Innovative Health Initiative calls

IHI is the analog to Innovative Medicines Initiative (IMI) in Horizon Europe. It is a public-private partnership between the European Union and the European life science industries.

IHI is dedicated to advancing health research and innovation and core goals are to translate health research and innovation into tangible benefits for patients and society.

Call 3 Topics (single stage)

• Topic 1: Screening platform and biomarkers for prediction and prevention of diseases of unmet public health need

• Topic 2: Patient-generated evidence to improve outcomes, support decision making, and accelerate innovation

• Topic 3: Combining hospital interventional approaches to improve patient outcomes and increase hospital efficiency

• Topic 4: Strengthening the European translational research ecosystem for advanced therapy medicinal products (ATMPs) for rare diseases

• Topic 5: Digital health technologies for the prevention and personalised management of mental disorders and their long-term health consequences

Draft call 4 (two-stage call)

The following topics are under consideration for inclusion in the next IHI call for proposals (Call 4), planned to be launched in early 2023. IHI is publishing the draft topic texts in advance of the official call launch to give potential applicants additional time to start building a consortium and drafting a proposal. 

• Topic 1: Expanding translational knowledge in minipigs: a path to reduce and replace non-human primates in non-clinical drug safety assessment
• Topic 2: Patient-centric blood sample collection to enable decentralised clinical trials and improve access to healthcare

The draft topics are still subject to change before the call launch, and applicants should check the final, approved topic texts once the calls are launched. For more elaborate information and call documents, please visit the IHI Call website here.

On 18-19 January 2023, IHI is organising an online event focused on IHI call 4. In addition to webinar focused on our rules and procedures we will hold webinars focused on the individual topics. The topic-focused events will be divided into 2 main activities: 

1. Info session - where you learn more about the call topics and the rules and procedures
2. Matchmaking time - Special allocated timeslots for you to identify and meet potential consortium partners.