CATCH atMIND

AdvanCed digitAl TeChnology Hub for the Life Sciences at MIND

CATCH atMIND is a European Digital Innovation Hub (EDIH), a one stop shop envisaged by the European Commission to support the adoption of innovative digital technologies through an ecosystem of skills and services for public administrations and micro, small and medium-sized enterprises.

CATCH atMIND has received the European Commission's Seal of Excellence and will be funded by the Ministry of Enterprises and Made in Italy (MIMIT) under Italy's National Recovery and Resilience Plan (PNRR), specifically under mission 4, component 2, investment 2.3, which focuses on strengthening and expanding technology transfer centres.

The strategic goal of CATCH atMIND is to lay the legal, technical, social and cultural foundations to promote a paradigm shift in the health sector through digital innovation.

CATCH atMIND service portfolio

CATCH atMIND offers a range of services intended to:

  • demonstrate how new digital models and productive processes work (active showcase)
  • test and validate solutions and services before their deployment (test before invest)
  • assess and improve digital literacy (skills and training)
  • help companies access facilitated financing tools for innovation (support to find investment)
  • connect innovation stakeholders (ecosystem and networking).
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Contacts

Academic contact person: Ernesto Damiani

Administrative contact person: Fulvio Frati

Email: [email protected]

CATCH atMIND services are available to all companies and public administrations which are legally incorporated and listed in the Italian Business Register. Companies that are not established in Italy can also access CATCH atMIND services, provided that they are listed in the business register of their own country. Depending on the service(s) requested and the type of company requesting them, facilitated financing tools may cover up to 100% of the service fee.

 

Max aid intensity (% of the total eligible costs)

Service

Micro and small enterprises

Medium-sized enterprises

Large enterprises

Technical audit and assessment of technology readiness

100%

Art. 28 GBER

90%

Art. 28 GBER

40%

de minimis Regulation 

Test before invest

100%

Art. 28 GBER

80%

Art. 28 GBER

30%

de minimis Regulation

Training up to 24 hours

100%

Art. 28 GBER

80%

Art. 28 GBER

50%

Art. 31 GBER

Training over 24 hours

70%

Art. 28 o 31 GBER

60%

Art. 28 o 31 GBER

40%

Art. 31 GBER

Advisory services on access to funding

70%

Art. 28 GBER

60%

Art. 28 GBER

50%

de minimis Regulation

Advisory services on process and product technological innovation, networking and dissemination

80%

Art. 28 GBER

70%

Art. 28 GBER

50%

de minimis Regulation

Design of innovative interventions

50%

Art. 28 GBER

40%

Art. 28 GBER

30%

de minimis Regulation

  • Proof of Concept (PoC) development based on Customer requirements/needs and Data
  • Pre-competitive analysis and feasibility studies (intellectual property assessment, market opportunities and development plan) 
  • Advanced Analytics Packages (Topologic analysis of biological pathways and networks - Clustering coefficients and hubs analysis - Phylogenetic analysis  
  • Genomic Analytics Packages (Studies of genome sequences and multiple sequences alignment, computation of position-weighted matrices) 
  • Data access control and protection service (in transit and at rest)  
  • Service Vulnerability Assessment
  • Service Penetration test
  • Device Security Assessment
  • ICT security monitoring
  • Incident management
  • Privacy  Assessment
  • Healthcare cybersecurity
  • Support for in silico testing and experimentation 
  • Bio/clinical data management
  • Support for diagnostics and therapeutics
  • Support for service showcasing
  • Application of AI-ML models to existing data (biobanks)
  • Clinical study planning
  • Incubation (6-9 months), Business strategies definition and business model definition for SME and start-up. 
  • Acceleration program for SME (7-8 months)
  • Incubation and acceleration of start-ups and SME in the field of digital Health and Life sciences. (Percorso Social Tech)
  • Incubation (6-9 months), Business strategies definition  and business model definition for SME and start-up
  • Acceleration program for SME (7-8 months)
  • Training on PoC design and development
  • Incubation (6-9 months), Business strategies definition and business model definition for SMEs and startups. 
  • Training on PoC design and development 
  • In-house training program in AI and OR/MS (Operations Research / Management Science) for healthcare. 
  • Training for healthcare innovation management
  • Training for healthcare innovation management (Master in Europrogettazione BEEurope ) 
  • Hackathon - 2 days event on innovation in healthcare based on EDIH and customers data sets
     
  • Conference/matching event with funds/VC
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