Technological solutions for sustainable healthcare
Medical Delta
Huismansingel 4
2629 JH Delft
the Netherlands
info@medicaldelta.nl
+31 (0)6 2492 8919
In the fight against COVID-19 (corona), various grants for (scientific) research and practical initiatives are offered. This also applies to the intersection of health & technology. We have listed some specific health & technology grants and will update this continuously.
Intended for: Companies and knowledge institutions. You must cooperate with at least one partner from one of the participating Eureka countries. The partnership must consist of at least one company and one knowledge institution.
Size: The Dutch budget that Health~Holland makes available for this call is € 500,000. The maximum contribution per project is € 100,000. Companies and knowledge institutions receive a 50% subsidy for their research activities and 25% for development activities.
Deadline: From April 15 to May 15, 2020, 5:00 PM (CEST)
Description: In this call, Health~Holland focuses on collaborative projects within the domain of Life Sciences and Health. The R&D project must be market / application oriented. That is to say: the product, service or service must then be executed or placed on the market within six months of the project's completion.
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Intended for: Practical projects and research projects of research groups. To limit the negative consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic and to learn from negative and positive experiences - both now and in the longer term - knowledge, practical solutions and research are needed.
Size: A total of € 27 million from NWO, ZonMw, VWS and OCW
Deadline: The total program runs until the end of 2024 for monitoring and completion of all processes
Description: The program has three focus areas: Predictive diagnostics and treatment;
Care and prevention, including transmission; Societal consequences of the coronavirus crisis and the measures to prevent these. An expert panel will prioritize research topics for each area of attention in the very short term.
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Intended for: University medical centers, non-academic hospitals, universities, universities of applied sciences, practitioners, care organizations, research institutions, consultancies, umbrella organizations, professional organizations and patient organizations that are located in The Netherlands. If possible, applicants are encouraged to seek cooperation with relevant stakeholders and target groups.
Size: A maximum of € 8,500,000 is available for focus area 1. A maximum of € 500,000 is available per project. The intended maximum duration of the projects is 24 months.
Deadline: May 14, 2020 - 2 p.m.
Description: This focus area has four themes: Treatment; Diagnosis of contamination; Risk analysis and forecasting; Virus, immunity, immune response and pathogenesis. The aim is to provide knowledge for the (further) development of (predictive) diagnostics, for customized treatment and for the prevention of COVID-19-related complaints in the early, acute and recovery phases. This involves urgently needed research into new or existing therapies and their mechanisms of action, as well as gaining insights into, among other things, the microbiome, immunity, predictive parameters and tailor-made treatment.
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Intended for: University medical centers, non-academic hospitals, universities, universities of applied sciences, practitioners, care organizations, research institutions, consultancies, umbrella organizations, professional organizations and patient organizations that are located in The Netherlands. If possible, applicants are encouraged to seek cooperation with relevant stakeholders and target groups.
Omvang: A maximum of € 6,500,000 in total is available for focus area 2. A maximum of € 500,000 is available per project. The intended maximum duration of the projects is 24 months.
Deadline: May 2020 - 2 p.m.
Description: Focus area 2 has three themes: Organization of care and prevention; Care and prevention for vulnerable citizens; Transmission and epidemiology. This area of attention is intended to enable urgent research within the three themes directly. Various types of research are possible: evaluation trajectories, action research, effect studies, stimulation trajectories for effectiveness research in the event of postponement of treatment / care avoidance, organization of care issues, development of epidemiological models and inventories.
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Intended for: Projects aimed at internet solutions that serve the public interest, for example responsible data collection and data sharing for more insight into the fight against the Corona virus, both in the medical field and beyond.
Size: Up to a maximum of € 75,000 for tested projects and up to a maximum of € 10,000 for projects for small experimental applications.
Deadline: June 30, 2020
Description: We are looking for initiatives that help in a responsible way to gain insight and grip on what is happening now by collecting good data and knowledge. In addition, digital solutions that deal with data management are being sought now that the internet is widely used to work, learn and live at home.
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Intended for: Development projects of companies around flexible and portable electronics that can contribute to limiting the consequences of COVID-19, for example in the field of prevention, diagnostics or therapy.
Size: Up to € 100,000 per project
Deadline: June 5, 2020
Description: The call is part of a broader call from SmartEEs2, a European acceleration program. One of the objectives is to facilitate testing options or to provide support for the manufacture and upscaling of new products.
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Intended for: Ideas that help combat product shortages, medical care issues and other issues affecting our social life and economic environment.
Size: € 10,000 per project
Deadline: Depends on the so-called 'challenge sets' that are published on the AMable page.
Description: AMable asks to submit challenges where additive manufacturing can harness its potential. Once a number of high impact challenges have been collected, they will be published as 'challenge sets'. Parties can then submit solution ideas within two weeks. After a short selection procedure, an applicant can receive € 10,000 to experiment with the realization of the solution idea. Experts from the consortium will actively support the activity to jump-start and accelerate work.
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Intended for: Delft initiatives related to the fight against Covid-19 that can be deployed immediately (April and May 2020)
Size: Depending on the current fundraising campaign
Deadline: -
Description: The TU Delft Covid-19 Response Fund is aimed at quick support for Delft initiatives in the field of corona control. The fund is intended for Delft projects with an emphasis on results / activities / commitment in the very short term (April, May 2020). This concerns projects that tackle urgent and concrete questions in collaboration with bodies such as RIVM, the government, universities, medical centers and others who are currently committed to fighting the corona virus in the Netherlands. Multiple requests per project are possible.
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Intended for: Competition for technological innovations that help in the fight against the Corona virus.
Size: $ 10,000 grants; Elevate Prize for Health Security of at least $ 300,000 over two years
Deadline: Submitting solutions is possible until June 18, 2020
Description: MIT Solve is looking for technological innovations that can delay and monitor the spread of an outbreak. For example by improving personal hygiene, developing inexpensive rapid diagnostics, analyzing data or providing tools to support or protect healthcare professionals. In addition, Solve is looking for solutions that focus on prevention and mitigation measures that enhance access to primary care, improve monitoring systems, and improve healthcare supply chains.
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ResilientSociety is a co-creation platform in which researchers, healthcare professionals, the (manufacturing) industry and governments actively seeking each other out to bring together supply and demand in the field of COVID-19 solutions. The aim of the platform is to do this effectively: by joining forces and without duplicating efforts. By doing so, the platform wants to create the greatest possible impact. Dutch universities, national and regional governments, companies and other public and private parties partner in the platform. Medical Delta is also an active partner and helps, among other things, with the assessment of projects and the acceleration of promising innovations.
The platform invites organizations, healthcare institutions and innovators to participate by offering expertise or by submitting a challenge for potential solutions. Examples of focus areas are medical equipment, mobility and logistics and digital security.
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The Dutch government makes it possible for startups, scale-ups and other innovative companies affected by the corona crisis to apply for a bridging loan. The ‘Regionale Ontwikkelingsmaatschappijen' (ROMs) will provide these credits at the request of the government. Initially, € 100 million will be made available for this. This arrangement is expected to be available in the fourth week of April.
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Technological solutions for sustainable healthcare
Huismansingel 4
2629 JH Delft
the Netherlands
info@medicaldelta.nl
+31 (0)6 2492 8919
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