IHI call 9 was launched on 16 January 2025 with the following topics, each of which focuses on one of the five IHI Specific Objectives (SOs) as set out in the Strategic Research and Innovation Agenda (SRIA):
- Topic 1 (SO1): Boosting innovation for a better understanding of the determinants of health
- Topic 2 (SO2): Boosting innovation through better integration of fragmented health R&I efforts
- Topic 3 (SO3): Boosting innovation for people centred integrated healthcare solutions
- Topic 4 (SO4): Boosting innovation through exploitation of digitalisation and data exchange in healthcare
- Topic 5 (SO5): Boosting innovation for better assessment of the added value of innovative integrated healthcare solutions
More information on the topics can be found in the press release and the call text.
Projects
The projects resulting from IHI call 9 are:
- ACCESS-AD - Advancing clinical care and equity through scalable solutions in Alzheimer’s disease diagnosis and treatment
- AF-B-STEP - Quantifying atrial fibrillation burden to inform screening, treatment, and health policy
- COMPASS - Cardio-oncology multidisciplinary patient assistance solution
- END2AMR - European novel drug research to address microbial infections and drug resistance
- EXIT-CVD - EXIT-CVD
- GENz-trials - GENz-trials: Revolutionizing clinical trials to optimize assessment of healthcare innovations
- GUIDE-AI - GUIDE-AI – Guiding your treatment with current evidence
- HospitalAtHome - Hospital@Home: Person-centered digital transformation for integrated home care
- IMPACT-MED - Improving patients' outcomes & fragmented specialized care through a connected & advanced multidisciplinary-cardio-metabolic-clinic
- LIGAND-AI - Protein-ligand data generation at scale to support computational hit finding and optimization
- PATH - Patient AI treatment hub
- PreciseOnco - The next leap in cancer care: combining multi-modality and spectral imaging, advanced therapies, robotics and AI to enable standardized, precise interventional oncology treatments for cancer patients
- SEISMIC - Seamless integration of image guidance to break down the barriers and enhance the efficiency of minimally invasive and hybrid neurosurgical care
All proposals were assessed for eligibility, and eligible proposals were evaluated by independent experts. The results of the evaluation are summarised in this report and below:
- Number of proposals submitted: 50 (Topic 1: 8 proposals; Topic 2: 18 proposals; Topic 3: 11 proposals; Topic 4: 8 proposals; Topic 5: 5 proposals)
- Number of inadmissible proposals: 7
- Number of ineligible proposals: 4
- Number of above-threshold proposals: 25
- Number of proposals selected for funding: 13
- Total budget recommended for proposals selected for funding: EUR 204 869 855.25
Independent observer's report
Read the independent observer's report on the evaluation and IHI's responses to it.
Key facts
- Call ID: HORIZON-JU-IHI-2025-09-single-stage
- Action type: RIA - Research and Innovation Actions
- Call type: Single-stage
Call timeline
- Call outline announced: 30 September 2024
- Draft topic texts published: 17 October 2024
- Approved topics published: 12 December 2024
- Call launch: 16 January 2025
- Full proposal submission deadline: 29 April 2025
- Project start: Early 2026