1. Call for proposals for the 2019 Business Plan
WM EIT Health
Call for proposals for the 2019 Business Plan
Paddie Murphy | WM EIT Heath Reference Group | 18th October 2017

2. Background
The call for proposals for inclusion in the 2019 Business Plan was published on 5th December 2017.
The call document is 76 pages long and covers the original three Pillars – Education, Innovation and Acceleration – Societal Challenges, Themes and the new, Focus Areas
There is a useful summary of the different parts of the programme on page 5 of the call document
The deadline for proposals is 9th April 201

3. Important change for 2019
There has been a change to the rules of participation which as serious implications for WMAHSN members wishing to participate in EIT Health Innovation and Education projects
Under the new rule, we are not able to use WMAHSN as a vehicle for WM organisations to lead or be partners in EIT Health projects. Instead any participation under the WMAHSN badge must be done by WMAHSN itself and not delivered on its behalf by others*.
Some work can be subcontracted but the limit is 50K Euros to any organisation per year.
*The only exception to this is UHB which, as host of WMAHSN, is signatory to all EIT Health agreements and seen as interchangeable

4. BREXIT
The implications of BREXIT on UK participation in EIT Health is still unclear but the call does include the following statement on page 16.
Disclaimer: EIT has given us preliminary notification regarding UK partners with regards to the “Brexit”: If the United Kingdom withdraw from the EU during the grant period without concluding an agreement with the EU, ensuring in particular the British organisations continue to be eligible, British organisations will cease to receive IT funding (while, continuing, where possible, to participate) or be required to terminate their participation on the basis of article of the FPA.
 Legalese and odd punctuation aside, we think this means that if the UK fails to reach an agreement, we will need to fund participation in EIT Health projects ourselves or withdraw

5. Themes and Focus Areas There are four strategic Themes
Prevention and managment of chronic diseases
Empowering citizens to manage their health
Improving healthcare systems
Leveraging new technology and data
There are two new Focus Areas identified by a call for expressions of interest
Bringing care home (page 8)
Value from data in clinical and sub-clinical settings (page 9)
Projects will be required to demonstrate that they address one or more Themes and/or Focus Areas

6. INNOVATION PILLAR
Innovation by Ideas
Innovation by Design

7. Innovation by Ideas Supply driven projects
Max 750K€ over 18m (profile = 500K€ in 2019 and 250K€ in 2020)
Must be complete by June 2020
Deadline 9th April 2018
Details on page of the call document
New WP0: 50K€ at the start of projects to demonstrate their commercial/economic potential – go/no-go decision point after 3 months (see page 22)

8. Innovation by Design Largest part of the budget, demand-led projects
Must be led by a core partner defined as BUSINESS
Max 2.75M€ over 3 years (profile = 750K€ in 2019 and 1M€ in 2020 & 2021)
Deadline 9th April 2018
Details on page of the call document
New: There go/no go decision points at 12 and 24 months (see page 27)

9. CAMPUS (Education) Pillar
Useful summary of the different activity lines on page 34
CAMPUS comprises:
Strategic initiatives
Training for students
Training for entrepreneurs and innovators
Training for professionals
Training for Citizens

10. CAMPUS: Summary Strategic inititiaves: Innovative Education (page 38)
WE Health Expansion (WE = Empowering Women Entrepreneurs in Health Innovation) (page 39)
For students:
Degree programmes (page 40)
Non-degree programmes (page 43)
For entreprenuers and innovators:
EIT Health Starter Lab Network (page 46)
EIT Health Fellowships Network (page 47)
For professionals (page 49)
For citizens (page 51)
Digital activities (page 53)

11. ACCELERATOR (Business Creation) Pillar
Description on page 56 of the call
The elements of the Pillar are (complete with strange explanation marks):
Incubate!
Validate!
Scale!
IMPORTANT: this is a call to provide the programmes, not for participants in the programmes.

12. ACCELERATOR: Summary Boot Camp (page 62) Go Global (page 65)
Intrapreneurship Progamme (page 67)
Pilot in Q2 of 2018

13. Events and support for bidders
Ideation Event: January 2018 in Grenoble
Match-Making Event: February 2018 in Naples
Webinars (page 13):
10 January 2018
19 January 2018
2 February 2018
6 March 2018

14. paddie.murphy@ wmahsn.org
Key contacts
If you are considering submitting a proposal please let us know early so we can offer help and guidance
Paddie Murphy
wmahsn.org
Karen Morrey