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Towards a Holistic Support to Children and Adolescents’ Health and Care Provisions in An Increasingly Digital Society
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Location:EU 27
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Contracting authority type:Development Institution
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Call updates
Jul 25, 2024 2:58:21 PM
CALL UPDATE: FLASH EVALUATION RESULTS
EVALUATION results
Published: 07.12.2022
Deadline: 11.04.2024
Available budget: EUR 30,000,000
We recently informed the applicants about the evaluation results for their proposals.
The results of the evaluation for the topic HORIZON-HLTH-2024-STAYHLTH-01-02-two-stage are as follows:
Number of proposals submitted (including proposals transferred from or to other calls): 11
Number of inadmissible proposals: 0
Number of ineligible proposals: 0
Number of above-threshold proposals: 5
Total budget requested for above-threshold proposals: EUR 47,851,170.50
Number of proposals retained for funding: 3
Number of proposals in the reserve list: 1
Funding threshold[1]: 13.5
Ranking
Number of proposals with scores lower or equal to 15 and higher or equal to 14: 2
Number of proposals with scores lower than 14 and higher or equal to 13: 2
Number of proposals with scores lower than 13 and higher or equal to 12: 1
Summary of observers’ report:
Two independent observers were asked to assist the European Health and Digital Executive Agency (HaDEA) in the evaluation of proposals submitted to 9 single and two-stage calls (covering 14 topics) with deadline on 11 April 2024, which were discussed during 2.5 weeks of consensus meetings. They followed the evaluation in order to assess and report on the implementation of the evaluation procedures, on the conduct and fairness of the evaluation process and on the application of the evaluation criteria. Based on the analysis conducted, the observers give independent advice for improvement of the evaluation process.
The evaluation process was fully transparent. The rules and guidelines to be followed were clearly communicated by documents provided to experts, by online and on-site briefings and by instructions given and, where necessary, repeated by the moderators. This ensured a fair and transparent procedure. The evaluation was conducted in an extremely fair and professional way, thanks to a thorough and meticulous preparation and to the helpful and competent HaDEA staff involved, including the quality checkers and the assistant team.
The lump sum method was used in this evaluation. Despite that the budget tables provided detailed information and that guidance was provided, many experts found it challenging assessing the proposed budgets.
The independent observers were impressed by the high quality of the evaluation, and made some further recommendations, for consideration in setting up the rules for the next framework programme. The most important advice is that a higher weight should be assigned to the Excellence criterion. It has at present a weight of 1/3 of the final score. This should be increased, as scientific excellence is the most important factor that determines the quality of a project. Such a change would be in line with international practices.
For questions, please contact the Research Enquiry Service.
[1] Proposals with the same score were ranked according to the priority order procedure set out in the call conditions (for HE, in the General Annexes to the Work Programme or specific arrangements in the specific call/topic conditions).

Apr 19, 2024 5:57:15 PM
Call HORIZON-HLTH-2024-STAYHLTH-01-two-stage has closed on 11 April 2024.
23 proposals have been submitted. The breakdown per topic is:
HORIZON-HLTH-2024-STAYHLTH-01-02-two-stage: 11 proposals
Evaluation results are expected to be communicated in July 2024 at the earliest.
Feb 13, 2024 12:19:41 PM
In order to best ensure equal treatment, successful stage 1 applicants do not receive the evaluation summary reports (ESRs) for their proposals, but this generalised feedback with information and tips for preparing the full proposal.
Information & tips
The proposals should address all the individual sub-criteria under each appropriate section of the proposal (Excellence, Impact, Implementation). E.g., the state of the art should be clearly referenced, the methodology and - where relevant – the technical robustness of AI should be clearly described, the pathways to the expected outcomes and impacts described in the topic, the scale and significance of project’s contributions to the expected outcomes, and all other aspects need to be addressed.
When choosing all target groups or when emphasising a particular sub-group, you must justify why and how they are suitable in the context of your research.
Multidisciplinary, gender as well as demographic, geographic and socio-economic social sciences and humanities (SSH) aspects should be duly considered, and it should be clearly presented how they are integrated in the methodology.
Provide appropriate indicators to measure the progress towards the relevant expected outcomes (this is a topic-specific requirement).
If your proposal contains clinical studies, please read carefully the definition and guidance on the template ‘Information on clinical studies' published on the call page in the Participant Portal (Information on clinical studies (HE)) and remember to upload the template filled in when submitting your proposal.
In stage 2 the eligible costs will take the form of a lump sum contribution as defined in the Decision of 7 July 2021 authorising the use of lump sum contributions under the Horizon Europe Programme. To get started, please read lump sum funding and the guide Lump sum funding - what do I need to know, with details on how to complete the Excel workbook. Recommended: Excel 2013 (Windows) / Excel 2016 (Mac OS) or more recent.
In your stage 2 proposal, you have a chance to address or clarify these issues.
Please bear in mind that your full proposal will now be evaluated more in-depth and possibly by a new group of external experts.
Please make sure that your full proposal is consistent with your short outline proposal. It may NOT differ substantially. The project must stay the same.
Jan 29, 2024 6:23:21 PM
In accordance with General Annex F of the Work Programme, the evaluation of the first-stage proposals was made looking only at the criteria ‘Excellence’ and ‘Impact’. The threshold for both criteria was 4. The overall threshold (applying to the sum of the two individual scores) was set at 9.0 points for topic HORIZON-HLTH-2024-STAYHLTH-01-02-two-stage that allowed the total requested budget of proposals admitted to stage 2 be as close as possible to 3 times the available budget of EUR 30 000 000 (and not below 2.5 times the budget).
The results of the evaluation are as follows:
- Number of proposals submitted (including proposals transferred from or to other calls):129
- Number of inadmissible proposals: 7
- Number of ineligible proposals: 4
- Number of above-threshold proposals: 11
- Total budget requested for above-threshold proposals: EUR 105 161 625
We recently informed the applicants about the evaluation results for their proposals.
For questions, please contact the Research Enquiry Service.
https://research-and-innovation.ec.europa.eu/contact-us/research-enquiry-service_en
Sep 20, 2023 6:45:46 PM
First stage of call HORIZON-HLTH-2024-STAYHLTH-01-two-stage closed on 19 September 2023. 337 proposals were submitted. The breakdown per topic is:
HORIZON-HLTH-2024-STAYHLTH-01-02-two-stage: 129 proposals
Evaluation results are expected to be communicated on 24 January 2024 at the earliest.
Mar 30, 2023 12:00:08 AM
The submission session is now available for: HORIZON-HLTH-2024-STAYHLTH-01-02-two-stage(HORIZON-RIA)
Towards a holistic support to children and adolescents’ health and care provisions in an increasingly digital society
TOPIC ID: HORIZON-HLTH-2024-STAYHLTH-01-02-two-stage
Programme: Horizon Europe Framework Programme (HORIZON)
Call: Staying Healthy (Two stage - 2024) (HORIZON-HLTH-2024-STAYHLTH-01-two-stage)
Type of action: HORIZON-RIA HORIZON Research and Innovation Actions
Type of MGA: HORIZON Lump Sum Grant [HORIZON-AG-LS]
Deadline model: two-stage
Planned opening date: 30 March 2023
Deadline dates: 19 September 2023 17:00:00 Brussels time
11 April 2024 17:00:00 Brussels time
Topic description
ExpectedOutcome:
This topic aims at supporting activities that are enabling or contributing to one or several impacts of destination 1 “Staying healthy in a rapidly changing society”. To that end, proposals under this topic should aim for delivering results that are directed at, tailored towards and contributing to all of the following expected outcomes:
- Children, adolescents and their parents/carers are educated and empowered in prevention strategies involving personalised approaches and solutions (also through the use of digital tools) to manage, maintain and improve children’s and adolescents' own health, physical activity, nutrition habits, leisure needs, mental and social well-being, in full respect of the privacy of individuals.
- Children and adolescents, including those from vulnerable contexts, monitor their health risks, adopt healthy lifestyles at home, at school and in the community and interact with their doctors and carers (receiving and providing feedback), also through the means of digitally enabled solutions, better health literacy, training and critical thinking.
- Thanks to better co-creation, training, digital and health literacy, children, adolescents, parents and carers across Europe access and use person-centred, widely available solutions for children and adolescents’ health, care and wellbeing, appropriate to a rapidly changing and increasingly digitalised society, also considering the risk of digital addiction.
The proposals should provide appropriate indicators to measure the progress towards the relevant expected outcomes.
Scope:Laying the ground for a healthy life starts in childhood. Accordingly, and in line with the HealthyLifestyles4All Initiative[1], the ‘Healthier Together’ – EU Non-Communicable Diseases Initiative[2], and the Communication of the Commission on enabling the Digital Transformation of Health and Care[3],[4], the main goal of the research and innovation should be to promote healthier societies by developing holistic solutions that foster healthy lifestyles from early age with long-term impact(s).
Digitalisation poses risks but can also be a driving force for empowering young citizens, who are growing up in an increasingly digitised world, in taking an active role in the management of their own health conditions, mental and social well-being, and promote healthy lives and disease prevention, through innovative solutions, coordinated person-centred care models and better health literacy.
The topic encourages the participation of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), as well as of European, national and regional authorities and civil society, in order to strengthen the scientific and technological expertise of SMEs in the health and care domain to promote the uptake of innovative health and care solutions in Europe.
The proposed research and innovation should focus on several of the following aspects:
- Develop and advance person-centred, evidence-based and coordinated disease prevention intervention solutions to support children and adolescents’ health and care in an increasingly digital society. The effectiveness of the intervention solutions should be evaluated, inter alia, in terms of health outcomes, (comparative) cost-effectiveness, implementation facilitators and barriers. The target group should include children and adolescents up to 25 years of age from different socio-economic backgrounds.
- Develop and integrate innovative, privacy preserving tools and technologies, such as (but not limited to) activity trackers, sensors, serious games, platforms and robotics, Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) in coordinated and integrated care models, to help children and adolescents lead healthy, active and social lifestyles, prevent diseases, as well as to better monitor and manage their physical, social and mental health. Empower children and adolescents to navigate the health and care systems, interact with their doctors, formal and informal carers, social circles, as well as better manage their own health at home, in the community and at school, taking into account specific youth psychiatric risk factors, the risk of addiction, as well as the geographic, social and economic determinants of health and digital literacy inequities.
- Stimulate the adoption of person-centred approaches and solutions for better health, care and well-being of children and adolescents, by including stakeholders from all the relevant sectors (including but not limited to education, leisure, social innovation, healthcare, Medtech, media and citizens) in the co-creation, design, planning and adoption of the solutions, as well as the training of their end-users.
- Develop and disseminate evidence-based guidance and tools for children and adolescents promoting healthy balance between a sedentary digitised lifestyle and a more active non-digitised lifestyle in support of their physical, mental and social health and well-being on short- and long-term basis.
- Develop, implement (pilot and/or scale-up) and promote person-centred tools and interventions for better physical and mental wellbeing, addressing the risks of digital addiction and overconsumption, isolation and mental illness, by promoting physical, intellectual or artistic activities, social interaction and providing mental health support and treatment.
In all instances, gender as well as demographic, geographic and socio-economic aspects should be duly taken into account.
This topic requires the effective contribution of social sciences and humanities (SSH) disciplines and the involvement of SSH experts, institutions as well as the inclusion of relevant SSH expertise and the involvement of youth throughout the project in order to produce meaningful and significant effects enhancing the societal impact of the related research activities.
Moreover, greater involvement of non-health sectors directly affecting risk factors and determinants of health, for example (physical) environment, food and nutrition, security, education, sports, finance, industry is desirable/encouraged, as relevant.
Proposals should be highly integrated, ambitious, go beyond simple networking and provide appropriate indicators to measure progress and impact.
Selected projects under this topic are strongly encouraged to participate in joint activities as appropriate. These joint activities could, for example, take the form of clustering of projects and involve joint coordination and dissemination activities such as the participation in joint workshops, the exchange of knowledge, the development and adoption of best practices and adoption strategies on regional, national and European level. The details of these joint activities will be defined during the grant preparation phase with the Commission. Applicants should plan a necessary budget to cover this collaboration.
Applicants invited to the second stage and envisaging to include clinical studies should provide details of their clinical studies in the dedicated annex using the template provided in the submission system. See definition of clinical studies in the introduction to this work programme part.
[1] https://sport.ec.europa.eu/healthylifestyle4all
[2] https://ec.europa.eu/health/non-communicable-diseases_en
[3] https://digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/policies/ehealth
[4] https://digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/library/communication-enabling-digital-transformation-health-and-care-digital-single-market-empowering
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