Call for proposals: action grants on mental health challenges for cancer patients and survivors Sub-topic (a): Mental health and Cancer (CR-g-23-19.01)
Summary
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
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
Call
Detailed Call Description
This action aims to address mental health challenges in cancer patients and survivors, and their carers and families.
Activities will include:
- systematic screening of the mental health status of cancer patients, their carers and families in order to identify persons at risk of developing mental health problems;
- development of methodologies that can support the identification of patients, their carers and families, with risk factors for mental health challenges, and the piloting and further testing of such methodologies to assess their impact and transferability at EU level;
- providing psychological and psychosocial support and targeted interventions for cancer patients, survivors, their carers and families in order to prevent long-term mental health consequences;
- developing guidance and recommendations for professionals to ensure mental health aspects throughout the entire patient care pathway;
- provision of professional psychosocial support for children, adolescents and young adults with cancer.
This action is part of the Health promotion and disease prevention strand and Cancer as cross-cutting.
This action aims to address mental health challenges in cancer patients and survivors, their families and informal carers27 and improve their quality of care and life by screening and identifying at risk individuals for mental health challenges, providing psychosocial support and developing guidelines to incorporate mental health care throughout the duration of the cancer pathway
Mental health care activities may include innovative and promising approaches (such as social prescription, role of sport and physical activity, healthy lifestyle) and should focus on vulnerable groups like children, young people and elderly.
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%). Your organisation can apply for a higher project funding rate (80%) if your project is of “exceptional utility”. Actions shall be considered to have exceptional utility where at least 30% of the budget of the proposed action is allocated to Member States whose GNI per inhabitant is less than 90% of the Union average; or the project concerns actions with bodies from at least 14 Member States and where at least 4 are from Member States whose GNI per inhabitant is less than 90% of the EU average.
Eligibility For Participation Notes
Applications will only be considered eligible if their content corresponds wholly (or at least in part) to the topic description for which it is submitted.
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 or countries which are in ongoing negotiations for an association agreement and where the agreement enters into force before grant signature (list of participating countries)
Type of applicants targeted: Civil society organisations (professional associations, patient organisations, foundations, NGOs and similar entities) with expertise in the field of mental health and cancer, academia and education establishments, research institutes, expert networks and established networks in the field of public health, and Member States’ authorities
Specific eligibility criteria applicable to the consortium composition: Proposals must be submitted by a consortium of at least 3 applicants (beneficiaries; not affiliated entities), which complies with the following conditions:
- Minimum 3 entities from 3 different eligible countries;
- At least one NGO working in the field of cancer or mental health;
- At least one patient organisation working in the field of cancer or mental health;
This needs to be clearly mentioned in the proposal. Non-eligible activities: Purchase of health care related products.
Programme Category
EU Competitive ProgrammesTotal Budget
€8 000 000Thematic Categories
- Health
- Public Administration
- Research, Technological Development and Innovation
Eligibility for Participation
- Associations
- Educational Institutions
- International Organisations
- Local Authorities
- NGOs
- Non Profit Organisations
- Other Beneficiaries
- Private Bodies
- Researchers/Research Centers/Institutions
- State-owned Enterprises
Call Opening Date
15/06/2023Call Closing Date
17/10/2023National Contact Point(s)
Ministry of Health, Department of European Affairs
Ms MAKRIGIORGI Elena
emakrigiorgi@moh.gov.cy
EU Contact Point
Stefan DE KEERSMAECKER
+32 2 298 46 80
stefan.de-keersmaecker@ec.europa.eu
Darragh CASSIDY
+32 2 298 39 78