Supports projects that aim to build stronger, more resilient, and more accessible health systems across the EU. It reinforces crisis preparedness, supports long-term health priorities, and contributes to the European Health Union, including emerging challenges such as mental health, digital health, and medicine shortages
EU4Health was adopted as a direct response to the COVD-19 pandemic.
TRL level:
- Projects often focus on policy-related or system-level activities, not bound by TRL metrics.
Work programmes topics
- Crisis preparedness
- Health promotion & disease prevention
- Health systems & healthcare workforce
- Digital
Cancer is addressed as a transversal priority across all topics.
Project types
- Innovation
- Infrastructure development
- Research
- International collaboration and networking
Funding percentage:
- 60%
- In case of exceptional importance: 80%
