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    HORIZON-MISS-2026-02-CANCER-07

    Improve the Quality of Life of older cancer patients

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    Supporting the implementation of the Cancer Mission · HORIZON-RIA · Needs partners

    15 Sep 2026
    Deadline
    €5M–€6M
    Indicative, per project
    ~5
    Grants expected
    71
    Past winners in this family

    What this call funds

    This call funds research projects that aim to improve quality of life for cancer patients aged 65 and older. It supports building better understanding of their unique care needs and developing, testing, and scaling up practical, holistic treatment and follow-up approaches suited to older patients, with the goal of giving healthcare systems evidence to implement age-appropriate cancer care.

    public health · digital health · aging care · biotechnology

    Who wins this

    A multinational, multidisciplinary consortium of clinicians, researchers, SSH experts, patient organisations, and health authorities running clinical studies to develop age-tailored cancer care approaches for older patients.

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    The call in detail

    Indicative grant size
    €5M–€6M
    Funding model
    Budget-based — reimbursement of actual eligible costs
    Submission
    Single-stage submission (full proposal at once)
    Type of action
    HORIZON Research and Innovation Actions
    Partners
    Required. The call asks for a consortium — a group applying together, typically 3+ organisations from 3+ countries.
    Eligible applicants
    research organisation, academia, SME, non-profit, public body, charity/foundation
    Also required
    Proposals must include direct involvement of cancer patients, survivors, survivor representative organisations and caregivers, along with effective SSH expertise; successful proposals must join the EU Cancer Mission 'Quality of life' cluster and budget for related networking activities.
    Eligible countries (45)
    Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Norway, Iceland, Switzerland, United Kingdom, IL, TR, UA, RS, MK, ME, AL, BA, XK, GE, AM, MD, TN, NZ
    Read the full conditions from the official call ›

    General conditions 1. Admissibility conditions: Proposal page limit and layout described in Annex A and Annex E of the Horizon Europe Work Programme General Annexes. Proposal page limits and layout: described in Part B of the Application Form available in the Submission System. 2. Eligible countries described in Annex B of the Work Programme General Annexes. A number of non-EU/non-Associated Countries that are not automatically eligible for funding have made specific provisions for making funding available for their participants in Horizon Europe projects. See the information in the Horizon Europe Programme Guide. 3. Other Eligibility Conditions described in Annex B of the Work Programme General Annexes. 4. Financial and operational capacity and exclusion described in Annex C of the Work Programme General Annexes. 5a. Evaluation and award: Award criteria, scoring and thresholds described in Annex D of the Work Programme General Annexes. 5b. Evaluation and award: Submission and evaluation processes The thresholds for each criterion will be 4 (Excellence), 4 (Impact) and 4 (Implementation). The cumulative threshold is 12. described in Annex F of the Work Programme General Annexes and the Online Manual. 5c. Evaluation and award: Indicative timeline for evaluation and grant agreement described in Annex F of the Work Programme General Annexes. 6. Legal and financial set-up of the grants The granting authority may, up to 4 years after the end of the action, object to a transfer of ownership or to the exclusive licensing of results, as set out in the specific provision of Annex 5. described in Annex G of the Work Programme General Annexes. Specific conditions described in the specific topic of the Work Programme.

    Who has won calls like this

    Organisations that most often win this call family · 71 past winners

    INSTITUT GUSTAVE ROUSSY · FR
    13 wins
    led 1
    EUROPEAN CANCER ORGANISATION · BE
    12 wins
    OSLO UNIVERSITETSSYKEHUS HF · NO
    12 wins
    led 2
    FONDAZIONE IRCCS ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DEI TUMORI · IT
    11 wins
    led 2
    CHARITE - UNIVERSITAETSMEDIZIN BERLIN · DE
    11 wins
    led 2
    HUS-YHTYMA · FI
    10 wins

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