SME Call 2027

In 2027, Health Holland will once support innovative collaborations between companies and research organizations with PPP Subsidy through the SME Call.

Proposed timeline:

  • Pre-announcement outlining the main conditions: end of May 2026

  • Publication of the full call for proposals: no later than 1 September 2026
  • Deadline for full application: expected end of November 2026

Information regarding the assessment period will follow at a later stage.

Health Holland would also like to draw your attention to the following:

⚠️ Please note: Under current laws and regulations, Dutch companies applying for subsidy within the SME Call must not qualify as an “undertaking in difficulty” according to the applicable definition. At the time of submission, your company must meet the following criteria:

  • Less than half of the subscribed share capital has been lost due to accumulated losses, or no more than half of the equity has been eroded.
  • No ongoing rescue or restructuring aid has been received.
  • Alternatively, the company is less than three years old.

We therefore kindly request that you assess your OIM (undertaking in difficulty) status as soon as possible by consulting the designated RVO webpage and completing the corresponding decision tree. If, following this assessment, your organization is classified as an OIM under the funding rules, we advise taking the following steps:

  1. Consult a financial advisor or accountant to determine which options remain available to resolve the OIM status.
  2. Contact Health Holland via tki@health-holland.com to report the OIM status, including the solution(s) discussed with your financial advisor/accountant in step 1.

⚠️ Please note: Submitting a similar proposal to the Science for Industry Call 2026 (deadline for full applications: 22 September 2026) is not permitted. A streamlined version of a Science for Industry application will be considered comparable within the SME Call and will be declared inadmissible upon submission. The consortium is responsible for determining which call is most appropriate for their proposal and must choose a single call for submission.

If you would like advice on which call best fits your project, you may contact tki@health-holland.com to schedule a consultation. We will provide clear guidance on which call is most suitable for your proposal and whether submission within the SME Call is appropriate.