Deadline: 25-Jan-22
European Commission is calling for proposals for Action Grants to create a Cancer Survivor Smart Card.
This action supports the implementation of Europe’s Beating Cancer Plan objective to improve the quality of life for cancer patients, survivors and carers and links with the European Health Data Space and the European Cancer Patient Digital Centre, and implements the EU4Health Programme’s general objective of improving and fostering health in the Union.
Objectives
- The aim of the action is to improve the quality of life and health status of cancer survivors, and to address their potential needs through the development and support for the wide use of new approaches to communication.
- A ‘Cancer Survivor Smart Card’ will link with a ’resource’ function to give access to best practices, guidelines and recommendations specifically targeted to cancer survivors, with a view to helping them to address or to connect with professionals in different areas, to deal with the most common issues that survivors face, such as insufficient management of late and long-term effects of treatment, unmet psychosocial needs, self-management, pain management, and issues related to rehabilitation, emotional distress, tumour recurrence and metastatic disease.
Funding Information
- Available budget for this topic: EUR 1 800 000
- Proposals to be awarded under this topic: one proposal
- The duration of proposals should range between 12 and 36 months
Expected Results
- The co-creation, piloting, promotion, and use of the ‘Cancer Survivor Smart Card’ is expected to improve patient-centred communication between cancer survivors and health and social care providers, through the wide use of communication tools and the application of new approaches to communication to improve quality of life, promote healing and reduce suffering.
- This is likely to improve the quality of life of cancer patients, including that of children and young cancer survivors, through dissemination of best practices on issues such as psychological support, self-management, pain management and professional re-integration. The action will also facilitate the portability and the sharing of data from medical records.
- The action will ensure a shared and equal access to high-quality information and data, and best practices for cancer survivors across the Union. No country can reach the same results alone, in particular considering that survivorship is still an area that requires additional evidence-based information, and that a shared approach will ensure the improvement of the quality of life of cancer survivors.
Eligibility Criteria
In order to be eligible for funding, the applicants (beneficiaries and affiliated entities) must:
- be legal entities (public or private bodies) created under Union law or an international organisation, or
- be established in one of the eligible countries, i.e.:
- EU Member States (including overseas countries and territories linked to it (OCTs)
- eligible non-EU countries:
- EEA countries and countries associated to the EU4Health Programme (third countries, candidate countries and potential candidate countries, neighbourhood countries) or countries which are in ongoing negotiations for an association agreement and where the agreement enters into force before grant signature.
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