H-INNOVA - Call for Projects
7th Edition
2025/2026
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The Call for Projects of the H-INNOVA: Health Innovation HUB aims to identify, support and award innovative projects focused on Health and Healthcare. The initiative promotes solutions that contribute to improving patient outcomes, enhancing the working conditions of health professionals, and driving efficiency, productivity and cost savings across the health sector.
H-INNOVA: Health Innovation HUB Call for Projects fosters the creation of scalable and sustainable projects that respond to real challenges faced by patients, healthcare professionals and healthcare systems.
REGISTRATIONS:
DEADLINES
STUDENTS CATEGORY
Registrations Deadline: February 26th, 2026
Submission deadline of follow-up questionnaire: May 12th, 2026
Project Delivery deadline: May 29th 2026
PhD AND RESEARCHERS CATEGORY
Registrations Deadline: February 26th, 2026
Submission deadline of follow-up questionnaire: May 12th, 2026
Project Delivery deadline: May 29th 2026
STARTUPS CATEGORY
Pitch Deck Submission deadline: April 30th, 2026
PARTICIPATION REQUIREMENTS
Students Category
Undergraduate, Postgraduate or Master students from national and international Universities and Institutes that can include one more more professors as advisors (optional)
Groups can be composed of 1 to a maximum of 5 students of Graduation, Post-graduation or Master at universities or Institutes.
Groups can optionally invite one or more coordinating professors (up to three).
Candidates who have completed their bachelor, postgraduate or master’s degree in the academic years 2023/2024 or 2024/2025 can also participate in the 6th edition of H-INNOVA - Health INNOVAtion HUB.
PhD and Researchers Category
Doctorates, doctorate students or researchers
To participate in Doctorates and Researchers category you need to:
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Have a PhD/Doctorate degree; or
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Attend in the present academic year (2025/2026) a PhD/Doctorate program; or
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Be a researcher in a University, Institute or Research Center;
STARTUPS Category
STARTUPS that are developing innovative products / solutions with high potential of growth / internationalization
Candidates must have a Startup already formed:
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Startups at different levels of development / TRL can apply to H-INNOVA – Call for projects if they focus health or healthcare areas;
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Early stages startups are accepted but they need to have a clear market orientation and the vision to have a commercial product/service in a maximum time frame of 2 or 3 years.
AWARD
Access to the Ecosystem of Innovation H-INNOVA
Students Category
5,500 EUR
(gross amount)
Comprised of:
a monetary amount of
2,000 EUR
1,250 EUR of which will be paid after the creation of a STARTUP in the Autonomous Region of Madeira within 6 months after the date of the Pitch Ceremony
and
3,000 EUR
in dedicated mentoring hours from experienced professionals with expertise in business modelling, finance and business development.
If the winning team develops their project under the supervision of one or more professor/
researcher they will be
awarded
500 EUR
(gross amount)
1st PRIZE
2nd PRIZE
3,250 EUR
(gross amount)
Comprised of:
a monetary amount of
1,250 EUR
750 EUR of which will be paid after the creation of a STARTUP in the Autonomous Region of Madeira within 6 months after the date of the Pitch Ceremony
and
1,750 EUR
in dedicated mentoring hours from experienced professionals with expertise in business modelling, finance and business development.
If the team develops their project under the supervision of one or more professor/
researcher they will be
awarded
250 EUR
(gross amount)
3rd PRIZE
1,850 EUR
(gross amount)
Comprised of:
a monetary amount of
600 EUR
400 EUR of which will be paid after the creation of a STARTUP in the Autonomous Region of Madeira within 6 months after the date of the Pitch Ceremony
and
1,000 EUR
in dedicated mentoring hours from experienced professionals with expertise in business modelling, finance and business development.
If the team develops their project under the supervision of one or more professor/
researcher they will be
awarded
250 EUR
(gross amount)
Doctorates and Researcher’s Category
4,750 EUR
(gross amount)
Comprised of:
a monetary amount of
1,750 EUR
1,250 EUR of which will be paid after the creation of a STARTUP in the Autonomous Region of Madeira within 6 months after the date of the Pitch Ceremony
and
3,000 EUR
in dedicated mentoring hours from experienced professionals with expertise in business modelling, finance and business development.
4,750 EUR
(gross amount)
Comprised of:
a monetary amount of
1,750 EUR
1,250 EUR of which will be paid after the creation of a STARTUP in the Autonomous Region of Madeira within 6 months after the date of the Pitch Ceremony
and
3,000 EUR
in dedicated mentoring hours from experienced professionals with expertise in business modelling, finance and business development.
1st PRIZE
2,850 EUR
(gross amount)
Comprised of:
a monetary amount of
1,100 EUR
750 EUR of which will be paid after the creation of a STARTUP in the Autonomous Region of Madeira within 6 months after the date of the Pitch Ceremony
and
1,750 EUR
in dedicated mentoring hours from experienced professionals with expertise in business modelling, finance and business development.
2,850 EUR
(gross amount)
Comprised of:
a monetary amount of
1,100 EUR
750 EUR of which will be paid after the creation of a STARTUP in the Autonomous Region of Madeira within 6 months after the date of the Pitch Ceremony
and
1,750 EUR
in dedicated mentoring hours from experienced professionals with expertise in business modelling, finance and business development.
2nd PRIZE
1,600 EUR
(gross amount)
Comprised of:
a monetary amount of
600 EUR
400 EUR of which will be paid after the creation of a STARTUP in the Autonomous Region of Madeira within 6 months after the date of the Pitch Ceremony
and
1,000 EUR
in dedicated mentoring hours from experienced professionals with expertise in business modelling, finance and business development.
1,600 EUR
(gross amount)
Comprised of:
a monetary amount of
600 EUR
400 EUR of which will be paid after the creation of a STARTUP in the Autonomous Region of Madeira within 6 months after the date of the Pitch Ceremony
and
1,000 EUR
in dedicated mentoring hours from experienced professionals with expertise in business modelling, finance and business development.
3rd PRIZE
STARTUPS Category
6,750 EUR
(gross amount)
Comprised of:
a monetary amount of
2,250 EUR
1,250 EUR of which will be paid after the change of the company’s headquarters to the Autonomous Region of Madeira, within 6 months after the date of the Pitch Ceremony
and
4,500 EUR
in dedicated mentoring hours from experienced professionals with expertise in business modelling, finance and business development.
6,750 EUR
(gross amount)
Comprised of:
a monetary amount of
2,250 EUR
1,250 EUR of which will be paid after the change of the company’s headquarters to the Autonomous Region of Madeira, within 6 months after the date of the Pitch Ceremony
and
4,500 EUR
in dedicated mentoring hours from experienced professionals with expertise in business modelling, finance and business development.
1st PRIZE
4,500 EUR
(gross amount)
Comprised of:
a monetary amount of
1,500 EUR
1,000 EUR of which will be paid after the change of the company’s headquarters to the Autonomous Region of Madeira, within 6 months after the date of the Pitch Ceremony
and
3,000 EUR
in dedicated mentoring hours from experienced professionals with expertise in business modelling, finance and business development.
4,500 EUR
(gross amount)
Comprised of:
a monetary amount of
1,500 EUR
1,000 EUR of which will be paid after the change of the company’s headquarters to the Autonomous Region of Madeira, within 6 months after the date of the Pitch Ceremony
and
3,000 EUR
in dedicated mentoring hours from experienced professionals with expertise in business modelling, finance and business development.
2nd PRIZE
2,450 EUR
(gross amount)
Comprised of:
a monetary amount of
950 EUR
750 EUR of which will be paid after the change of the company’s headquarters to the Autonomous Region of Madeira, within 6 months after the date of the Pitch Ceremony
and
1,500 EUR
in dedicated mentoring hours from experienced professionals with expertise in business modelling, finance and business development.
2,450 EUR
(gross amount)
Comprised of:
a monetary amount of
950 EUR
750 EUR of which will be paid after the change of the company’s headquarters to the Autonomous Region of Madeira, within 6 months after the date of the Pitch Ceremony
and
1,500 EUR
in dedicated mentoring hours from experienced professionals with expertise in business modelling, finance and business development.
3rd PRIZE
THEMES OF THE PROJECTS
The projects to be developed should focus on strategic areas for health and healthcare, namely:
A. Artificial Intelligence (AI), Business intelligence and medical devices innovation
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The Hospital of the Future
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Artificial Intelligence for the Smart Hospital of the Future
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Digital Health concerning Web-platforms, mHealth, Apps
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Privacy management and cybersecurity of clinical data
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Medical devices innovation concerning electronic devices, biomaterials, artificial organs, diagnostic, drug delivery devices, monitoring, rehabilitation
B. Outbreaks innovation
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Applications with innovative solutions to tackle Coronavirus or another virus outbreak
C. Focus in the patient
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Preventive Healthcare: Services or solutions
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Home care
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Improving communication between healthcare providers and patients
D. Provision and Predictive Models
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Prevision/scenario forecasting of macro models for public health
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Predictive Clinical Analytics
E. Cybersecurity & Data Protection in Healthcare
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Tools to ensure patient data protection
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Cyber security of medical devices
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Methods to improve security of data sharing between medical devices, IT systems and other healthcare applications/programs
F. H-INNOVA - Health INNOVAtion HUB
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Development of a marketplace platform for health in the scope of H-INNOVA – Health INNOVAtion HUB– Design process and how to configure the platform
G. Business Plans and Digital Marketing Plans
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Marketing plan to promote health literacy in the general population or in a specific population group (senior population, less educated population…)
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Business plan to promote and development of health tourism
H. Mental health & wellbeing
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Innovative solution(s) or approach(s) for the treatment or relief of symptoms of mental health disorders
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Project related with promotion of good mental health & wellbeing in companies, hospitals, etc.
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Development of a solution to periodically evaluate the mental health status of healthcare professionals
The full list of topics is available in the H-INNOVA - HEALTH INNOVATION HUB - Call for Projects 7th Edition Regulation.
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