Major Challenge: « Digital medical devices for the elderly and healthy aging »

Submission deadline: 07/10/2025

Project Type

This Call for Proposals funds innovative digital devices that promote healthy aging. It supports robust studies to evaluate their impact on elderly individuals, their caregivers, and healthcare professionals, adopting a holistic approach to support aging.

Project Themes

• Stage 1: "Innovation Programs": Co-development and performance demonstration (TRL > 6/7). => Develop innovations in collaboration with users (patients, caregivers, professionals) and prove their performance and safety through clinical trials for CE marking acquisition.​
• Stage 2: "Full-scale Demonstrators": Implementation of innovative digital medical devices in real-world usage conditions and routine practice by beneficiaries (citizens, patients, professionals, caregivers) (TRL7/8) => The objective is to prove the actual utility of digital devices, their acceptability by patients, caregivers, and professionals, and to analyze their economic and clinical impact to foster their sustainable integration into care and life pathways.​

ELIGIBLE ENTITIES

Consortium with lead partner: SME

FUNDING

Eligible expenses: Personnel costs (max. 50% of the budget). External services, equipment, studies, communication, legal support.

TYPES OF AID

Subvention jusqu’à 50 % du coût total, plafond à 1 million d’euros
Possibilité d’avance remboursable au-delà de 250 000 €.

Characteristics of Supported Projects

The themes of the Call for Proposals are:

• Prevention of loss of autonomy
• Management and support for loss of autonomy Home-based approach to prevention, management, and monitoring Quality of life for elderly individuals and caregivers​
• Quality of working life for healthcare professionals supporting elderly individuals
• Monitoring, follow-up, coordination supporting the care and life pathways of elderly individuals