Virtual Human Twin (VHT) Models for Cancer Research
Supporting the implementation of the Cancer Mission · HORIZON-RIA · Needs partners
What this call funds
This call funds research projects that build advanced computer models called Virtual Human Twins to simulate how cancer starts and progresses in individual patients, using AI and large health datasets. The goal is to help researchers and doctors better understand cancer biology and develop more personalised treatments, and to make these models and data available through shared European platforms. Priority is given to hard-to-treat cancers, rare cancers, and childhood/adolescent cancers.
artificial intelligence · digital health · genomics · diagnostics · biotechnology · public health
Who wins this
This call suits multidisciplinary research consortia combining medical researchers, AI/health-IT experts, clinicians, patient representatives and research infrastructures to develop and validate cancer digital-twin models using real patient data.
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The call in detail
- Indicative grant size
- €8M–€9M
- 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, SME, academia, public body, health-IT provider
- Also required
- Successful proposals must join the 'Understanding' project cluster of the EU Cancer Mission and budget for related networking and joint activities; newly collected patient data must be described with metadata in the EU dataset catalogue of the European Health Data Space.
- 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 Eligible Conditions Subject to restrictions for the protection of European communication networks. 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 are 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. are 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 topic conditions
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