With our regional Ireland-UK hub now located in Dublin, EIT Health Ireland-UK coordinates a dynamic network of academic, private and public partners across the the health innovation ecosystem. Together with over 280 EIT Health Partners from across Europe, we work to advance the quality of life for all Europeans, ultimately contributing to the affordability and sustainability of healthcare.
Ireland-UK News
EIT Health invests €500K in Ochre Bio

Investment is part of $30M Series A funding round
Creating Impact: Deploying IPCEI for Health

Important Projects of Common European Interest are spotlighted in the 3rd instalment of the series
Six Irish start-ups transforming cardiovascular care

On World Heart Day we celebrate six innovators optimising cardiovascular treatment.
'Meet the Team' - David Pollard

David's top tips on problem solving through design thinking
Four Upskilling Opportunities for Healthcare Innovators

Latest continuous professional development courses now open
Signum Surgical raises €2.9M in funding

Latest funds accelerate commercialisation of BioHealx device.
'Conversations with our Network' series - EpiCapture

Antoinette Perry explains her solution for early detection of prostate cancer.
Creating Impact: Diving into the power of digital healthcare solutions

Digital health is spotlighted in the 2nd instalment of the series
Community Stories: ProVerum's journey to Series A success

Raising €40M investment in 5 years.
EpiCapture secures place in EIT Health Wild Card finals

The last remaining Irish start-up on the competition is in with a chance of securing €1.5M funding.
WildCard winner iLoF secures further $5M investment

Latest funds will accelerate the development of life-saving treatments
Creating Impact: What is Value-Based Healthcare?

1st instalment of the 'Creating Impact' series deep dives 'value-based healthcare'
Selio Medical awarded €2.5M EIC Accelerator funding

The investment will support growing the team and further technical development.
WeWALK funded £1.7M from Innovate UK

The team is now looking to raise £1.5M from VCs and crowdfunding.
Six Ireland-UK start-ups secure places in Catapult 2022-23 semi-finals

Meet the six Ireland-UK Catapult semi-finalists 2022-23.
Five open opportunities for healthcare graduates and professionals

Final call for applications
EIT Health Summit: Putting the sustainability of healthcare systems in focus

A round-up of highlights from the EIT Health Summit 2022.
'Meet the Team' - Graham Armitage

Graham's top tips on building consortia for innovation projects.
A guide for European health start-ups entering the US market

US legal and health experts share their knowledge.
Luminate Medical wins EIT Health Catapult audience choice award

Catapult's Alex Casta award goes to Luminate Medical
EIT Health Catapult 2022 names SolasCure biotech winner

SolasCure wins Catapult during EIT Health Summit 2022
EIT Health selects eight Irish start-ups for renowned European business accelerator programmes

8 health start-ups in Ireland secure places on 7 EIT Health programmes
'Conversations with our Network' series - Bluemetrix

Liam English explains how data is transforming healthcare.
Four reasons why MedTech in Ireland is on an upward trajectory

A roundup of good news stories on Irish MedTech Innovation
EIT Health-supported start-ups in Ireland raise €31.1M in 2021

9 health start-ups in Ireland raise €31.1M in 2021.
Three sources of funding for your health innovation start-up

3 programmes that provide the investment needed to launch your start-up into Europe.
EIT Health-supported Optellum attains CE mark

Innovative lung cancer diagnosis solution
EIT Health partner Trinity Tangent launches partnership with HSE

Trinity Tangent partners with HSE Digital Transformation
Ireland’s Health Innovators: three start-ups making an impact internationally

Start-ups successfully scaling their solutions abroad
'Conversations with our Network' series - Trinity College Dublin

Joe Lanzillotta explains how i-Days run at TCD.
Orthox closes $12.5M in Series A funding

Investment will support further clinical trials of medical device FibroFix™
CroíValve raises €8M in Series A funding round

Latest investment will support a Feasibility clinical study for CroíValves DUO Coaptation Valve system to combat tricuspid regurgitation.
'Meet the Team' - Marc Butterly

Entrepreneurship and advice for health innovators starting out.
Practical tips to deploy data at scale in healthcare

Data and health leaders shared their expert knowledge at a recent EIT Health Ireland-UK event. Here is a roundup of the highlights.
Five Opportunities for Big Data to Transform Healthcare

In this week’s Ireland-UK hub blog we take a look at what opportunities are on the horizon for healthcare as data-driven technologies advance further.
'Conversations with our Network' series - NUI Galway

Natalie Walsh at NUIG discusses the partnership with EIT Health
EIT HEI Initiative launches new call for proposals

Improving Higher Education Institution innovation capacity
Story Hub: 2021 highlights roundup from EIT Health Ireland-UK

EIT Health 2021 highlights roundup from Ireland-UK hub
5 Ireland-UK start-ups reach EIT Health Catapult Final

Finalists will compete in May 2022
3 Irish start-ups selected for the EIT Health Catalyst Award

21 start-ups selected to improve solutions for healthy ageing
EIT Health Ireland - UK signs MOU with HSE

EIT Health to partner European Digital Health Innovation Centre.
Our Start-up Toolbox webinar series is now available online

Expert-led series to support start-up development
NUIG's i2i – selected for EIT's HEI Health Initiative

Receiving up to €27.5m to support innovation capacity
6 Ireland-UK start-ups ready for the Catapult Semifinals

Learn about these promising start-ups
Bridgehead announces first start-ups for 2021

Helping SMEs expand in Europe and beyond
Meet the team building a global education platform

UK-based start-up delivers remote-learning solutions
EIT Health supported start-up Unhindr awarded £500,000

Unhindr has won funding to scale AI prosthetic device
Christina Petris new EIT Health Ireland & UK Managing Director

New Managing Director for EIT Health Ireland & UK
Meet the Ireland & UK Catapult semi-finalists

The teams will pitch at the virtual semi-finals
Start-up Toolbox webinar series launches
Expert-led series to support start-up development
Fellows set to deliver prototype ventilation concept

Development of ventilation prototype for global use
Call now open for Mentoring & Coaching Network vouchers

Start-ups can apply for Mentoring and Coaching Network vouchers
EIT Health selects start-ups for Headstart 2020

96 start-ups receiving mentoring and financial support
This digital health start-up is protecting frontline staff from COVID-19

Wellola, an EIT Health supported start-up, collaborates with 600-plus healthcare providers
Imperial College London receives major funding in Rapid Response Call

Team led by Imperial College London secure Rapid Response Grant to tackle COVID-19
Deadline extension: Call for Industry-led Innovations to Tackle Childhood Obesity

Call to tackle childhood obesity
EIT Health supported start-up, CroíValve, announces first successful human use of its device

The first human use of CroíValve’s device
Meet the 3000-plus team of experts developing low-cost ventilators in response to supply shortages

3000-plus team of experts developing low-cost ventilators
Meeting the ageing population challenge – High-quality training for 12,000 caregivers

By 2060, 155 million Europeans, or 30 percent of the total European population, will be 65 years or older. In this ageing demography, caregivers have crucial role but are often undereducated and have a low influence on their work situation. Qualitative training for caregivers has a huge potential as it raises the skills levels of a large and sometimes overlooked workforce and can have a significant impact on caregiving for an ageing population. CARE Campus is a unique, EIT Health-supported, training programme providing high-quality distance education for both professional and family caregivers. When wrapping up the four-year programme, almost 12.000 caregivers have taken the online courses.
Roliner - A game-changing adaptive wearable

Roliner is an adaptive wearable that aims to bring comfort to prosthetic limbs and other wearables.
How a Trinity College Dublin spin-out is changing surgical wound closure

QuickStitch promises to be more cost-effective, faster and yield superior clinical results than sutures and stitches
University of Newcastle spin-out is delivering NHS online support for Type 2 diabetes

Digital Health Spin-out from the University of Newcastle is bringing about behaviour change at scale
20 nurses and midwives awarded EIT Health bursary to attend THEconf2020

Health professionals awarded bursaries
Exciting start-ups brought to life by the Innovation Fellowships Programme

Successes from the University of Oxford
Headstart winner, Xploro, set to develop Spanish version of app

Headstart winner, Xploro, has partnered with Hospital Sant Joan de Déu Barcelona
3 ways WHAM is helping new mothers across Europe

EIT Health supported MOOC opens 20 January
Innovative Campus summer school makes physical education inclusive

InPhysEd is all set to run in July
EIT Health sends five start-ups to pitch at European Life Sciences CEO Forum

Kurt Höller, EIT Health Business Creation Director, will be a panelist at the forum
Meet the UK-Ireland Entrepreneurs: Kaido grows with EIT Health Headstart funding

A wellness platform
EIT Health Think Tank releases report on Big Data and healthcare at Summit

Download the report
Meet the UK-Ireland Entrepreneurs: Loci Orthopaedics

Bringing essential advances in surgical intervention for thumb-base arthritis one step closer to the market
EIT Health 2018 HeadStart Winner Inovus Medical announces launch of Bozzini™

An affordable turnkey hysteroscopy simulator
EIT Health launches EU-wide crowdfunding through partnership with aescuvest

Innovative approach to funding innovation
EIT Health Investor Network open for applications from start-ups

First EU network of investors focused solely on healthcare innovation
Sameena Conning starting in new position of EIT Health Director of External Affairs

Post created to unite public affairs and communications functions
Letter on Brexit from EIT Health UK-Ireland Managing Director Leslie Harris

Good news on UK plans for Horizon 2020
EIT Health participating in the 2018 NHS Health and Care Innovation Expo

Innovative healthtech projects will be showcased at EIT Health’s exhibition space
Update: Professional Campus and Executive Education Activity Line

Empowering health professionals, health innovators, healthcare providers and policy makers
Activity leader video interview: Lefkos Middleton on CARE Campus

EIT Health training initiative seeks to professionalise elder care
Project leader writes about P-PALs for Ireland's frontline

EIT Health Campus activity empowers older adults with intellectual disabilities
Second EIT Health Think Tank Round Table on Big Data hosted by the University of Oxford

Experts on Big Data in Healthcare suggest innovative solutions to improve healthcare systems
EIT Health selects UK-Ireland healthcare start-ups for the 2018 European Health Catapult

Six UK and Ireland Biotech, MedTech and Digital Health companies will participate in the 2018 EHC semi-finals
New project collaborations emerge at EIT Health UK-Ireland Partner Meeting

Potential projects for the BP2019 2nd Innovation by Ideas Call for Proposals
UK-Ireland EIT Health Headstart competition in Dublin: 13 start-ups win €50k each

Chosen from 22 finalists on 17 July 2019
Some topics chosen for the Bilateral Meeting with EIT Health UK-Ireland, EIT Health Germany

The first set of Round Table topics for the event have been released
Infographic: 6 Things You Didn't Know about the UK-Ireland Partner Roadshow

FAQs on BP2019 Call for Proposals & Application Process
Deadline for Cross-KIC Business Idea Competition now 8 April

Health, food or raw materials ideas sought
Wild Card teams to be chosen 16-20 April in Galway

Winners will receive extensive EIT Health support for developing transformative healthcare innovations
Expert Interview: Co-Creating Innovative Solutions for Health (CRISH)

Expert Maria Piggin tells us more about CRISH and its future developments
Leslie Harris appointed as Managing Director of EIT Health UK-Ireland

Effective 30 April 2018
Wild Card: 12 finalists to pitch healthcare innovations after wild week in Galway

AT THE EDGE tournament identifies transformative ideas for EIT Health support
StarShip Innovation Fellowship programme accepting applications until 16 March

Stanford Biodesign Concept and other approaches employed
Expert Interview: Patients as active decision-makers

Q&A with Ania Henley, Patient and Public Involvement (PPI) Adviser at Imperial College, an EIT Health UK-Ireland partner
EIT Health UK-Ireland Partners involved in 15 Campus activities

Imperial College London is particularly active
EIT Health UK-Ireland Partners involved in four Innovation Projects

Partners Join 2018 Innovation Projects
Accelerator Calls: Apply now for activities assisting start-ups and SMEs

Online application interface is open
The UK-Ireland Partner Roadshow Gathered over 100 Participants

Upcoming important dates and UKI regional innovation hub Support links included
MOOC promoting Salsa for healthy ageing starts 5 March

EIT Health supports courses, offered in both French and English, that feature five training modules
CCentre in 2017: Four courses on citizen-centred ageing and three videos released

More than 100 executives and professionals trained
Meet the EIT Health UK-Ireland Entrepreneurs: Damibu, Headstart/Proof-of-Concept Winner 2016

Damibu’s CATCH app hailed as 'nationally-important' innovation
EIT Health BioEntrepreneur Bootcamp - apply now

Online application is open now until April 8, 2018
EIT opens call for urban mobility and manufacturing Innovation Communities

Competition runs until July 2018
Meet the UK-Ireland Entrepreneurs: Selio Medical, Headstart/Proof-of-Concept Winner 2017

Preventing Pneumothorax and Creating Jobs in Ireland’s MedTech Sector
Strategic effort drives Campus Call for Innovative Education activities in 2018

Proposals due by 8 March
Campus accepting proposals for Innovative Education Projects

Application deadline 8 March 2018
UK-Ireland based Innovation Agency and Oxford AHSN's status upgraded to core partner

Effective 1 January 2018
UK-based Oxford Endovascular Awarded Third Prize in EIT Health European Health Catapult (MedTech)

The UK-Ireland CLC congratulates Oxford Endovascular on their 3rd place award in the European Health Catapult (MedTech)
EIT Health UK-Ireland Welcomes Home Instead Senior Care as New Associate Partner

Find out more about Home Instead in the EIT Health UK-Ireland Partnership Portfolio
Novel motion capture system supports patients’ rehabilitation

EIT Health-supported project offers a wearable system that has attracted hundreds of developers
EIT Health UK-Ireland Headstart Finalist PhysioMedics Closes Investment Round

Revolutionary online healthcare platform PhysioWizard raised a total of £1million of funding from business angels Archangels
CATCH by Damibu selected to join the NHS Innovation Accelerator

A great achievement for EIT Health UK-Ireland Headstart winner
Wild Card Challenges for 2018: AI for patient data and antibiotic resistance

Applications will be open between 10 January and 9 March 2018
Affichem, BloodLink and Mowoot win audience vote of European Health Catapult contest

Voting held on the first day of the EIT Health Summit
EIT Health Summit kicks off

Annual gathering allows our partners to share progress and plan future support for healthcare innovation
First ISAX's Smart Ageing Innovation Awards held at Irish House of Lords

The Smart Ageing Innovation Awards aims to recognise and celebrate innovative products, services, and technologies across multiple sectors that help to improve the quality of life of consumers aged 50+
EIT Health online Ideation Challenge on personal health

All are invited to join in a cooperative educational experience
Hackathon at Imperial College explores blockchain technologies in healthcare

'Smart Trials' wins EIT Health support
21 finalists named for European Health Catapult competition at EIT Health Summit

They will compete in London during the 4-5 December Summit
Success of IBV in Horizon 2020 calls involves five EIT Health partners

Two projects accepted
TECNALIA wins the European Innovation Award

EIT Health partner developed a new failure prediction system for Industry 4.0
Empowering Women Entrepreneurship in Health Innovation – 2017 Activities

WE Health aims at enhancing the participation of women in health innovation
2017 EIT Health UK-Ireland DPhil/PhD Transition Fellowships Announced

At the final round of pitches of the 2017 EIT Health DPhil/PhD Transition Fellowship, held at the UK-Ireland regional innovtion hub main offices in London, eleven young and inspiring entrepreneurs were awarded with one of the covered fellowships.
UK-Ireland Health Innovation Day draws more than 100

Discussion on generating and funding Ideas in the Healthcare Innovation Sector
Imperial College Business School offers short course on 'Making Accountable Care Happen'

The Imperial College business school, an EIT Health Partner, is presenting a new short course that will take place 10-12 October
Campus – Come and attend this exciting vitality festival for citizens, professionals and researchers

Come and attend this exciting vitality festival for citizens, professionals and researchers
Neuro-Wear announces production of wearable neural stimulators

EIT Health Innovation Project
Seven win UK-Ireland HeadStart/Proof-of-Concept Awards

Event at Oxford coincides with 19 July Annual General Meeting of UK-Ireland
Nine start-ups win pitch finals for InnoStars HS/PoC grants

€330 000 in grants given to EIT Health Headstart/Proof of Concept winners
EIPP matches investors with EU projects, co-organises EBAN Congress

Portal currently lists 45 health-sector investments
Campus Call for Summer Schools 2018 now open

EIT Health Campus is now accepting applications for the Call for Proposals for Summer Schools 2018. Applications are being accepted until 27 November 2017.
Trinity College Dublin's ProACT project partner nominated for a prestigious EU Innovation Radar Award

ProACT will be the first cloud-based, digital solution of its kind in Ireland and Europe
UK-Ireland Partner NUI Galway launches new BioExcel Accelerator

BioExcel Accelerator programme at NUI Galway is open to applications from med-tech entrepreneurs
Presenting the 2017 European Health Catapult UK-Ireland Semifinalists: Evolyst (Digital Health)

Award winning evidence-based Health App developer, Evolyst, is trying to improve quality of life for Cystic Fibrosis patients
Upcoming CAMPUS Call for Summer Schools 2018

EIT Health CAMPUS is happy to inform you that a Call for Proposals for Summer Schools 2018 will be published and available in the week of 16 October.
Presenting the 2017 European Health Catapult UK-Ireland Semifinalists: Immersive Rehab (Digital Health)

Interactive physiotherapy programmes in Virtual Reality
Imperial College and Vlerick Business School Boot Camp Hits Second Phase

Selected participants have completed the first week of the programme, delivered by Imperial College London
Get Help Now: Improving health in the workplace

The consortium consists of a variety of international partners which contribute with very different skillsets to the success of the project. Led by AbbVie, the consortium also includes Heidelberg University, Salud Madrid, Erasmus Medical Centre Rotterdam, Central Institute of Mental Health, Fraunhofer Society and HealthVision GmbH.
Safety Belt to Go2China: The Chinese health sector market catapult

Safety Belt to Go2China is led by E-Group and supported by IMEC and the University of Groningen. Out of the 38 applicants, 18 Biotech, Medtech and Digital Health Scale-ups and SME companies have been selected to participate in the Go2China programme’s Bootcamp in Groningen - of which 5-10 will be chosen in Groningen to join the outbound mission to China-Shenzhen and Hong Kong.
Enhancing the contribution of higher education and research to innovation

Cross-KIC event serves RIS regions
Campus eLab generates report on trends in diabetes care

CDTM and EIT Health collaborate in seminar based on CLOSE project
UK-Ireland winners announced for EIT Health 2018 Headstart Funding Programme

After two intense days of pitch coaching and investment training sessions in Liverpool with Beth Susanne, International Pitch and Communications Coach, Raj Airey, venture developer, advisor and investor, Gabriela Juarez Martinez, Knowledge Transfer Manager at Innovate UK and Eithne McShane, Senior Commercialisation Specialist at Enterprise Ireland, the UK-Ireland finalists of this year’s Headstart Funding Programme delivered their pitch in front of a jury of experts.
Health VentureLab Weekend workshop in Budapest

The weekend programme consisted of two parts, a training and a coaching session. During the training, the groups learned the basic tools for running their own business: designing the business plan, discovering their motivations, targeting the costumers, and pitching in front of investors.
EIT Health Alumni win trips to cross-KIC events

Two early registrants going to CONNECT and INNOVEIT
EC platform encourages discussion of Artificial Intelligence policy

Members of the European AI Alliance can interact with the experts of the High Level Group on Artificial Intelligence (AI HLG), established by the European Commission, in a forum-style setting. By signing up to the Alliance, members will find a dedicated platform where they can offer input and feedback to the AI HLG.
EIT Health joins Innovation Agency at the International Business Festival

During the event, the Innovation Agency explored local, national and international trends in healthcare and promoted the benefits of digital health innovations to improve the quality of life of patients in the UK, especially in the Northwest Coast area. A fantastic line of speakers, including Steve Rotheram, the Metro Mayor of Liverpool City Region, and Paul Rice, Head of Technology Strategy at NHS England, attended the event to share their experiences about the impact that digital technology is having on the way health and social care are delivered.
EIT Health supporting the NHS70 Parliamentary Awards in London

This award seeks to highlight the individuals, teams or organisations which are going the furthest towards breaking down barriers between different services to ensure patients with long-term and multiple needs get the right care in the right place for them.
Activity leader video interview: Wolfgang Eberle on Product/Market Fit

In this brief video, one of a series of interviews with EIT Health Activity leaders, Wolfgang Eberle discusses the Product/Market Fit programme, which helps healthcare start-ups move into markets outside of their home country.
NHS award supported by EIT Health goes to Community Tissue Viability Services at Pennine Acute NHS Trust in Manchester

"The Person-Centred Care Champion Award" of the NHS70 Parliamentary Awards, an honour being supported by EIT Health, was bestowed upon Community Tissue Viability Services at Pennine Acute NHS Trust in Manchester in a ceremony held in the House of Commons in London, England on 4 July 2018.
EIT Health Position Statement lauds EC proposal for innovation support, calls for more funding

EIT Health issued on 28 June 2018 a Position Statement supporting Horizon Europe – the European Commission’s Research and Innovation Programme, which will replace Horizon 2020 and was outlined in the European Commission’s 7 June 2018 proposals – while also urging increased funding for research and for the EIT in particular.
Transition Fellowships deadline extended to June 23

Campus programme targets PhD students The application deadline has been extended until 23 June for EIT Health Campus Transition Fellowships, which are designed to help PhD students turn their ideas into enterprises.
Activity leader video interview: Alexandre Duclos on E-Labs Corner

Activity leader video interview: Alexandre Duclos on E-Labs Corner
Transition fellowships help doctoral candidates

The EIT Health partners universities are collaborating to close the gap between completion of the doctoral thesis and obtaining seed funding for innovative ideas
Digital Town Hall deep dives into EIT Health 2019 Think Tank topic

The 2019 EIT Health Think Tank topic of "Optimising Innovation Pathways: Future Proofing for Success" was introduced with a Digital Town Hall on 7 May 2019, live from Munich, Germany via video link.
Meet the entrepreneurs heading to the UK-Ireland Headstart Award Finals 2019

22 will pitch for up to €50 000 in support in Dublin on 17 July
Thirteen start-ups win EIT Health Scandinavia Headstart awards

Thirteen start-ups were officially named today as winners of the 2019 EIT Health Scandinavia Headstart awards. Chosen from around 40 applicants, the winners come from all over Scandinavia and will receive funding that helps them take steps towards market launch and commercialisation.
EIT Health wins 3 of 5 top European awards for innovations to treat cancer, predict Alzheimer’s and detect stroke risk

Five of our nominees were finalists for EIT Awards
Students can innovate at I-Day events around Europe in November

Students work on healthcare innovation in teams; one more date set for March
2018: A year of empowering women at WE Health

Enhancing the participation of women in health innovation and entrepreneurship activities
The winners of the University of Grenoble Alpes Innovation Day have been chosen

Grenoble iDays winners continue their adventure in London.
EIT Health UK-Ireland 2018 DPhil/PhD Transition Fellowships Awards Announced

The University of Oxford awarded four PhD/DPhil Transition Fellowships
Twenty promising start-ups win €7k to develop business plans

Winners will go on to compete for up to €30 000 in a pitch competitions
EIT Health co-organises 2nd Cross-KIC EIT RIS Business Planning Bootcamp in Budapest

Young innovators receive support and training

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