Call for Proposal to support integration of cancer images into the federated pan-European infrastructure to foster screening programmes – CR-g-24-37
Programme Category
Programme Name
Programme Description
The Programme aims to improve and promote health in the Union to reduce the burden of communicable and non-communicable diseases by:
- protecting people from serious cross-border health threats
- improving the availability, accessibility and affordability of medicines, medical devices and other crisis-related products in the EU
- strengthening national health systems
Identifier Code
Call
Summary
The action will provide enabling support for cancer imaging data providers, to contribute to and benefit from the European Cancer Imaging Initiative.
The action will improve readiness of national, regional or local imaging data repositories to connect and make available their data via the Cancer Image Europe infrastructure established under the DIGITAL programme (EUCAIM project) and to use this infrastructure for data enrichment and insights by accessing the nodes, tools and methodologies offered by EUCAIM.
Detailed Call Description
This action contributes to the implementation of the Europe’s Beating Cancer Plan.
This action will also explore ways to leverage on the EHDS interoperability specifications for the European Electronic Health Record exchange Format, including relevant eHealth Network guidelines, as well as minimum specifications for datasets to be used for research and innovation.
This action will support the Europe’s Beating Cancer Plan objective to ensure high standards in cancer care and implements the EU4Health Programme’s general objective of improving and fostering health in the Union to reduce the burden of communicable and non-communicable diseases.
This action will also support the implementation of the proposed EHDS Regulation and implement the EU4Health Programme’s general objective of strengthening health systems.
The action will support hospitals and other imaging repositories, for example those involved in conducting cancer screening, in creating enabling conditions for becoming a node in the European federated infrastructure of cancer imaging data.
Ιt will link cancer imaging databases with the relevant bodies and infrastructures in the proposed EHDS, particularly health data access bodies and HealthData@EU.
Call Total Budget
Financing percentage by EU or other bodies / Level of Subsidy or Loan
The costs will be reimbursed at the funding rate fixed in the Grant Agreement (60%).
You can apply for a higher project funding rate (80%) if your project is of ‘exceptional utility’, i.e. concerns:
- actions where at least 30% of the budget is allocated to Member States whose GNI per inhabitant is less than 90% of the EU average or
- actions with bodies from at least 14 Member States and where at least four are from Member States whose GNI per inhabitant is less than 90% of the EU average.
Indicative project budget: €4.000.000
Thematic Categories
- Education and training
- Health
- Research, Technological Development and Innovation
Eligibility for Participation
- Associations
- Educational Institutions
- International Organisations
- Legal Entities
- NGOs
- Non Profit Organisations
- Other Beneficiaries
- Private Bodies
- Researchers/Research Centers/Institutions
- Semi-governmental organisations
- State-owned Enterprises
Eligibility For Participation Notes
In order to be eligible, the applicants (beneficiaries and affiliated entities) must:
- be legal entities (public or private bodies)
- be established in one of the eligible countries, i.e.
- EU Member States (including overseas countries and territories (OCTs)
- eligible non-EU countries:
- listed EEA countries and countries associated to the EU4Health Programme (list of participating countries).
- eligible non-EU countries:
Consortium composition
- Applicants – specific eligibility criteria: Academia and education establishments, research institutes, hospitals, expert networks including ERNs, civil cociety organisations: associations, foundations, NGOs and similar entities, private entities (for profit/not for profit), Member States’ authorities.
- Consortium composition – Specific eligibility criteria: A consortium composed of at least 7 applicant organisations established in at least 7 different eligible countries.
Call Opening Date
Call Closing Date
National Contact Point(s)
Ministry of Health, Department of European Affairs
Ms MAKRIGIORGI Elena
Email: emakrigiorgi@moh.gov.cy
EU Contact Point
For help related to this call, please contact: HaDEA-HP-CALLS@ec.europa.eu