Call for Proposal to support integration of cancer images into the federated pan-European infrastructure to foster screening programmes - CR-g-24-37

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24 January 2025

15 October 2024

Call EU4H-2024-PJ-02 has closed on 10/10/2024.

54 proposals have been submitted.

The breakdown per topic is:

EU4H-2024-PJ-02-1: 7 proposals

Evaluation results are expected to be communicated in February 2025.

Call for Proposal to support integration of cancer images into the federated pan-European infrastructure to foster screening programmes - CR-g-24-37

TOPIC ID: EU4H-2024-PJ-02-1

Type of grant: Call for proposals

General information

Programme: EU4 Health Programme (EU4H)

Call: EU4H Action Grants 2024 (EU4H-2024-PJ-02)

Type of action: EU4H-PJG EU4H Project Grants

Type of MGA: EU4H Action Grant Budget-Based [EU4H-AG]

Status: Open for submission

Deadline model: single-stage

Opening Date: 18 June 2024

Deadline dates: 10 October 2024 17:00 (Brussels time)

Topic description

Objective:

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^[1]) and to use this infrastructure for data enrichment and insights by accessing the nodes, tools and methodologies offered by EUCAIM.

This action is relevant for the proposed European Health Data Space. In order to contribute to the planned EHDS, this action will seek alignment with the relevant EHDS infrastructures (MyHealth@EU and HealthData@EU). Where applicable, it will link cancer imaging databases with the relevant bodies and infrastructures in the proposed EHDS, particularly health data access bodies and HealthData@EU.

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 (Article 3, point (a), of Regulation (EU) 2021/522) through the specific objectives defined in Article 4, points (a) and (g), of Regulation (EU) 2021/522.

This action will also support the implementation of the proposed EHDS Regulation and implement the EU4Health Programme’s general objective of strengthening health systems (Article 3, point (d) of Regulation (EU) 2021/522) through the specific objective defined in Article 4, point (f), of Regulation (EU) 2021/522.

Scope:

This action contributes to the implementation of the Europe’s Beating Cancer Plan.

Expected Impact:

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. Short-term improvements include strengthening the collaboration between national and regional screening programmes for breast, lung and prostate cancers, with the European Cancer Imaging Infrastructure in particular regarding the management of the screening data and opportunistic screening (as opposed to organised, population-based screening programmes) and with the relevant infrastructures of the proposed European Health Data Space, such as HealthData@EU. The project beneficiaries are expected to represent a wide range of relevant stakeholders such as researchers, NGOs, experts, Member States institutions and industry.

In the mid-term, this action is expected to increase the geographical reach of the European Cancer Imaging Initiative. It will also contribute to the alignment of the European Cancer Imaging Infrastructure with the proposed EHDS infrastructures and processes.

Close collaboration of projects participants is expected with the European Cancer Imaging Initiative, in particular the EUCAIM project, and with relevant stakeholders involved in the implementation of the proposed EHDS regulatory framework, such as the TEHDAS 2 Joint Action, QUANTUM and the HealthData@EU pilot project^[2]. Links should be established with EU4Health actions on screening, Comprehensive Cancer Centres in Member States and other relevant actions under the Europe’s Beating Cancer Plan and Cancer Mission, as well as with other relevant actions concerning the proposed EHDS. The action shall contribute to other relevant actions under the Europe’s Beating Cancer Plan and the Cancer Mission.

[1]https://cancerimage.eu/

[2]https://ehds2pilot.eu/results/

Conditions

1.Admissibility conditions: described in section 5 of the call document

Proposal page limits and layout:described in Part B of the Application Form available in the Submission System

2. Eligible countries:described in section 6 of of the call document

3. Other eligibility conditions:described in section 6 of the call document

4. Financial and operational capacity and exclusion:described insection 7 of the call document

5.Evaluation and award:

• Award criteria, scoring and thresholds:described in section 9 of the call document

• Submission and evaluation processes:describedsection 8 of the call document and theOnline Manual

• Indicative timeline for evaluation and grant agreement:described in section 4 of the call document

6. Legal and financial set-up of the grants:describedin section 10 of the call document

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