EIT InnoStars Awards & EIT Health Bridgehead
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Learn how we plan to unlock the opportunity of aging from Victor J. Dzau, MD, President of the U.S. National Academy of Medicine.
Phases
In the first phase of the competition, up to 500 awards worth $50,000 USD each will be issued globally as seed funding to advance innovative ideas.
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In phase two, awards worth $300,000 USD or more in financial or in-kind support will be issued to competitors who have achieved proof of concept for a bold idea.
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In the final phase, one or more Grand Prize(s) of up to $1.5 million USD will be awarded for achievement of a breakthrough innovation that extends the human health span.
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News
01.21.25
2025 Catalyst Awards Open: Last Annual Call for Bold, Transformative Ideas to Promote Healthy Longevity
The National Academy of Medicine (NAM), with support from Johnson & Johnson Innovation, United Therapeutics, and the Yun Family Foundation, announces the opening of applications for the 2025 Catalyst Awards cycle, part of the broader Healthy Longevity Global Competition. This award recognizes...
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01.17.25
Healthy Aging at Home: How Wearable Devices Can Increase Comfort and Reduce Costs
This series features winners of the Healthy Longevity Global Competition founded by the National Academy of Medicine to extend the human health span by accelerating research, innovation, and entrepreneurism in healthy longevity. The Medical Device Innovation Center at National Cheng...
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11.19.24
Small Changes Make Major Impact: DNA Changes in Neurodegenerative Disease
This series features winners of the Healthy Longevity Global Competition, founded by the National Academy of Medicine, to extend the human health span by accelerating research, innovation, and entrepreneurism in healthy longevity. Agencia Nacional de Investigación y Desarrollo de Chile...
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10.01.24
96 Innovators Awarded Funds to Kickstart Innovation in the Field of Healthy Longevity
The National Academy of Medicine (NAM), with seven global collaborators representing over 50 countries and territories, present the awardees of the 2024 Healthy Longevity Catalyst Awards. The awards are part of the NAM’s Healthy Longevity Global Competition, focused on stimulating...
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