Innovative Health Initiative – IHI Call 11

The IHI Joint Undertaking aims to accelerate cross-sectoral research and innovation, bringing together public (e.g. universities, hospitals, public bodies, NGOs) and private (industry, SMEs, associations) partners to address pressing health challenges and unmet public health needs across pharmaceutical, biotech, medtech and digital health sectors. Projects are structured as Research and Innovation Actions, often requiring consortia of entities spanning sectors and geographies to maximize public-private collaboration.

Generally, the eligibility rules are connected to Horizon Europe and legal entities from associated countries (such as the Western Balkans) may participate in IHI projects. Entities established in the Western Balkans can participate as full beneficiaries and are eligible for IHI funding on equal footing with EU-based organisations, however, not many organisations have so far been successful in the programme (see Maps and Statistics).

For the most authoritative and up-to-date confirmation, applicants should consult the latest version of the IHI Guide for Applicants and the official IHI JU website before proposal submission: Apply for funding | IHI Innovative Health Initiative

Call ID: HORIZON-JU-IHI-2025-11-two-stage | Action type: RIA – Research and Innovation Actions | Call type: Two-stage

The 11 Call of the IHI programme covers the following topics:

• Topic 1: Towards precision medicine: platform for transdiagnostic stratification of brain dysfunction
• Topic 2: Understanding how infections foster and induce non-communicable diseases
• Topic 3: AI-powered signal detection in pharmacovigilance
• Topic 4: Leveraging Europe’s expertise to accelerate cell therapy for type 1 diabetes
• Topic 5: Establishing ortho and cardiology ambulatory surgical centres in Europe

For full details of the topics, including the budget breakdown, read the call text. All documents relating to the call can be found via the Funding and Tenders Portal and the IHI call documents page. We advise you to read these documents, in particular the guide for applicants, carefully.

Key dates and deadlines

Call launch: 17 June 2025

• Short proposal submission deadline: 9 October 2025 at 17:00 Brussels time
• Full proposal submission deadline: 29 April 2026 at 17:00 Brussels time