EIT Regional Innovation Scheme (EIT RIS)
The EIT Regional Innovation Scheme (EIT RIS) was created by the European Institute of Innovation and Technology to close the gap between regions that are leaders in innovation and those ones which are still progressing.
The purpose of the programme is to promote healthcare innovation in countries with the modest and moderate innovation capacity. Additionally, its aim is to match healthcare innovators from the EIT Health network with the talent pool and innovative organisations from EIT Health Hubs regions.
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EIT Health RIS Impact
EIT Health supports business development at each and every stage for shortening the time-to-market for the most promising projects. One of our programmes, the InnoStars Awards, provides opportunities for young innovators to validate their ideas, develop products, and ultimately build successful businesses with products that help doctors and patients. Successful participants from the InnoStars Awards have had the chance to attract investors and shorten the time it takes to get their ideas to market. View our InnoStars Awards compendium including a portfolio of awarded start-ups below – either scroll through the document with the arrow on the right or click on the image to view full screen.
View our latest EIT Health RIS Innovation Call document below – either scroll through the document with the arrow on the right or click on the image to view full screen.
You can download a PDF of the EIT Health RIS Innovation Call document here.
EIT Health RIS Impact
EIT Health supports business development at each and every stage for shortening the time-to-market for the most promising projects. One of our programmes, the InnoStars Awards, provides opportunities for young innovators to validate their ideas, develop products, and ultimately build successful businesses with products that help doctors and patients. Successful participants from the InnoStars Awards have had the chance to attract investors and shorten the time it takes to get their ideas to market. View our InnoStars Awards compendium including a portfolio of awarded start-ups here.
To view our EIT Health RIS Innovation Call document, click here.
You can also download a PDF of the document here.
Inside look
The European University Association presents a strategic vision for FP10
Europe as a leader in new knowledge and discoveries
EIT Health InnoStars Challenge-based acceleration programme welcomes 9 innovative start-ups ready to answer healthcare challenges of Roche Slovakia
9 innovative start-ups ready to tackle healthcare challenges from Roche Slovakia
ASA Institute and EIT Health form a strategic partnership to boost research and innovation in Bosnia and Herzegovina
ASA Institute, the first institution from Bosnia and Herzegovina to partner with EIT Health
Enter the healthcare market faster with Digivitality
Your Gateway to Healthcare Innovation!
"Healthy Investment Central Eastern Europe" project aimed at building a robust early-stage investment pipeline in CEE region launched
Addressing investment gap in Central Eastern Europe
New Innovation Hub opens in Ukraine
EIT continues to strengthen support for Ukrainian innovators
Paths to the successful commercialisation of innovations in Czech hospitals
EIT Health Morning Health Talks in Czechia
Orgavalue's Revolutionary Bioengineering: Transforming Dreams of Organ Transplants into Reality!
Rodrigo Val d’Oleiros, CEO and Founder of Orgavalue, the winner of EIT Health InnoStars Awards 2023 talks about his mission is to eliminate organ transplant waiting lists.
Revolutionising Rehab: The Tech Behind MEBSTER's Award-Winning Exoskeleton!
Mike Gloger, CEO and founder of MEBSTER - the winner of 2023 Attract To Invest programme, shares insights into their victorious solution.
Unlocking Greek healthcare's future: closing the funding gap for hospital-startup collaborations
EIT Health Morning Health Talks in Greece
Five Portuguese healthcare start-ups take home awards from EIT Health InnoStars Grand Final in Milan
We know the winners of the 2023 edition of the InnoStars Grand Final
Join the EIT Health InnoStars Grand Final and watch start-up pitches from the first-class talent scouts in healthcare innovation.
Join the EIT Health InnoStars Grand Final and witness visionary entrepreneurs pitch their groundbreaking health tech solutions.
Portuguese start-up BEAT Therapeutics, accelerated by EIT Health, wins prestigious award in Europe’s leading start-up event in Spain
BEAT Therapeutics wins Startup Ole pitch competition!
InnoStars supported start-ups presented at the Startup OLÉ event in Salamanca
Participants of the EIT Health InnoStars accelerator programmes presented their solutions during the Pitch Competition and the Startup Fair at the Startup Ole in Salamanca, Spain.
Greece is well positioned to follow the German model towards prescribed healthcare apps
Greece takes important steps towards the digital transformation of healthcare in the country, even if digital solutions cannot still be prescribed and reimbursed.
Collaborative innovation as a key priority for the Czech healthcare system – insights from the EIT Health Morning Health Talks in Prague
Powerful lessons emerged from the recent Morning Health Talks event held in Prague, hosted by DEX Innovation Centre—an EIT Health Hub.
Romanian start-up’s solution can now be reimbursed by German health insurance
According to experts the next couple of years offer a great opportunity to leverage healthcare innovation in Romania.
Top 18 InnoStars Awards start-ups in 2023
Eighteen early-stage innovations are about to begin their six-month-long journey
German doctors can now prescribe apps to patients – when can Hungary follow suit?
Learn about Hungary's progress in digitalising healthcare and the challenges it faces in implementing a reimbursement system for digital therapeutics.
Building innovation valleys in Central, Eastern and Southern Europe
EIT Health InnoStars concludes the 2022 DRIVE training programme in Budapest.
EIT Jumpstarter is back for 2023
One of Europe’s best programmes for early-stage innovators is back in 2023 with two new categories: Rebuild Ukraine and Digital!
Towards harmonised EU Landscape for Digital Health: Summary of the roundtable discussions in selected InnoStars countries – a new study
Development of digital therapeutics - a new study
Ten promising consortia backed in the RIS Innovation Call 2023
These consortia will be granted funding of up to €75 000 for further development of their breakthrough product or solution.
EIT Jumpstarter names best newborn innovations of 2022
The Portuguese team Thertact triumphed in the health category in the 2022 edition of the EIT Jumpstarter.
The winners of the 6th edition of InnoStars Awards announced
The winners of the 6th edition of InnoStars Awards announced
Ten finalists selected for InnoStars Awards 2022
Promising early-stage start-ups from Central, Eastern and Southern Europe
Chronic Kidney Disease innovation to be piloted in Poland
EIT Health, together with AstraZeneca, Medical Research Agency and the public institutions, announced a winner of the Nephrohero - race against the invisible enemy.
ChallengEIT will help innovators become executors
A new international programme for piloting innovative working solutions.
InnoStars Talks: “Failure is part of success!”
Interview with Adi Barel, the Managing Director of EIT Hub in Israel
Innovation Capacity Building: turning university towns into healthcare hotspots
Connecting academia with business and innovators
Digitalisation can boost access to healthcare in remote areas
EIT Health survey reveals
Record number of consortia backed by RIS Innovation Call in 2022
Twenty early-stage innovations have been chosen to receive support.
European start-ups can play a key role in turning personalised healthcare from vision to reality
Data analytics and digital solutions are reshaping every aspect of life and adapting them in medicine could help usher in a new age of personalised healthcare.
Innovative anti-inflammatory dietary supplement goes to production with the support of EIT Health
The unique method has been developed by a team of Greek university professors, who with the support of EIT Health, has signed a deal with a French company, Pharma Recherche, to produce their solution.
EIT Health supported Italian start-up aims to improve the quality of life of patients suffering from rare diseases
The guided support of EIT Health was the springboard to the success of the Palermo-based start-up.
InnoStars Awards celebrates its sixth edition
The recently published interactive compendium highlights the most significant milestones of the EIT Health InnoStars Awards.
European Health Data Space in Poland - InnoStars releases and overview
Medical data driver of change in Poland
EIT Health-supported start-up that makes physiotherapy enjoyable raises €150K pre-seed investment round
Clynx, a Portuguese start-up that participated at the 2018 InnoStars Awards has raised €150K pre-seed investment round from Think Bigger Capital.
EIT Health-supported start-up aims to make shopping easier for the visually impaired
A Romanian start-up, .lumen has partnered with Kaufland Romania
Low health literacy leads to a lower quality of life
Hernâni Zão Oliveira from University of Evora is committed to help Europeans become more health literate.
Winners of the EIT Jumpstarter 2021 announced
Winners of the EIT Jumpstarter 2021 Health category announced
Start-ups from CEE and Southern Europe have already attracted external investments of more than €20 M in 2021
Start-ups from the CEE and Southern Europe closed a prosperous year in terms of fundraising.
Latvian healthcare ecosystem: creating synergy between start-ups and hospitals
Baiba Pētersone from the Rīga Stradiņš University (RSU)
EIT Health supported Latvian start-up makes history in the Baltics
Vigo Health became the first digital therapeutic company in the Baltics to receive an official reimbursement code from the Latvian health authority.
EIT Health’s HelloAI RIS Online comes to an end with a long-lasting impact
Students and professionals learn basic theoretical and practical use of AI.
Creating innovation in medical schools through next-generation partnerships
The partnership of the Medical University of Gdańsk with EIT Health
EIT Health RIS triumphs at the Emerging Europe Awards
Winning best Regional Collaboration Initiative 2021
EIT Health RIS Academy: future innovators’ careers are skills-focused
EIT Health RIS Academy trainings launched.
EIT Health RIS Innovation Call 2021 supports 11 new ideas
Up to €75 000 for proof-of-concept projects
How to handle digitalization of healthcare?
Discussion about the most pressing digital health challenges.
Interesting patterns emerge among the health innovations of the 2021 EIT Jumpstarter
EIT Jumpstarter semi-finalists selected.
15 new health innovations in the InnoStars Awards semi-finals
Next step of 2021 InnoStars Awards.
AI is not the ultimate magician, but it could save healthcare systems
Rise to the challenge is back again!
In Romania, healthcare is the new IT sector
Interview with Cristina Baghiu, the Board Member of EIT Health Alumni Network.
InnoStars Awards makes an astonishing comeback
Successful comeback of InnoStars Awards 2021.
Play design thinking to start innovating the future
Design thinking methodology brings innovation.
Seven healthcare start-ups were born thanks to the EIT Jumpstarter programme
The success of EIT Jumpstarter programme.
InnoStars Talks: Innovation brings change
Interview with Monika Paule, CEO and Co-Founder at CasZyme.
New Year, New investments: EIT Health-accelerated start-ups from Italy and Romania gain funds
The great success of InnoStars start-ups.
From EIT Health acceleration to investor’s money: InnoStars-powered teams take off
Closer look at start-ups accelerated by InnoStars.
Start-ups valley is flourishing in Cluj-Napoca
Cluj-Napoca regonized with EIT Health award.
EIT Health start-ups among the most promising ones selected in the EIT Jumpstarter final!
Winners of the 2020 EIT Jumpstarter.
Six EIT Jumpstarter finalists compete for three main prizes in the healthcare category during the Grand Final event
EIT Jumpstarter Grand Final is coming soon!
Ten healthcare inventions with additional support to market’s fast-track
The 2020 EIT Health Headstart finalists by InnoStars.
Results of EIT Health InnoStars Start-Up Amplifier pre-selection round
14 start-ups chosen in pre-selection round of Start-Up Amplifier.
Ligence is the winner of InnoStars Awards 2020
We know the finalists of InnoStars Awards 2020.
Morning Health Talks graduates to the multinational level
Morning Health Talks go international.
New clinical test network created in Poland
The first Clinical Research Support Centres in Poland co-shaped by EIT Health partners.
Raising money by reducing medical work: how a Lithuanian start-up got accelerated by EIT Health so that it attracted outside investors
Start-up journey of Lithuanian start-up - Ligence.
Nine EIT Health InnoStars Success Stories from 2019: moderate innovators on the rise
EIT presents Success Stories 2019, 9 of them coming from InnoStars.
InnoStars accelerates a start-up tacking the future of the human race
InnoStars awards Latvian start-up during WOLVES Summit 2020.
EIT Health-accelerated Sicilian start-up raises €1 million VC funding to improve cognitive rehabilitation
Italian start-up gets €1 M VC funding.
InnoStars and TU Delft launch EIT Health DRIVE programme
Launch of EIT Health DRIVE programme.
GE Healthcare reaches record number of applicants for its EIT Health-supported AI course
The success of Hello AIRIS Summer School.
EIT Health RIS Innovation Call backs 16 healthcare consortia
Innovations from eight countries in emerging Europe
InnoStars Awards comes back with its 2020 semi-finalists
Meet 15 semi-finalists of InnoStars Awards 2020.
EIT Jumpstarter programme starts its 2020 journey
EIT Jumpstarter 2020 has been kicked off.
DEX Innovation Centre: How does EIT Health Hub help others fight against COVID-19 pandemic?
Interview with Jan Kubalik from DEX Innovation Centre.
EIT Health Hubs together for building the biggest community of healthcare innovators in emerging Europe
EIT Health Hubs Assembly in Budapest.
Unleashing the potential of Czech start-ups
DEX Innovation Centre, one of EIT Health Hubs from Czechia, co-organised the 2019 Start-up Campus
EIT Jumpstarter rewards best European early-stage innovators in health, food and raw materials sectors
The Grand Final took place in Riga, Latvia as the side event of Digital Freedom Festival 2019.
EIT RIS achievements summarised in Barcelona
EIT Health Hubs joined the 2019 RIS Summit that preceded the EIT Health Matchmaking in Barcelona.
Start-up and Pitching Roadshow in Italy: EIT Health Hub works on upgrading start-ups skills
Consorzio Arca organizes Start-up and Pitching Roadshow.
InnoStars Awards 2019 boost 15 start-ups from Regional Innovation Scheme countries
Winners, chosen from 116 applicants, get €25 000 in smart money, training, mentoring
Twelve healthcare projects from emerging regions get kick-start from EIT Health
The results of EIT Health RIS Innovation Call 2019.
The three most popular domains of early-stage healthcare innovations in Central, Eastern and Southern Europe
Learning from excellence: EIT Health Hubs and InnoStars Partners visit Oxford
EIT Health Hubs' study visit at Oxford.
From the laboratory to the market: IP Roadshow in Italy
EIT Health Hub gathers Italian innovators.
EIT Health Hub runs Picnic for Health
A short brief of 13 edition of Picnic for Health.
EIT Health E-boat ‘’moored” to the Medical University of Łódź
E-Boat Programme has kicked off.
RIS Hubs in Croatia, Czech Republic and Latvia join network
They will assist in implementing the EIT Health Regional Innovation Scheme
EIT Health InnoStars at #DEMODAY
Final of DEX Innovation Centre (DEXIC) Accelerator programme.
Know-how transfer: from InnoStars to EIT Health RIS Hubs
A series of EIT Health training workshops for European innovation local communities.
EIT Health InnoStars @InnoPécs 2019
Hungarian local start-up community presents best health-tech projects.
Health for All 2019: Conference held at EIT Health RIS Hub in Lithuania
Bringing together EIT Health Community.
EIT Health Roadshow across RIS Hubs
InnoStars presents accelerator opportunities to the local communities in 13 countries.
EIT Health opens door to Greek start-ups
EKT supports EIT Health in implementation of RIS Programme
EIT Health RIS Hub Summit in Budapest: Networking and sharing best practices
18-19 February 2019 annual gathering unites network of 14 Hubs
DEX IC promotes EIT Health Accelerator during Startup Europe Week 2019
Hubs increase their engagement with EIT Health.
EIT Health RIS Hubs added in Slovenia, Estonia to help build innovation ecosystem in Europe
There are now 14 Hubs in 13 countries
Call for EIT Health RIS Hubs in Slovenia and Estonia: Apply by 29 January
Help EIT Health lead its efforts to expand its innovation in Europe
Second EIT Health RIS Hub Summit in Łódź – Focusing on actions
Finalising the regional action plans for the next year
The University of Porto’s spin-off wins the Lisbon Summit award
The company earned prize money and a chance to join the 'Grow' programme
Hellenic Innovation Forum 2018
The forum offered a personalised diet plan and the GearVR headset
Interview about U. Porto and RIS Hub
U. Porto is part of Portugal Ventures’ Ignition Partner Network (IPN)
University of Évora invests in the expansion of its Science and Technology Park
Creating a health-related tech company cluster
Joint Healthcare Start-up Bootcamp in Cluj, Romania
Training for start-ups who want to apply to national and international programmes
EIT Health RIS Hub and FreshBlood participate in Summer Schools
Learning about innovation in healthcare through Summer Schools
EIT Health and FreshBlood’s MedTech Innovation Day at SSIMA
Increasing the awareness and skills of interested young medical professionals
MUG Recruits nine start-ups for Accelerator programmes
MUG will organise a start-up training event and an EIT Health Innovation Day
Medical University of Gdańsk promotes EIT Health
Supporting EIT Health in their mission to find the best talent, entrepreneurs and start-ups
First EIT Health RIS Hub KTI Workshop
The first RIS KTI workshop was held in Budapest on 21 June
Call for EIT Health Hub within EIT Health RIS 2018: Bulgaria
Take part in the implementation of the EIT Regional Innovation Scheme (RIS) 2018!
EIT Health RIS Hub Summit in Budapest
The 2018 programmes will provide practical support for the RIS hubs in innovation
EIT Health co-organises 2nd Cross-KIC EIT RIS Business Planning Bootcamp in Budapest
Young innovators receive support and training
EIT Health Hubs
The network of EIT Health Hubs includes leading regional incubators, accelerators, prominent medical universities, research centres and institutes. These Hubs are located in 12 countries in Southern, Central and Eastern Europe.
CLC/InnoStars: EIT Health Hub
Partner classification: EIT Health Hub in Italy
ARCA is a consortium for the application of research and the creation of innovative enterprises, which has been active since 2003 and has exploited a partnership between the University of Palermo and a private entrepreneurial group committed to industrial research and technological transfer.
Consorzio Arca
CLC/InnoStars: EIT Health Hub
Partner classification: EIT Health Hub in Romania
FreshBlood is a project that is focused on improving healthcare through technology, by providing feedback, support, mentoring and exposure.
FreshBlood
CLC/InnoStars: EIT Health Hub
Partner classification: EIT Health Hub in Czechia
DEX Innovation Centre (DEX IC) is a private innovation center established in 2012. We are a social enterprise. We believe that impactful digital innovation and research improve society and this is thus our Mission. We learned that digital-based innovation is applicable in many sectors, but in some particular ones, the impact on societies is the highest. We focus on them. Health, Energy and Transportation are such sectors, among a few others (like Digital security).
DEX Innovation Centre
DEX Innovation Centre (DEX IC) Headquarters: Liberec, Rumjancevova 696/3, CZE Representative office: Prague, Premises of Havas, Pernerova 51, CZ
Key Activities in Social Innovation
Impactful digital innovation in health (formal and non-formal caregivers) / health care provision
Key Activities in Business Creation
Mentoring; entrepreneurial support; acceleration
Key Activities in Education
Entrepreneurial support/training
CLC/InnoStars: EIT Health Hub
Partner classification: EIT Health Hub in Hungary
The institute was established in 2018. Its vision is to become a leading European institution fostering the creation of new disciplines and of methodological approaches that cross and go beyond the boundaries of existing disciplines. Its mission is to create a space that encourages, mediates and hosts exchanges not only within the academia, but also to develop, in a true transdisciplinary manner, effective communication between academia, the business sector and society. This mission will be achieved by the development of three pillars of activity: education, research and outreach.
Institute of Transdisciplinary Discoveries
CLC/InnoStars: EIT Health Hub
Partner classification: EIT Health Hub in Lithuania
The Lithuanian University of Health Sciences (LSMU, Lietuvos sveikatos mokslų universitetas) is the largest institution of higher education for biomedical sciences in Lithuania, successfully integrating studies, research, and clinical practice. LSMU consists of two main academies: Medical Academy and Veterinary Academy. Students of medicine, odontology, and nursing gain their practical skills at the LSMU Hospital Kauno Klinikos, which is the largest medical institution in the Baltic States. More than 2200 physicians and residents shoulder to shoulder with 2400 members of the nursing staff take care of over 90000 patients at the LSMU Hospital each year.
Lithuanian University of Health Sciences
CLC/InnoStars: EIT Health Hub
Partner classification: EIT Health Hub in Slovenia
Ljubljana University Incubator
CLC/InnoStars: EIT Health Hub
Partner classification: EIT Health Hub in Greece
The National Documentation Centre (EKT) is a nationally used scientific institution operating at the National Hellenic Research Foundation. Its objective is to collect, organize, disseminate and preserve reputable digital content and data produced by the Greek scientific, research and cultural communities. Through national and international co-operation, it supports participation in European programmes, promotes entrepreneurship and exploitation of research results and produces statistics and indicators for research, development and innovation in Greece.
National Documentation Centre
CLC/InnoStars: EIT Health Hub
Partner classification: EIT Health Hub in Latvia
Rīga Stradiņš University (RSU) has been recognized as the best university with the highest reputation in Latvia, gaining the highest rating among the 10 largest universities in Latvia according to a study of the reputation of Latvian universities conducted by market research company Kantar TNS in 2018. Export Champion – Rīga Stradiņš University (RSU) has received the title of Export Champion at the Export and Innovation Awards which the Investment and Development Agency of Latvia organizes together with the Ministry of Economics.
Rīga Stradiņš University
CLC/InnoStars: EIT Health Hub
Partner classification: EIT Health Hub in Estonia
Tartu Biotechnology Park (TBP) provides physical infrastructure as well as business development and consultancy services to companies and R&D institutions in the fields of biotechnology, medicine and veterinary medicine.
Tartu Biotechnology Park
CLC/InnoStars: EIT Health Hub
Partner classification: EIT Health Hub in Poland
The Krakow LifeScience Network is made up of like-minded companies and organisations in the Krakow area dedicated to bringing the best bio-business services and products to a global market.
Klaster LifeScience Kraków
CLC/InnoStars: EIT Health Hub
Partner type: EIT Health Hub in Portugal
University of Évora
CLC/InnoStars: EIT Health Hub
Partner type: EIT Health Hub in Portugal
University of Porto Innovation was created in 2004 with the purpose of supporting the University’s innovation value chain by fostering the transfer of knowledge and reinforcing the bond between the University and businesses. With over 15 years of experience, University of Porto Innovation focuses its activities on research at the University, entrepreneurship within the academic community and University of Porto’s growing connections with industry.
University of Porto
CLC/InnoStars: EIT Health Hub
Partner type: EIT Health Hub in Croatia
University of Zagreb’s Centre for Research, Development and Technology Transfer was established in 2010 by coordinating activities of the University’s Research office and Technology Transfer Office. CRDTT provides support to research groups at the University in securing funds for research and development as well as in management of research projects. CRDTT also helps research groups and partners from the business sector to establish cooperation in technology development and commercialization of intellectual property originating from University’s research groups. CRDTT also supports researchers and students in starting knowledge and technology based businesses. In addition to individual support, CRDTT regularly organizes workshops and other events aimed at University’s researchers and students.
University of Zagreb