The Transforming Health and Care Systems (THCS) Partnership is a multilateral strategic initiative under Horizon Europe, aimed at fostering the transition towards more sustainable, efficient, resilient, inclusive, innovative and high-quality people-centred health and care systems equally accessible to all.

Xjenza Malta together with other Research Funding Organisations from 20 countries, has launched the 3rd Joint Transnational Call to financially support R&I projects. Entities based in Malta are eligible to apply for up to € 500,000 in funding, enabling them to join a consortium and submit a proposal for this Call (N.B. if multiple national partners are included in a single consortium, the total funding for all Maltese participants combined cannot exceed the €500,000 cap).

This Call for proposals, entitled “Better care closer to home: Enhancing primary and community care”, aims to strengthen primary and community health and care systems and to provide policymakers and decision-makers with the necessary knowledge and tools to govern the transitions needed in the primary and community care sector.

Proposals are expected to address one of two sub-topics:

• Sub-topic 1: Strengthening the primary and community health and care system – This involves reducing reliance on institutionalized treatment in favour of seamless care pathways and different forms of primary and community care through organizational innovations, operational improvements, and innovative models of service delivery.
• Sub-topic 2: Systemic approaches to modernizing the primary and community care sector – This involves providing evidence-based knowledge to support policy development and strategic planning for the modernization of the primary and community care sector, leveraging multidisciplinary and transnational perspectives.

For further information on this year’s call, kindly refer to the Call Text, National Application Form, as well as the National Rules for participation for State Aid and Non-State Aid. Download the Annexes now. 

To apply, the below need to be submitted by the pre-proposal deadline:

• The project coordinator needs to submit the project pre-proposal on the THCS Electronic Submission Tool by the 30th of January 2025 at 14:00 CET.
• Each National applicant shall be required to submit a National Application Form to xjenzamalta@gov.mt by the 30th of January 2025 at 23:59 CET.

SAVE THE DATE

The THCS Joint Call Secretariat will be hosting an online information event on December 17, 2024, from 14:00 to 16:00 CET. Register for the info session.

For further information, please contact us on eusubmissions.xjenzamalta@gov.mt / +356 23602152

Visit THCS website.

Funded by the European Union Framework programme – Grant Agreement N. 101095654. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or European Health and Digital Executive Agency (HADEA). Neither the European Union nor the granting authority can be held responsible for them.

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