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Project that contributes to improved prevention, diagnosis, monitoring or treatment

CALL

Published Sep 30, 2020

With this call for proposals Swelife and Medtech4Health want to help Sweden remain a world leader in life science. The goal is to promote renewal and innovation for a more value-creating healthcare and increase growth in the life science sector in Sweden.

What can you apply for?

Innovation project in collaboration with great potential to contribute to improved prevention, diagnosis, monitoring or treatment. There must be a significant need and demand for the solution from the end user.

Who can apply?

Actors from healthcare, companies, academia, research institutes and actors in the idea-driven sector. The project consortium must consist of at least three parties from at least two different categories of actors.

How much can you apply for?

Up to SEK 3 million per project, but a maximum of 50 percent of the project´s budget.

Important dates

Starting at September 23 and until November 25 there will be an opportunity for drop-in advice online every Wednesday for those of you who are interested in applying in this call. Sign up for the Advice drop-in here (Vinnova). 

The offer in brief

The call for proposal is aimed at actors in collaboration in the sectors of healthcare, companies, academia, research institutes and actors in the idea-driven sector.

The projects must lead to products, services, processes or other quality or value-creating solutions such as:

  • is expected to lead to improved prevention, diagnosis, monitoring or treatment of health conditions
  • has a clear commercial focus
  • is innovative or significantly better than what is already on the market
  • enriched by a qualitative collaboration between different sectors
  • are developed together with end users

Relevant market conditions must be validated and clearly described in the project application.

A successful project result will create conditions for sustainable growth in Sweden.

In this call for proposals, Vinnova can finance project from SEK 500,000 up to SEK 3,000,000, however, a maximum of 50 percent of the project's eligible costs. The project period may be a maximum of 2 years. The call for proposal has a total budget of 36 million kroner.

This is a joint announcement within the two strategic innovation programs Swelife and Medtech4Health.

More information and application (Vinnova).