The Innovative Health Initiative Joint Undertaking (IHI JU) is a public-private partnership between the European Union and major European healthcare industry associations, aimed at translating cutting-edge health research into tangible benefits for patients and society. Building on the experience of IMI2, IHI supports highly ambitious, interdisciplinary and patient-centred projects that integrate academia, healthcare providers, industry, regulators and other key stakeholders across the full health value chain.

IHI Call 12 targets large-scale, complex and highly competitive collaborative projects, requiring strong public-private partnerships and significant industry commitment. The call focuses on boosting innovation in integrated healthcare, data-driven solutions and system-level transformation through the following topics:

• Topic 1: Boosting innovation for a better understanding of the determinants of health

• Topic 2: Boosting innovation through better integration of fragmented health R&I efforts

• Topic 3: Boosting innovation for people-centred integrated healthcare solutions

• Topic 4: Boosting innovation through exploitation of digitalisation and data exchange in healthcare

• Topic 5: Boosting innovation for better assessment of the added value of innovative integrated healthcare solutions

The overall objective is to foster transformative health innovation with high societal impact, positioning Europe at the forefront of integrated and sustainable healthcare research.

• Open to legal entities established in EU Member States or Horizon Europe associated countries, including research organisations, universities, hospitals, industry and other relevant stakeholders.

• Highly competitive public-private partnership model: applicant consortia must ensure that at least 45% of the total eligible project costs are covered by contributions from IHI industry members, their constituent or affiliated entities, and/or contributing partners.

• Strong, well-balanced multi-sector consortia are required; this call is not suitable for small or low-industry-involvement proposals.

• Additional eligibility conditions and funding restrictions may apply depending on the topic and submission scheme; applicants must consult the official call text.

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