Sign up for the National Health Care Innovation Prize 2018!

Written by: Dries Steijnmeijer

Are you developing an innovation for the healthcare or welfare sector? And is your product or service in the scaling up phase? Sign up now for the National Health Care Innovation Prize 2018!

Win in total € 15,000!

The National Health Care Innovation Prize 2018 will be awarded on 15 March 2018. A prize specially for the most innovative company in the scaling up phase. New this year is the award of both a professional jury prize and an audience prize!

The winner of the National Health Care Innovation Prize 2018 will receive:

A monetary amount of € 15.000, - (€ 10.000, - for the jury prize and € 5.000, - for the public prize)

Professional support for the further development of your innovation

Access to the network of Stichting Zorginnovatie Nederland and the regions concerned

A fantastic opportunity for entrepreneurs to accelerate the development of their innovation!

Sign up before 31 December

The application for the National Health Care Innovation Prize 2018 is open today. Innovations can register until the end of this year: on 31 December the application closes.

The regional preliminary rounds will be held in January. The regional innovation networks that are connected to healthcare innovation. nl select the most promising innovation from their region. This yields 10 nominees for the National Health Care Innovation Prize. These 10 nominees will proceed to the final on March 15,2018.

A list of the important dates:

15 November 2017 Opening of innovation enrolment 31 December 2017 Closing of enrolment of innovations January 2018 regional preliminary rounds (data depending on region) 15 February 2018 Shortlist announcement nominees 15 March 2018 National Health Care Innovation Prize 2018


Judgment by jury and public

This year there will be awarded both to the winner of the public prize and to the winner of the jury prize.

Following the publication of the shortlist on 15 February, nominees may campaign to win as many votes from the public as possible. The innovation with the most votes wins the public prize. A jury of experts will also consider the nominees and assess their content. The names of the members of the jury will be announced later.

More information about the National Health Care Innovation Prize 2018 can be found on this page. Here you can also register here.

About the National Health Care Innovation Prize

Healthcare innovation. nl aims to accelerate innovation in care and well-being. Companies that have already developed, tested and launched their innovation can often use a push to make their business a real success. That is why the National Health Care Innovation Prize was created. The National Health Care Innovation Prize is a prize especially for the most innovative company in the scaling up phase. The National Health Care Innovation Prize will be awarded for the third time in 2018. The presentation takes place at the Health Valley Event.

Previous winners of the National Health Care Innovation Prize were previously:

Umenz (National Zorginnovation Price 2017)

ScopeControl (National Care Innovation Price 2016)