EITHEALTH Business Plan 2026

1. Step 1: Register your organisation in the EU Funding & tender opportunities portal to obtain the nine-digit Participant Identification Code (PIC number). If you do not know if your organisation already has a PIC number, you can verify directly on the EU Portal whether your organisation is already registered.
2. Step 2: Apply to the call via EIT Health’s application platform. Click on the “EIT Health Application Platform"

The selection process is a single-stage submission followed by:

Admissibility and eligibility, exclusion and selection stages

1. Admissibility and Eligibility Check: EIT Health staff will perform a formal verification of

application admissibility and eligibility status according to the requirements of the Call.

Evaluation of proposals

2. Remote Evaluation: Three external independent experts will evaluate each submitted

application and provide feedback and a score based on the evaluation criteria stated in section

Up to 16 shortlisted candidates who score at least 70 / 100 will be invited to the online pitches.

3. Online Pitching: Teams are invited to pitch their proposals at an online pitch session to a panel

five experts; three external independent experts and two EIT Health management staff.

The external independent experts will not have reviewed any applications during the remote

evaluation stage. Following the evaluation criteria, each panel member will

score proposals based on the submitted application, the pitch, and the answers provided

during the question and answers section of the pitch session.

Applicants are expected to ensure their availability for the pitching sessions and to accept the

pitching date and time assigned if invited to a pitching session. EIT Health will not be able to

rearrange pitching slots according to the availability of applicants.

4. Ethical Legal Social Issues Review: Independent experts will evaluate each project suggested

for funding on the Ethical, Legal, and Social Issues (ELSI) to ensure that all elements in the

proposal linked to critical ethical, legal and social considerations are well defined and

addressed, thereby helping to de-risk the EIT Health portfolio.

5. Final Selection notification: EIT Health management makes the final funding decision based on

expert recommendations, online pitching scores, and available funding. Only applicants with an

online pitching score of at least 70/100 will be considered for funding. All applicants will be

notified of the final outcome and receive feedback from each expert.

Innovation Uptake Call