For organisations interested in the Innovative Health Initiative (IHI) Call 11, we wanted to share with you the update below from the UK Government’s Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT).
Innovation Health Initiative (IHI) Call 11, Topics 2-5
- We are unable to award funding for the IHI Call 11, topics 2 to 5 through the Horizon Europe Guarantee Scheme.
- The eligibility criteria for Topics 2–5 of IHI Call 11 state that UK organisations are not eligible for funding, as these topics are financed from EU budget years that predate the UK’s association with Horizon Europe.
- The UK Government had hoped to provide funding via the Horizon Europe Guarantee Scheme. This is not possible because UK organisations are not able to apply as beneficiaries requesting EU funding, as was the case for Work Programmes 2021 to 2023.
- No further solution is viable at this stage. The UK Government appreciates that this will be disappointing for researchers considering bidding for these topics.
- This decision only applies to IHI call 11, Topics 2 to 5. We encourage UK organisation that meet the eligibility requirements for IHI Call 11 Topic 1 to apply as normal.
- This does not impact any other Horizon Europe calls.
This information has also been added to the UKRI website (about halfway down this page).
If you have any questions about this or the IHI more generally, please contact the Jo Frost, the UK Horizon Europe Health National Contact Point (NCP) by emailing ncp-health@iuk.ukri.org