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Submission Details:
· Opening Date: 23 May 2024
· Deadline Date: 05 September 2024, 17:00:00 Brussels time
Budget:
· Total budget: €20,000,000
· Up to €5,000,000 per project
· 4 projects to be funded
Type of Action:
EU4H-PJG EU4H Project Grants
Type of MGA:
EU4H Action Grant Budget-Based [EU4H-AG]
Objective: This grant aims to support the development of innovative, next-generation respiratory Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) that addresses current limitations and enhances pandemic preparedness. The focus is on ensuring availability, accessibility, and affordability of high-quality respiratory protection within the EU
Scope:
· Development of new technologies or advanced applications of existing materials.
· Design, prototype, validate, and CE-mark cost-effective and sustainable respirators.
· Proposals must offer higher protection levels than FFP2 respirators, ensure universal fit, and allow comfortable multi-hour use.
· Target different populations (clinicians, critical workers, public, etc.).
· Include a dissemination and market readiness plan to ensure demand and production capability.
· Demonstrate rapid production scale-up feasibility using distributed manufacturing and accessible raw materials.
· Promote reusability and environmental sustainability.
· Ensure ease of storage and use.
Expected Impact:
· Introduction of sustainable, universally effective PPE for healthcare and essential workers, patients, and the public.
· Availability of superior respiratory protection for stockpiling and response to pandemics.
· Reduction of single-use PPE dependency, enhancing EU's supply chain resilience.
· Gradual replacement of regular respirators with cost-effective, user-friendly next-generation versions.
· Better protection for healthcare workers and patients, improved health outcomes, and increased preparedness for future health threats.
For more information and to apply, please contact Inventya.
