Welcome to Fit for Health !

"Fit for Health" is a network of experts for the successful participation of research centres, universities and innovative SMEs in EU-funded "HEALTH" research projects.

The success of the SMEs go Health project in its support of SMEs and researchers prompted a new follow-up initiative entitled Fit for Health which started in October 2010.

Fit for Health offers wide-ranging services specifically for research-intensive, high technology SMEs and researchers in the EU-funded “Health” thematic priority of FP7.

Our team of 27 partners comprise highly experienced research management companies and FP7 national contact points (NCPs) for “Health” and “SMEs”, with renowned innovation experts and trainers, and ensure excellent coverage of the entire innovation pipeline: we help innovative SMEs, researchers from universities and research centres during all phases of FP7 projects, from the project idea to the efficient and effective valorisation of project results.

Fit for Health is optimally connected to other key support networks for SMEs, offering a synergistic benefit for SMEs and researchers acting in the Health-related area.

 

Download the Fit for Health Newsletter issue 5
December 2011

  • Training for FP7 Newcomers
  • International Strategy Development Workshop
  • SUCCEED-IT - Collaborative platform
  • Standards – your key to knowledge transfer
  • OpenAIRE- Open Access Infrastructure
  • National SME Fora

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What does Fit for Health offer to entrepreneurs and researchers?


  • Individual assistance and consultation through its large network of National Contact Points and experts from 22 countries
  • Innovative, target-group specific on-site and virtual FP7 trainings for SMEs and academia, covering proposal writing, grant negotiations and project management
  • Support in finding project partners through the well- established, highly visible SME/researcher profiles database and encouragement of the cooperation of SMEs and academia by special partnering events
  • Making the most of FP7 project results: Support in valorisation of project results by specific valorisation trainings and valorisation partnering events, bringing together SMEs and researches seeking to exploit their results
  • Supporting SMEs in acceding and candidate countries in an enlarged Europe by offering dedicated discussion & networking fora
  • Supporting European SMEs, SME-associations and clusters in “getting strategic” about FP7 through strategy meetings and trainings that pave the way for a sustainable approach towards FP7
  • Bringing together SMEs and researchers seeking to exploit their results