# Fostering Opportunities in Regional Growth Across Europe

**Funder:** EIT Health
**Consortium:** Required — minimum 2 and maximum 4 eligible organisations with complementary expertise
**Official call:** https://eithealth.eu/opportunity/fostering-opportunity-in-regional-growth-across-europe/
**Last updated:** 7 Sept 2026

## Eligibility & scope

Capacity-building programme for regional health innovation ecosystem actors from Regional Innovation Scheme (RIS) regions; subgrantee consortium designs and delivers blended learning (online learning, workshops, mentoring, study visits, peer learning).

## Summary

This EIT Health call funds consortia to design and deliver a capacity-building programme for health innovation ecosystem actors in Regional Innovation Scheme (RIS) regions across Europe. Eligible teams of 2 to 4 organisations with complementary expertise build blended learning activities, online courses, workshops, mentoring, study visits and peer learning, aimed at strengthening regional innovation capacity. It targets organisations working on ecosystem development rather than individual researchers.

## Who should apply

- Consortia of 2 to 4 organisations with complementary expertise
- Organisations based in or working with Regional Innovation Scheme (RIS) regions
- Teams experienced in designing blended learning: online courses, workshops, mentoring, study visits
- Groups focused on regional health innovation ecosystem development rather than single-lab research

## Key dates

- Consortium application required prior to award, minimum 2 and maximum 4 eligible organisations
- First listed on Grantsby 6 September 2026

## Tips for applicants

- Show complementary, not overlapping, expertise across consortium partners, EIT Health evaluates ecosystem fit as much as content quality.
- Design the blended learning mix (online, workshops, mentoring, study visits, peer learning) as an integrated programme rather than a list of separate activities.
- Emphasise RIS-region relevance explicitly; generic capacity-building proposals without a clear regional-ecosystem angle are weaker fits for this call.

## Frequently asked questions

### How many partners are needed for the EIT Health RIS capacity-building call?

Consortia must include a minimum of 2 and maximum of 4 eligible organisations with complementary expertise.

### Who can apply to this EIT Health grant?

Regional health innovation ecosystem actors and organisations that can design and deliver blended learning programmes for participants in Regional Innovation Scheme (RIS) regions.

### What activities does this grant fund?

It funds blended learning programmes combining online learning, workshops, mentoring, study visits and peer learning for RIS-region ecosystem actors.

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