Call 2025 CaixaImpulse Health Innovation

The application period for the 2025 edition of the "la Caixa" Foundation's CaixaImpulse Health Innovation Program is open until February 20, 2025.

This Call aims to transfer the results of laboratory research to patients by supporting projects of excellence promoted by research centers, hospitals and universities.

Legal entities in the public or non-profit sector based in Spain or Portugal can apply, including universities, university foundations, research and transfer centers, technology centers, hospitals, hospital foundations and non-profit institutions whose main activity is biomedical research.

The "la Caixa" Foundation has scheduled an information session on this Call January 23, 2025 (11:00 a.m. CET) and registration is available here.

The CaixaImpulse Health Innovation Program was created in 2015 by the "la Caixa" Foundation. Since then, 24.7 million euros have been allocated and 231 projects have been supported, leading to the creation of 44 spinoffs and the consequent obtaining of additional co-financing, through other Calls or private investors, worth more than 100 million euros. Since its association with this Program in 2022, FCT has directly supported four projects led by national institutions, with around 218 thousand euros.

For more information on the Call and the application process, see the "la Caixa" Foundation website and the information on this Call the FCT website.

Find out more about the winning projects from the last edition in 2024.