This week’s round up of AI in healthcare funding calls

02 Sep 2025 | News

Here’s a list of funding opportunities in the EU, Africa, India and the US

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The European Union's efforts to harness AI to improve healthcare and health research are progressing slowly due to a range of challenges, according to a report published this summer by the European Commission. 

“Despite significant progress in AI research and its demonstrated benefits across several medical specialties and operational tasks, the level of adoption across healthcare systems, remains slow, and limited,” the report notes.

The Commission has supported the use of AI in healthcare through funding programmes, including the EU’s Framework Programme, Horizon Europe, and the Digital Europe Programme, as well as regulatory and strategic frameworks such as the European Health Data Space, which governs the use and…