Deadline: 4 October 2016
European Union is seeking applications from eligible organisations to fund a program entitled “Promoting mental health and well-being in the young”.
The proposals should aim at increasing resilience and mitigating the impact of biological, psychosocial and environmental risk factors. The target group should include young up to 25 years (or a subgroup there of), which is an age limit often used as many severe disorders start in this period.
Funding Information
The Commission considers that proposals requesting a contribution from the EU of between EUR 2 and 4 million would allow this specific challenge to be addressed appropriately
Expected Outcomes
Short or medium term impact, likely during the lifetime of the project:
- Improved mental well-being in the targeted group of young people.
- The innovative interventions will create a strong evidence base for mental well-being promotion programmes in Europe, contributing to greater health equity and improved societal benefits, including for migrants.
Longer term impact, likely beyond the lifetime of the project:
- Improved mental well-being in youth should contribute to reducing school and college/university dropout in the short term, strengthening personal confidence and cognitive function, improving educational efforts and enhancing employability.
- Preventative strategies are established which have a real effect of reducing the occurrence of mental disorders and co-morbidities associated with mental disorders later in life.
Eligibility Criteria
- Research & Innovation Actions (RIA): At least three legal entities. Each of the three must be established in a different EU Member State or Horizon 2020 associated country. All three legal entities must be independent of each other.
- Innovation Actions (IA): At least three legal entities. Each of the three must be established in a different EU Member State or Horizon 2020 associated country. All three legal entities must be independent of each other.
- Coordination & Support Actions (CSA): At least one legal entity established in an EU Member State or Horizon 2020 associated country.
- SME Instrument Actions: At least one SME9. Only applications from for-profit SMEs established in EU Member States or Horizon 2020 associated countries. No concurrent submission or implementation with another SME instrument phase 1 or phase 2 project.
- ERA-NET Co-fund Actions: At least three legal entities. Each of the three must be established in a different EU Member State or Horizon 2020 associated country. All three legal entities must be independent of each other. Participants in ERA-NET Co-fund actions must be ‘research funders’, i.e. legal entities owning or managing public research and innovation programmes.
- Pre-commercial Procurement (PCP) & Public Procurement of Innovative solutions (PPI) Actions: At least three legal entities. Each of the three must be established in a different EU Member State or Horizon 2020 associated country. All three legal entities must be independent of each other. Furthermore, there must be a minimum of two legal entities which are ‘public procurers’ from two different EU Member States or Horizon 2020 associated countries. Both legal entities must be independent of each other.
- European Joint Programme (EJP) Co-fund Actions: At least five legal entities. Each of the five must be established in a different EU Member State or Horizon 2020 associated country. All five legal entities must be independent of each other. Participants in EJP Co-fund actions must be legal entities owning or mandated to manage national research and innovation programmes.
How to Apply
Interested applicants must submit their proposals electronically via given website.
Eligible Countries
- Non-EU Countries: Australia, Canada, China, Hong Kong & Macau, India, Japan, Republic of Korea, Mexico, Russia, Taiwan, USA
- EU Countries: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Republic of Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden and the UK
For more information, please visit EU Call for Proposal.