DigiHealth Austria – Innovation for a Digital Health Future, a new funding initiative financed by the Austrian Research Promotion Agency (FZÖ), will be launched in June 2026 and implemented in close cooperation with the Austrian Research Promotion Agency (FFG), the Austrian State Promotion Agency for Innovation (aws) and the Ludwig Boltzmann Society. The aim is to promote digital solutions that bring tangible improvements for patients, healthcare practices and society. The binding tender documents for the first funding stream are expected to be published on 16 June 2026 – at the official kick-off event during Austrian Life Science Day.

Two funding streams – one common goal

DigiHealth flagship projects (expected start: 16 June 2026)
The target group is large, interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary consortia that want to develop digital health solutions with high application potential and anchor them sustainably in the healthcare system. The focus is on effective overall solutions, structural impact and concrete improvements for patients – especially in structurally weak regions.

DigiHealth Ideas Labs (expected start: 2027)
An exploratory, co-creative format for developing new, risk-taking approaches at the interfaces of health, digitalisation, society and community. The aim is to open up new consortia, perspectives and topics and enable innovations with a high social impact.

The DigiHealth Austria funding initiative invites you to join us in further developing the healthcare system.