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Call for applications: Women's Health

Are you a scientist developing breakthrough solutions to close the women’s health gap? EQT Foundation is seeking to award €25,000 to €100,000 to research projects with innovative approaches addressing critical women’s health challenges.

What are our Breakthrough Science Grants?

This is a way to speed up the granting process to be as scientist-friendly as possible.

EQT Foundation is committed to supporting scientists in the areas of Climate & Nature and Health & Wellbeing, who address global challenges within these fields. For this current grant program, the focus is on funding research with innovative solutions to bridge the critical gap in women's health solutions. Our grants range from €25,000 to €100,000.

The application form takes approx. 1 hour to complete. If your project is approved, you will receive the funding as soon as your institution is able to accept it.

What are we looking for?

We are looking for candidates with a strong academic track record and bold scientific or deeptech innovation potential to make a significant difference in women’s health.

We are particularly interested in proposals focused on:

  • Advanced diagnostics for female-specific conditions like endometriosis, cardiovascular disease presentations, autoimmune diseases, and other conditions with significant diagnostic delays and conditions that affect females differently from males.
  • Novel non-hormonal therapeutics for menstrual health, menopause, gynecological conditions, and diseases that affect females differently such as uterine incontinence and neurodegenerative conditions.
  • Evidence-based female-health deep-tech solutions that improve access, affordability, and effectiveness of care for women.
  • Innovative solutions to maternal health challenges (i.e. pre-eclampsia, pre-term birth) in both high and low-resource settings.

Out-of-scope therapeutic solutions: repurposing of already marketed assets, OTC/supplements.

Out-of-scope health tech solutions: telemedicine-driven healthcare services and solutions solely aimed at improving the efficiency of healthcare systems or wellness with no direct implication on specific patient/disease outcomes.

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