Funding Opportunities
The European Partnership on Transforming Health and Care Systems (THCS) brings the opportunity to coordinate and optimize research and innovation efforts in Europe and its partner countries supporting the much-needed transformation of health and care systems.
Under this umbrella, the fourth Joint Transnational Call for proposals “Access to Care” aims to fund research and innovation projects that contribute to ensuring equitable access to and utilisation of health and care services. Through the funded research and innovation projects, policy and decision makers should gain the knowledge and tools necessary to implement the reallocation of resources as the health and care system undergoes a transition to meet new and ongoing challenges.
Projects funded under this call will build on existing evidence to deliver innovative solutions that enable key stakeholders to reduce inequalities in access to and utilisation of health and care services. Projects will address how to improve access to all levels of health and care through financial models, models for delivering health and care services and setting up of interdisciplinary integrated care programmes.
Timeline and Deadlines
21 November 2025 | Publication of the call |
10 December 2025, 14:00-16:00 CET | JTC 2026 Information Webinar |
2 February 2026, 14:00 CET | Deadline for submission of pre-proposal |
30 June 2026, 14:00 CEST | Deadline for submission of full-proposals |
September 2026 | Rebuttal phase – Evaluations are sent to applicants for rebuttal |
October 2026 | Final funding recommendation announced to applicants |
Early 2027 | Expected scientific start of funded projects |
Information and application
Joint proposals consist of two parts:
1) The pre-proposal form to present mainly the description of the planned work.
2) The electronic submission tool to provide particularly individual partner information and financial plans.
Call webinars and FAQ
An information webinar to introduce the JTC 2026 will be held on 10 December 2025, 14:00-15:30 CET.
REGISTRATION LINK.
Partners search
If you are interested in participating in the Call and you would like to search for potential partners, please find the dedicated Partner Search Tool. The partnering tool helps you to find cooperation possibilities and can be used in the following ways:
- Post a Partner Offer/Request
- Search List of Partner Offers/Requests posted by others
Further information:
In case you have questions about the national/regional eligibility criteria, please contact your national contact person.
Other questions can be send to: thcs@zonmw.nl