• HORIZON-HLTH-2023-CARE-14-01: Pre-commercial procurement for environmentally sustainable, climate neutral and circular health and care systems

• HORIZON-HLTH-2024-DISEASE-12-01: European partnership for pandemic preparedness

• HORIZON-HLTH-2024-DISEASE-13-01: Implementation research for management of multiple long-term conditions in the context of non-communicable diseases (Global Alliance for Chronic Diseases - GACD)

Short applications: any time
Full applications: 3 October 2024

The Accelerator Challenges have been identified in areas where breakthrough technologies or game-changing innovations developed by start-ups or SMEs can have a major impact on EU objectives. In 2024, these objectives include a.o. the Health Emergency Response Authority (HERA).

• HORIZON-HLTH-2024-DISEASE-09-01: European Partnership: One Health AntiMicrobial Resistance

• HORIZON-MISS-2024-CANCER-01-01: Use cases for the UNCAN.eu research data platform
• HORIZON-MISS-2024-CANCER-01-02: Support dialogue towards the development of national cancer data nodes
• HORIZON-MISS-2024-CANCER-01-03: Accessible and affordable tests to advance early detection of heritable cancers in European regions
• HORIZON-MISS-2024-CANCER-01-04: Support a pragmatic clinical trial programme by cancer charities
• HORIZON-MISS-2024-CANCER-01-05:Improving the understanding and management of late-effects in adolescents and young adults (AYA) with cancer
• HORIZON-MISS-2024-CANCER-01-06:HORIZON-MISS-2024-CANCER-01-04:An information portal for the European Cancer Patient Digital Centre

Pre-proposal

The main purpose of this call will be design of patient preclinical models for combination therapies. Translational research using tumour samples collected from retrospective and/or prospective cohorts of patients.

The EUCAIM project is launching an open call for new beneficiaries to join the consortium.

Objectives of the open call:

• Onboard new cancer image data holders, increasing the geographic dimensions, data modalities or cancer targets
• Include new reliable AI algorithms trained on the cancer image data of the repository.

• HORIZON-HLTH-2024-DISEASE-17-01: Pandemic preparedness and response: Maintaining and enhancing the preparatory work for a co-funded European partnership for pandemic preparedness

DIGITAL-2024-CLOUD-AI-06-HEALTHACCESS

DIGITAL-2024-CLOUD-AI-06-HEALTHRECORD

DIGITAL-2024-AI-06-IMAGING

DIGITAL-2024-CLOUD-DATA-AI-06-GENOME

DIGITAL-2024-CLOUD-DATA-06-HEALTHCARE-AI

• Topic 1: Improving clinical management of heart disease from early detection to treatment
• Topic 2: User-centric technologies and optimised hospital workflows for a sustainable healthcare workforce
• Topic 3: Clinical validation of biomarkers for diagnosis, monitoring disease progression and treatment response

This call aims to address how new forms of technological development and digitisation have the potential to be transformative and mitigate labour shortages, while also considering that solutions often start from a perspective of technology rather than from the user.

Pre-proposal

• Topic 1: Support healthcare system resilience through a focus on persistency in the treatment of chronic diseases
• Topic 2: Development of evidence based practical guidance for sponsors on the use of real-world data / real-world evidence

Deadline for obligatory "Intent to apply": 16.04.2024
Deadline for proposals: 14.05.2024

The Call aims to support the implementation of innovative person-centred health and care models addressing prevention strategies, with the key help of existing IT and digital technologies and services, as well as existing and emerging data.

• HORIZON-HLTH-2024-IND-06-08: Developing EU methodological frameworks for clinical/performance evaluation and post-market clinical/performance follow-up of medical devices and in vitro diagnostic medical devices (IVDs)
• HORIZON-HLTH-2024-IND-06-09: Gaining experience and confidence in New Approach Methodologies (NAM) for regulatory safety and efficacy testing – coordinated training and experience exchange for regulators

• HORIZON-HLTH-2024-TOOL-11-02: Bio-printing of living cells for regenerative medicine

• HORIZON-HLTH-2024-DISEASE-08-12: Pandemic preparedness and response: Maintaining the European partnership for pandemic preparedness
• HORIZON-HLTH-2024-DISEASE-08-20: Pandemic preparedness and response: Hostpathogen interactions of infectious diseases with epidemic potential

HADEA/2023/OP/0052

Pre-proposal

• EDCTP3-2024-01-01: Developing novel, innovative HIV therapeutics for reducing the disease burden of HIV in sub-Saharan Africa
• EDCTP3-2024-01-02: Research on existing Malaria vaccines and development of new promising candidates
• EDCTP3-2024-01-03: Accelerating development and integration of therapeutics against Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) in sub-Saharan Africa
• EDCTP3-2024-01-04: Tackling Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) through R&D in novel and existing antimicrobials
• EDCTP3-2024-01-05: New tools, technologies and approaches for vector control in sub-Saharan Africa
• EDCTP3-2024-01-06: Innovative digital health solutions for sub-Saharan Africa

Pre-proposal

• EDCTP3-2024-02-01: Global Health EDCTP3 JU training fellowship with return phase

Pre-proposal

To take action against the growing global threat of increased spread of antimicrobial (antibacterial and antifungal) resistance, this call will fund international collaborative research projects aiming to improve, compare and evaluate the effectiveness, cost effectiveness, and uptake of existing interventions against bacterial or fungal infections and/or to design new interventions against fungal infections.

Pre-proposal

Call for Proposals for Multinational and Translational Research Projects on 'Bidirectional Brain-Body Interactions'

Pre-proposal

The JTC2024 will aim to fund research that fosters the identification or validation of targets for personalised medicine approaches. Applicants submitting a proposal to this call must combine the research on new and advanced targets with companion biomarker research (companion diagnostics). Consortia are required to be transnational, interdisciplinary and trans-sectoral as well as to clearly outline the personalised medicine perspective in the research proposed.

JPND launches this joint transnational call for proposals with the aim of improving the understanding of disease mechanisms and advancing measurability of disease progression at early and pre-symptomatic stages of neurodegenerative disease.

Pre-proposal

The aims of the call are to support translational research projects that combine innovative approaches in the field of nanomedicine and to encourage and enable transnational collaboration between academic research and clinical/public health research or R&D activities from industrial enterprises.

• Topic 1: Accelerating the implementation of New Approach Methodologies and other innovative non-animal approaches for the development, testing and production of health technologies
• Topic 2: Development and proof of principle of new clinical applications of theranostics solutions
• Topic 3: Improved prediction, detection, and treatment approaches for comprehensive stroke management
• Topic 4: Maximising the potential of synthetic data generation in healthcare applications

Pre-proposal

The aim of the call is to support transnational research projects that focus on the improvement of cognitive brain ageing through nutrition and other lifestyle factors. Thereby it enables scientists from different countries to build a valuable collaboration on interdisciplinary research projects based on complementarities and sharing of expertise in the field of brain ageing, its related disorders, nutrition and lifestyle factors.

The aim of the call is to establish a number of ambitious, innovative, multi-disciplinary and multinational expert Working Groups to assess the current and future impact of digital technologies on research and care in the field of neurodegenerative diseases.

Pre-proposal

• Topic 1: Expanding translational knowledge in minipigs: a path to reduce and replace non-human primates in non-clinical safety assessment
• Topic 2: Patient-centric blood sample collection to enable decentralised clinical trials and improve access to healthcare
• Topic 3: Inclusive clinical studies for equitable access to clinical research in Europe
• Topic 4: Establishing novel approaches to improve clinical trials for rare and ultra-rare diseases
• Topic 5: Safe & Sustainable by Design (SSbD) packaging and single use device solutions for healthcare products
• Topic 6: Sustainable circular development and manufacturing of healthcare products and their quantitative environmental impact assessment

Pre-proposal

• EDCTP3-2023-02-01: Improving modes of delivery, deployment, and uptake of vaccines through phase IV/implementation research
• EDCTP3-2023-02-02: Advancing point-of-care diagnostics to the market

Pre-proposal

• HORIZON-HLTH-2024-DISEASE-03-08-two-stage: Comparative effectiveness research for healthcare interventions in areas of high public health need
• HORIZON-HLTH-2024-DISEASE-03-11-two-stage: Pandemic preparedness and response: Adaptive platform trials for pandemic preparedness
• HORIZON-HLTH-2024-DISEASE-03-13-two-stage: Validation of fluid-derived biomarkers for the prediction and prevention of brain disorders
• HORIZON-HLTH-2024-DISEASE-03-14-two-stage: Tackling high-burden for patients, under-researched medical conditions

Pre-proposal

• HORIZON-HLTH-2024-CARE-04-04-two-stage: Access to health and care services for people in vulnerable situations

COFUND

• HORIZON-HLTH-2023-DISEASE-07-01: European Partnership on Rare Diseases

Pre-proposal

• HORIZON-HLTH-2024-ENVHLTH-02-06-two-stage: The role of environmental pollution in non-communicable diseases: air, noise and light and hazardous waste pollution

Pre-proposal

• HORIZON-HLTH-2024-TOOL-05-06-two-stage: Innovative non-animal human-based tools and strategies for biomedical research

Pre-proposal

• HORIZON-HLTH-2024-STAYHLTH-01-02-two-stage: Towards a holistic support to children and adolescents’ health and care provisions in an increasingly digital society
• HORIZON-HLTH-2024-STAYHLTH-01-05-two-stage: Personalised prevention of noncommunicable diseases - addressing areas of unmet needs using multiple data sources

Pre-proposal

The expected outcome of the call is to improve the efficacy of current detection, diagnosis, prognosis and treatment of cancers, through the development of novel approaches based on a better understanding of cancer epigenetics. The specific objectives are to stimulate new partnerships between researchers and clinicians and support original, high-quality projects, with significant clinical impact.

• EDCTP3-2023-01-01: Global Health EDCTP3 Training Networks - Clinical Research Fellowships
• EDCTP3-2023-01-02: Funding to successfully finalise EDCTP2-funded clinical trials that were negatively impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic
• EDCTP3-2023-01-03: Implementation research/real life assessment of existing interventions in women and children’s health
• EDCTP3-2023-01-04: Research to rapidly evaluate interventions on Ebola outbreaks in sub-Saharan Africa
• EDCTP3-2023-01-05: Strengthening ethics and regulatory capacity

04.10.2023
Cut-off dates

This EIC Accelerator Challenge aims to improve the efficacy, safety and uptake of therapeutic approaches against refractory cancers, using novel comprehensive predictive, prognostic and companion diagnostic tests, in the context of precision oncology.

Cut-off date

First EIT Health flagship call. This is an open call for cross-pillar activities for three of the four flagships:

• New models to deliver healthcare
• Facilitating the uptake of digital medical devices in Europe
• Harnessing the full potential of health data for innovation

Are you part of an early-stage medtech or digital health start-up? Get a clear and valid proof of concept, so you can launch your business into a European market.
In this six-week, online programme, experts and mentors will help you understand and refine your project, business and financial plan.

Deadline for obligatory "Intent to apply": 23.05.2023
Deadline for proposals: 13.06.2023

The objective of this call is to encourage the optimization of patient care pathways and contribute to the transition towards more sustainable, efficient, resilient, ethical, high-quality, and accessible person-centered healthcare systems.

Call for Proposals for ‘Multinational Research Projects on Ethical, Legal, and Social Aspects (ELSA) of Neuroscience’.

The User Validation Labs (ULabs) programme connects you with EIT Health partners in Europe that can help you organise and execute a validation study for your start-up’s innovation.

EIT Health’s Bridgehead programme brings together health entrepreneurs who want to grow their business in the European market with incubators and accelerators who have the expertise and resources to make it happen.

The programme pairs early-stage start-ups with the resources they need to validate their problem-solution, achieve product-market fit, and secure investment opportunities.

Training programme that showcases life sciences and health tech start-ups to leading experts and investors across Europe. The programme awards the best business concepts, fast-tracking start-ups to become part of the EIT Health Community.

The aim of this call is to build knowledge to prepare for and succeed with a dietary shift towards a healthier and more sustainable diet. This demands a system approach. Improved use of resources and designing new foods will be a driving force.

• HORIZON-HLTH-2023-DISEASE-03-01: Novel approaches for palliative and end-of-life care for non-cancer patients
• HORIZON-HLTH-2023-DISEASE-03-03: Interventions in city environments to reduce risk of non-communicable disease (Global Alliance for Chronic Diseases - GACD)
• HORIZON-HLTH-2023-DISEASE-03-04: Pandemic preparedness and response: Broad spectrum anti-viral therapeutics for infectious diseases with epidemic potential
• HORIZON-HLTH-2023-DISEASE-03-05: Pandemic preparedness and response: Sustaining established coordination mechanisms for European adaptive platform trials and/or for cohort networks
• HORIZON-HLTH-2023-DISEASE-03-06: Towards structuring brain health research in Europe
• HORIZON-HLTH-2023-DISEASE-03-07: Relationship between infections and noncommunicable diseases
• HORIZON-HLTH-2023-DISEASE-03-17: Pandemic preparedness and response: Understanding vaccine induced-immunity
• HORIZON-HLTH-2023-DISEASE-03-18: Pandemic preparedness and response: Immunogenicity of viral proteins of viruses with epidemic and pandemic potential

• HORIZON-HLTH-2023-CARE-04-01: Maintaining access to regular health and care services in case of cross-border emergencies
• HORIZON-HLTH-2023-CARE-04-02: Resilience and mental wellbeing of the health and care workforce
• HORIZON-HLTH-2023-CARE-04-03: Environmentally sustainable and climate neutral health and care systems 

• HORIZON-HLTH-2023-ENVHLTH-02-01: Planetary health: understanding the links between environmental degradation and health impacts
• HORIZON-HLTH-2023-ENVHLTH-02-02: Evidence-based interventions for promotion of mental and physical health in changing working environments (post-pandemic workplaces)
• HORIZON-HLTH-2023-ENVHLTH-02-03: Health impacts of endocrine-disrupting chemicals: bridging science-policy gaps by addressing persistent scientific uncertainties
• HORIZON-HLTH-2023-ENVHLTH-02-04: Global coordination of exposome research

• HORIZON-HLTH-2023-TOOL-05-01: Clinical trials of combined Advanced Therapy Medicinal Products (ATMPs)
• HORIZON-HLTH-2023-TOOL-05-03: Integrated, multi-scale computational models of patient patho-physiology (‘virtual twins’) for personalised disease management
• HORIZON-HLTH-2023-TOOL-05-04: Better integration and use of health-related realworld and research data, including genomics, for improved clinical outcomes
• HORIZON-HLTH-2023-TOOL-05-05: Harnessing the potential of real-time data analysis and secure Point-of-Care computing for the benefit of person-centred health and care delivery
• HORIZON-HLTH-2023-TOOL-05-08: Pandemic preparedness and response: In vitro diagnostic devices to tackle cross-border health threats
• HORIZON-HLTH-2023-TOOL-05-09: Developing a Data Quality and Utility Label for the European Health Data Space

• HORIZON-HLTH-2023-STAYHLTH-01-01: The Silver Deal - Person-centred health and care in European regions

COFUND

• HORIZON-HLTH-2023-CARE-08-01: European Partnership on Personalised Medicine

• HORIZON-HLTH-2023-IND-06-01: Supporting the uptake of innovative Health Technology Assessment (HTA) methodology and advancing HTA expertise across EU
• HORIZON-HLTH-2023-IND-06-02: Expanding the European Electronic Health Record exchange Format to improve interoperability within the European Health Data Space
• HORIZON-HLTH-2023-IND-06-04: Modelling and simulation to address regulatory needs in the development of orphan and paediatric medicines
• HORIZON-HLTH-2023-IND-06-05: Mapping the hurdles for the clinical applications of Advanced Therapy Medicinal Products (ATMPs)
• HORIZON-HLTH-2023-IND-06-07: Development and harmonisation of methodologies for assessing digital health technologies in Europe

• HORIZON-MISS-2023-CANCER-01-01: Addressing poorly-understood tumour-host interactions to enhance immune system-centred treatment and care interventions in childhood, adolescent, adult and elderly cancer patients
• HORIZON-MISS-2023-CANCER-01-02: Enhance primary cancer prevention through sustainable behavioural change
• HORIZON-MISS-2023-CANCER-01-03: Pragmatic clinical trials on minimally invasive diagnostics
• HORIZON-MISS-2023-CANCER-01-04: Establish best practices and tools to improve the quality of life for childhood cancer patients, survivors and their families in European regions

• Topic 1: Screening platform and biomarkers for prediction and prevention of diseases of unmet public health need
• Topic 2: Patient-generated evidence to improve outcomes, support decision making, and accelerate innovation
• Topic 3: Combining hospital interventional approaches to improve patient outcomes and increase hospital efficiency
• Topic 4: Strengthening the European translational research ecosystem for advanced therapy medicinal products (ATMPs) for rare diseases
• Topic 5: Digital health technologies for the prevention and personalised management of mental disorders and their long-term health consequences

The aim of this call is to develop novel strategies and targeted approaches to identify, understand, and modify determinants and mechanisms of diet-related behaviour and physical activity as well as sedentary behaviour, which have the potential to break through the cycles maintaining unhealthy behaviours and lifestyles and to reduce health inequalities.

Pre-proposal

To take action against the growing global threat of increasing resistance in pathogenic organisms, and the spread of antimicrobial resistance (AMR), this call aims to fund research projects developing novel or improving existing strategies, tools, technologies and methods for diagnosis and/or One Health AMR surveillance.

Call for Proposals for Transnational Research Projects on Mechanisms of Resilience and Vulnerability to Environmental Challenges in Mental Health.

The EU Joint Programme – Neurodegenerative Disease Research (JPND) initiative launched a transnational call for large scale analysis of OMICS data for drug-target finding in neurodegenerative diseases for ambitious, innovative, multi-disciplinary and multi-national collaborative research projects that seek to improve the understanding of the complex and multifactorial pathogenesis of neurodegenerative diseases.

Pre-proposal

The objective of this call is to conduct efficient, innovative and high-quality natural history studies which will facilitate understanding of the disease’s or group of disorders’ progression throughout the lifespan of a patient. The goal of these studies is to collect and analyze comprehensive patient data to define targets for future therapies, taking into consideration innovation, safety, and efficacy.

Pre-proposal

Proposals must present research that addresses one or both of the following topics:

1. Repair and/or regeneration of the heart and/or the blood vessels
2. Chronic heart failure and atrial fibrillation

The Networking Support Scheme (NSS) of the European Joint Programme on Rare Diseases is funding quarterly networking initiatives in the field of rare diseases and rare cancers, bringing together health care professionals, researchers, patient advocacy groups, Early Career Scientists and other relevant stakeholders.

For the translation and implementation of future research outcomes into clinical practice, as well as for shaping future research priorities, it is essential to form synergies in the research community, to overcome gaps and hurdles, to build overarching networks, and to generate harmonizing concepts and ideas.