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We foster scientific and technical coordination of EU activities on cancer, while expanding the EU’s capacities and systems for prevention, early detection, treatment and care.

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Recent EC funded projects that started between 1.2. - 8.4.2024
Cancer
ProjectAcronymStart dateEnd dateCoordinatorFundingURL
Comprehensive Platform for the Functional Characterization of Cancer Epigenetics and DiagnosisEpiCancer01/02/202431/01/2029WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE (IL)HORIZON-ERCwebsite
Decrypting neuro-cancer crosstalk in pediatric cancers of the peripheral nervous systemCANEUTREAT01/02/202431/01/2029CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE CNRS (FR)HORIZON-ERCwebsite
Development of a high-throughput microplate based device to analyse the patient derived tumour microenvironment3DTUMOUR01/02/202431/07/2025ASOCIACION CENTRO DE INVESTIGACION COOPERATIVA EN BIOMATERIALES- CIC biomaGUNE (ES)HORIZON-ERC-POC3DTUMOUR 
A novel immuno-oncolytic virus-based dendritic cell therapeutic cancer vaccineDCanVAX01/02/202431/07/2025KLINIKUM RECHTS DER ISAR DER TECHNISCHEN UNIVERSITAT MUNCHEN (DE)HORIZON-ERC-POCwebsite
Bottom-up manufacturing of artificial anti-tumor T cellsArTCell01/02/202431/01/2029ACADEMISCH ZIEKENHUIS GRONINGEN (NL)HORIZON-EICwebsite
Preventing Therapy Resistance in Esophageal Cancer Using Advanced Models and Molecular SignaturesPRESSURE01/02/202431/01/2028STICHTING INTEGRAAL KANKERCENTRUM NEDERLAND (NL)HORIZON-TMA-MSCA-DNwebsite
Targeting eicosanoid metabolism to overcome tumor immunosuppressionEicoMet01/02/202431/07/2025VIB VZW (BE)HORIZON-ERC-POCwebsite
Development of innovative proton and neutron therapies with high cancer specificity by 'hijacking' the intracellular chemistry of haem biosynthesis.NuCapCure01/02/202431/07/2028CENTRUM VYZKUMU REZ SRO (CZ)HORIZON-EICwebsite
Mutational processes and impact of structural variants in somatic cellsSTRUCTOMATIC01/02/202431/01/2029KOBENHAVNS UNIVERSITET (DK)HORIZON-ERCwebsite
Piloting European Action on Cancer Health Determinants:

Integrated cancer prevention through lifestyle risk factors - Adapting and operationalising the BRIEF approach		PEACHD01/02/202431/01/2027FUNDACIO DE RECERCA CLINIC BARCELONA-INSTITUT D INVESTIGACIONS BIOMEDIQUES AUGUST PI I SUNYER (ES)EU4H Project Grantswebsite
Diagnostics for cancer and cardiovascular diseases based on diet-derived sugarsSugarBiomarker01/02/202431/07/2025TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY (IL)HORIZON-ERC-POCwebsite
Pulmonary delivery of anticancer drug via an inhaled responsive nanogel with stealth ability and high targetabilityPuDeRegels01/02/202431/01/2026ETHNIKO IDRYMA EREVNON (EL)HORIZON-AG-UNwebsite
Deep mutational scanning of target protein resistance to molecular gluesDeepGlue01/02/202431/01/2026FUNDACIO CENTRE DE REGULACIO GENOMICA (ES)HORIZON-TMA-MSCA-PF-EFwebsite
Real-time inversion using self-explainable deep learning driven by expert knowledgeIN-DEEP01/02/202431/01/2028ECOLE NATIONALE SUPERIEURE D'ARTS ET METIERS (FR)HORIZON-TMA-MSCA-DNwebsite
Novel Magnesium alloy for bone tissue engineering manufactured by selective laser meltingMACS01/02/202431/01/2026FUNDACION IMDEA MATERIALES (ES)HORIZON-TMA-MSCA-PF-EFwebsite
Multilevel inflammatory regulation in cardiometabolic diseaseMIRACLE01/02/202431/01/2028IBM RESEARCH GMBH (CH)HORIZON-TMA-MSCA-DNwebsite
Towards the next generatiOn of excellent yoUng doctoral researchers on mental health by developing an intersectoral & transdisciplinary approaCHTOUCH01/02/202431/01/2029UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE EDUCACION A DISTANCIA (ES)HORIZON-TMA-MSCA-Cofund-Dwebsite
Heterojunctions of Topological Insulator and Metal organic frameworks for THz detection applicationsTI-MOF-TERA12/02/202411/02/2026FYZIKALNI USTAV AV CR V.V.I (CZ)HORIZON-TMA-MSCA-PF-EFwebsite
Bone Marrow-on-Chip as smart sensor of lung cancer relapseBuonMarrow01/03/202428/02/2027LUNDS UNIVERSITET (SE)HORIZON-EICwebsite
Co-option of host circadian rhythms in cancerINN-TIME01/03/202428/02/2029FUNDACION SECTOR PUBLICO ESTATAL CENTRO NACIONAL INVESTIGACIONES ONCOLOGICAS CARLOS III (ES)HORIZON-ERCwebsite
An Atlas of Organisation of Lipids in Extracellular Vesicles To Navigate Their Roles in Cancer MetastasisCanExCell01/03/202428/02/2029CHALMERS TEKNISKA HOGSKOLA AB (SE)HORIZON-ERCwebsite
Elucidating the Spatial and Temporal Dynamics of Acute Myeloid Leukemia Progression Using Functional Omics and High-Throughput In Vivo ScreeningDynAML01/03/202428/02/2029INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA SANTE ET DE LA RECHERCHE MEDICALE (FR)HORIZON-ERCwebsite
MINIMAL SAPONIN-BASED ADJUVANT VACCINE PLATFORMADJU-PLATFORM01/03/202431/08/2025ASOCIACION CENTRO DE INVESTIGACION COOPERATIVA EN BIOCIENCIAS (ES)HORIZON-ERC-POCwebsite
Impact of BRCA2 deficiency one the DNA damage response and Immunogenicity of Prostate cancer after   Radioligand therapyBRCA-RLT01/03/202428/02/2026ERASMUS UNIVERSITAIR MEDISCH CENTRUM ROTTERDAM (NL)HORIZON-TMA-MSCA-PF-EFwebsite
NEXT GENERATION IMAGING FOR REAL-TIME DOSE VERIFICATION ENABLING ADAPTIVE PROTON THERAPYNOVO01/03/202429/02/2028THE UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER (UK)HORIZON-EICwebsite
Multi-scale and Multi-physics Modelling of Soft TissuesMULTI-SOFT01/03/202428/02/2026TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITAET GRAZ (AT)HORIZON-TMA-MSCA-PF-EFwebsite
A Biomarker-Based Platform for Early Diagnosis of Chronic Liver Disease to Enable Personalized TherapyLIVERAIM01/03/202428/02/2030REGION SYDDANMARK (DK)HORIZON-JU-RIAwebsite
Deciphering and exploiting ferroptosis regulatory mechanism in cancerDeciFERR01/03/202428/02/2029JULIUS-MAXIMILIANS-UNIVERSITAT WURZBURG (DE)HORIZON-ERCwebsite
Intelligent Robotic Endoscopes for Improved Healthcare ServicesIRE01/03/202429/02/2028INSTITUT NATIONAL DE RECHERCHE EN INFORMATIQUE ET AUTOMATIQUE (FR)HORIZON-RIAwebsite
European Network on the Supramolecular Chemistry of CarbohydratesENSCC01/03/202429/02/2028LUDWIG-MAXIMILIANS-UNIVERSITAET MUENCHEN (DE)HORIZON-TMA-MSCA-DNwebsite
Understanding and harnessing natural variation in adaptabilityNAT-ADAPT01/03/202428/02/2026CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE CNRS (FR)HORIZON-TMA-MSCA-PF-EFwebsite
Metabolic regulation of cell cleavages in early embryogenesisMetEmbryoniC01/03/202428/02/2026INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AUSTRIA (AT)HORIZON-TMA-MSCA-PF-EFwebsite
NTase Products and Cyclic Nucleotide SignallingNTasePro01/03/202428/02/2029TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITAET MUENCHEN (DE)HORIZON-ERCwebsite
Acoustic and mechanical metamaterials for biomedical and energy harvesting applicationsMetacMed01/03/202429/02/2028Sofia Maria Facal Belli (ES)HORIZON-TMA-MSCA-DNwebsite
Giant-leaps during tumorigenesis: Dissecting saltatory evolution in cancer ‘in the making’SEE-MAGIC01/04/202431/03/2029EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY (DE)HORIZON-ERCwebsite
Single-cell and live-imaging approaches to study Intra-tumor Heterogeneity and Population Dynamics in Colorectal cancer organoidsPOPYNA01/04/202431/03/2026UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI TORINO (IT)HORIZON-TMA-MSCA-PF-EFwebsite
Transformative Pediatric Brain Cancer Imaging using Integrated Biophysics-AI Molecular MRIBabyMagnet01/04/202431/03/2029TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY (IL)HORIZON-ERCwebsite
Engineering lipid nanoparticles to target and escape the endosome, deliver their cargo and perform better as breast cancer therapiesMaxFUSE LNPS01/04/202431/03/2029KUNGLIGA TEKNISKA HOEGSKOLAN (SE)HORIZON-ERCwebsite
A minimally Invasive surgical platform aGainst paNcreatIc and biliary Tract cancErs using cold atmospheric PLASMAIgnitePLASMA01/04/202431/03/2028OGKOLOGIKO KENTRO TRAPEZAS KYPROU (CY)HORIZON-EICwebsite
Investigate the mode of action ofInvestigate the mode of action of beta-carboline derivative Harmine on increasing MHC-I expression and potentiating the Immune Checkpoint Blockade cancer immunotherapyINCEPTOR01/04/202431/03/2026LUXEMBOURG INSTITUTE OF HEALTH (LU)HORIZON-TMA-MSCA-PF-EFwebsite
Self-Monitoring of Prostate cancer by Automated hybrid Recognition of Exosomal miRNA: toward personalized analytical ToolSMART01/04/202431/03/2026UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI NAPOLI FEDERICO II (IT)HORIZON-TMA-MSCA-PF-EFwebsite
Glycan-coated Protein(oid) Nanocarriers for the Delivery and Controlled Release  of Anticancer AgentsPRONACORE01/04/202431/03/2026TERMESZETTUDOMANYI KUTATOKOZPONT (HU)HORIZON-TMA-MSCA-PF-EFwebsite
K-edge imaging for cOLOR Spectral Photon-Counting Computed Tomography in lung diseases IMAGINGKOLOR SPCCT IMAGING01/04/202431/03/2029UNIVERSITE LYON 1 CLAUDE BERNARD (FR)HORIZON-ERCwebsite
Hybrid detectors for medical radiation therapiesIDEATE01/04/202431/03/2027TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK (US)HORIZON-TMA-MSCA-PF-GFwebsite
Uncovering the cell of origin of Group 4 MedulloblastomaORIGIN4MB01/04/202431/03/2026FUNDACAO D. ANNA DE SOMMER CHAMPALIMAUD E DR. CARLOS MONTEZ CHAMPALIMAUD (PT)HORIZON-TMA-MSCA-PF-EFwebsite
Residual disease assessment in hematologic malignancies to improve patient-relevant outcomes across Europe (RESOLVE)RESOLVE01/04/202431/03/2029UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI ROMA TOR VERGATA (IT)HORIZON-RIAwebsite
Deciphering the role of surface mechanics during cell divisionMitoMeChAnics01/04/202431/03/2029EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY (DE)HORIZON-ERCwebsite
At-home, Maximised Potential DNA/RNA Detecting DeviceAMPD08/04/202407/04/2026UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI NAPOLI FEDERICO II (IT)HORIZON-TMA-MSCA-PF-EFwebsite