We are looking for a start-up/SME:
- developing innovative & impacting tools for the management of anxiety in the mental health context (Alzheimer's or PTSD)
- developing projects at any research and development stages to allow consolidating more established products or conceive new ideas
- able to test their product within the project timeframe (until September 2023)
- committed to develop and test 1 prototype for patients to improve their well-being and recovery within the time frame of the project
- being able to support the financial part to ensure 40% of remaining financial (FEDER co-finance 60%)
- Headquartered in one of the 6 partner countries of the IT4Anxiety project: Belgium, France, Germany, Holland, Luxembourg and United Kingdom
What is in it for you ?
- You will become a member of the European Interreg IT4Anxiety project, benefiting from its spotlight and rich network. For example, we will showcase your solutions and company through our network (on our website, social media accounts, videos, etc.), and invite you to our events (focus groups, hackathons, conferences...).
- You will be able to exchange knowledge and experience with mental health professionals and institutions from other countries participating in the project to build a tailor-made solution answering patiens' needs.
- You will have the possibility to benefit from testing and validation opportunities with patients from the mental health sector. In collaboration with the consortium members, solutions will indeed be introduced and tested in participating hospitals, clinics, community health teams, and nursing homes.
- Our project ethic committee will support and advise you on the ethics and legal requirements for clinical testing.
- While preparing your testing protocol, you will receive guidance and advice to consider the impact of your solution in a real health-care setting including alignment with leading eHealth technology assessment frameworks streamlining the testing with requirements from relevant regulatory organisations.
- Training modules for the use of the innovative solutions will be organised in several health establishments in which your solution could, therefore, be embedded into it.
- A budget over to 350K€ is available within the project (financed to 60% by FEDER). This will be divided between the selected start-ups. This means that you need to find 40% of the funding yourself.
- The HQ of the company should be located in one of the 6 countries partners of the IT4Anxiety project: Belgium, France, Germany, Holland, Luxembourg and United Kingdom.
How could you join the project ?
The validation committee of the IT4Anxiety project will assess the applications of the companies willing to join. Please find below the application process:
- You will pass by initial filtering that will ensure your idea is aligned with the project's objectives. This consists in answering a short questionnaire either through an online form or through the submission of a short video on YouTube. Link to the form: https://forms.gle/vkwsvKmbDw5z2H7E6
- If you pass the first step successfully, you will then be asked to complete a more detailed form for us, so we can check if your idea is aligned with the IT4Anxiety project objectives.
Deadline
We will open for application on November the 30th 2020.
During the duration of the project, 15 start-ups will be supported, there will thus be more opportunities to join at a later stage during our hackathons (it will then be without the above budget but still with all the other advantages!)