VTSO – XarSMART HEALTH INNOVATION AWARDS
V Edition
How far do you think your projects could go if you secured €25,000 to develop them?
Which of your projects address clear clinical needs? How many of them need resources? How many competitive calls have you applied to, and with what level of success? How many times have you found that the rules of a call limited how you could spend the funding raised, when it wasn’t what your project actually needed?
Now, take a journey into the future: where do you think your project will be in 18 months if you secure €25,000 to develop it?
Probably not yet at Phase III or about to obtain CE marking, but perhaps you’ll have funded the business plan guiding your spin-off incorporation process. Perhaps you’ll have run that critical experiment the investor has been asking for in order to view you favourably. Perhaps you’ll have kept the employment contract of the post-doc working with you going until the next call opens, so the project never stalls.
You’ll be in an environment of new opportunities. At its TRL. Certainly, closer to market and to impact.
Viladecans The Style Outlets and XarSMART are launching the V Edition of the Health Innovation Awards, aiming to boost the market and societal transfer of biomedical projects.
- – Submission period: from June 11 to October 30, 2026.
- – Innovation projects in the fields of MD, IVD, digital health and advanced therapies at TRL 3-7.
- – Open to professionals affiliated with healthcare or research centres in the province of Barcelona, or with an institution affiliated with XarSMART, including those outside the province of Barcelona.
- – Financial award: €25,000 (€10,000 donated by VTSO and €15,000 in services provided through XarSMART)
- – Submit the application form to info@xarsmart.cat.
Other opportunities for your project
The CSC Impulsa Awards, promoted by the Consorci de Salut i Social de Catalunya, were created to reward and accelerate the most innovative projects in Catalonia’s public health and social care system. Submit your initiative in gynaecological cancer, IMID diseases, brain health or collaborative projects, and apply for funding of up to €20,000.
Applications open until 10 September!
