VLAIO funding  

Innovation happens when diverse fields join forces

MEDVIA provides earmarked, non-dilutive funding – made available by Flanders Innovation & Entrepreneurship (VLAIO) – to consortia developing disruptive solutions for unmet medical needs.  

Consortia applying for funding must consist of companies or organizations from at least two of the three healthtech fields supported by MEDVIA: medical technology, biotechnology and digital health.  

We publish two calls for funding per year, in January and in June. We announce these calls on our website, in our newsletter and via our social media channels. 

Discover our previous funded VLAIO projects.
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Different needs, different funding instruments

VLAIO provides multiple kinds of grant options, depending on the needs of the project. 

  • Feasibility study: Innovative projects exploring tech and market feasibility. Also open to pre-seed start-ups
  • Research project: An innovative idea that requires more insight via research to create a new product
  • Development grant: Development of new or existing product with existing research
  • Cluster Strategic Basic Research (CSBO): Innovative research that offers prospects for economic or societal applications such as a new generation of products, processes or services
  • ICON: Highly innovative, interdisciplinary collaborative research between research institutes and industry. Universities/research centers receive 100% funding
  • COOCK: Knowledge transfer projects that accelerate the introduction of technology to a broad group of companies through use cases
  • TETRA: Accelerating the introduction of technology developed by colleges/universities to enterprises and NGOs

Current open calls for VLAIO funding:

2024.1 

2024.2

 

Find the funding that is right for you

Flanders, Belgium and Europe offer a wealth of options for project funding for healthtech companies and research institutions, from concept to breakthrough and from start-up to scale-up and beyond. 

Vlaio funding​

Grant options from MEDVIA and VLAIO 

National Funding

Cross-region collaboration options 

International Funding

EU programs & investor events 

Not sure which funding option is right for you?

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