Two calls under 3rd EU Health Programme published

The European Commission has published two new calls for proposals under the third Health Programme 2014-2020, namely the Call for Proposals for Framework Partnership Agreement for operating grants 2014 (HP-FPA-2014) with a budget of € 4,650,000, and the Call for Proposals for Projects 2014 (HP-PJ-2014) with a budget of € 12,300,000. Deadline for applications for both calls is September 25, 2014.

All the information, including the work programme for 2014 for implementation of the third Health Programme, specifying the topics for the calls and the selection, award and other criteria are available via the EU Research & Innovation Participant Portal. New in 2014 is the electronic submission of proposals via the Electronic Exchange System of the EC Participant Portal.

The third EU Health Programme 2014-2020 aims at encouraging innovation in healthcare, increasing the sustainability of health systems, improving the health of EU citizens and protecting them from cross-border health threats. The programme builds on the two previous programmes covering the periods 2003-2008 and 2008-2013. Compared to the former programmes the new one concentrates support on a smaller number of activities in priority areas, in line with the Europe 2020 strategy. The programme has four overarching objectives which seek to:

• Promote health, prevent diseases and foster supportive environments for healthy lifestyles taking into account the 'health in all policies' principle;
• Protect Union citizens from serious cross-border health threats;
• Contribute to innovative, efficient and sustainable health systems;
• Facilitate access to better and safer healthcare for Union citizens.