BioHackathon was held at the conference hall of the University of Tartu Library on 29th of January, […]

The StarShip Fellowship Program is coming back for 2020 and the APPLICATIONS ARE NOW OPEN!

Are you interested in accessing a global industry R&D environment? Do you see your future career closing the gap between industry, R&D and healthcare stakeholders? Do you want to work in a multidisciplinary Trans-European team and help solve real healthcare market challenges? Do you want to gain an EIT Health diploma and take part in […]

Two teams from BioInnovation Days represented Estonia at the EIT Health Winners’ Event in Paris

On Sunday December 1st 192 participants arrived at Palais Brongniart for the Winners’ Event. 138 of these were students from the 33 winning i-Day teams. Judges, mentors, coaches, speakers and organisers all contributed their expertise and supported students throughout the day to develop their ideas. There was a lecture style opening session followed by an afternoon […]

Two teams from BioInnovation Days represented Estonia at the EIT Health Winners’ Event in Paris

On Sunday December 1st 192 participants arrived at Palais Brongniart for the Winners’ Event. 138 of these were students from the 33 winning i-Day teams. Judges, mentors, coaches, speakers and organisers all contributed their expertise and supported students throughout the day to develop their ideas. There was a lecture style opening session followed by an afternoon […]

EstLat BioBoost Networking trip to Helsinki 26-28 November

On 26-28 November, seven companies from Estonia and Latvia will visit Helsinki in the course of the Interreg project EstLat BioBoost. Companies will be visiting Terkko HealthHub, Maria 01 and SLUSH offices and will also meet other life sciences companies operating in Finland. The visit will also include discussions regarding the similarities and differences between […]