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Thematic open funding of new care models for the further development of care in statutory health insurance (single-stage short)
Single-stage, open-topic funding for new care models to further develop care within statutory health insurance with a short duration (max. 24 months). Submissions accepted continuously throughout the year until 31.12.2025.
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Grant criteria
Funding objective
Promotion of new care models within the framework of the Innovation Fund to improve care in statutory health insurance through structured, cross-sectoral or intra-sectoral models with a short duration and outcome-oriented evaluation.
Eligible expenses
- Personnel expenses
- Material costs
- Travel expenses
- Infrastructure costs
- Evaluation costs
Non-eligible expenses
- Expenditures for product innovations
- Retroactive costs
- Non-project-related infrastructure
Eligible to apply
- Companies
- Individuals
Funding requirements
- Legally competent and fully capable applicants
- Submission of open-topic new care models in accordance with the funding announcement
- Usually involvement of a health insurance fund or a comprehensible justification
Documents required for application
- Project description
- Financing plan
- Form for individual project or consortium leadership
- Curricula vitae of project participants
- Calculation sheet
- Letter of intent from a health insurance company
- Letter of intent for patient involvement
Evaluation criteria
- Relevance
- Improvement of Care
- Implementation Potential
- Transferability of Findings
- Evaluability
- Feasibility
- Cost-Benefit Proportionality
- Patient Involvement
Description
Companies and private individuals developing innovative approaches to cross-sectoral healthcare benefit from nationwide funding through the Innovation Fund at the Federal Joint Committee. Concept ideas for new care models that go beyond standard care and provide initial evidence of effectiveness within a short duration of a maximum of 24 months are supported. The focus is on structured models that systematically network various professional groups and institutions from both medical and non-medical care. Project participants are generally required to involve a health insurance fund or credibly demonstrate how integration into statutory health insurance (GKV) care will be ensured. Evaluation holds particular importance: An independent institute develops a results-oriented evaluation concept that meets national and international methodological standards. Transparent project documentation, publication independent of results, and the involvement of patients and their relatives create a promising framework for transfer into guidelines and regulations of statutory health insurance.
For the single-stage procedure with a short duration, 100% of eligible expenses are provided as a non-repayable grant. Up to €20 million per year are available to cover project personnel costs, material expenses, travel costs, infrastructure allowances, and evaluation expenses. Funding is ongoing until December 31, 2025; project funding begins upon receipt of the funding notice. A flat rate of up to 25% of recognized personnel costs covers infrastructural services. Applications must include a meaningful project description, a detailed financing plan, short CVs of project participants, calculation sheets, as well as evidence of health insurance and patient involvement. The unlimited submission option guarantees flexibility, while the results-oriented evaluation provides new insights promptly for the sustainable further development of statutory health insurance.
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