Call Summary

EU4Health (EU4H) is the European Union's main funding instrument to strengthen health systems and improve public health across Member States. It aims to support disease prevention, health promotion, innovation, and the reduction of health inequalities, contributing to Europe's overall health resilience.

The call "Lifelong prevention for a healthy life with focus on cardiovascular diseases" seeks to foster lifelong prevention strategies to reduce the burden of non-communicable diseases (NCDs), with a particular focus on cardiovascular diseases and cancer.

Objective

To reduce risk factors and the incidence of NCDs across the lifespan, while supporting Member States in implementing sustainable public health interventions.

Scope

The call addresses:

• Lifelong prevention of NCDs (notably cardiovascular diseases and diabetes), targeting all age groups with special attention to children, adolescents, and vulnerable groups.

• Promotion of active and healthy ageing, empowering older generations.

• Reducing tobacco and nicotine use and exposure, especially among young people.

• Reducing harmful alcohol consumption, in particular among youth and vulnerable groups.

• Promoting healthy diets and physical activity.

• Mitigating the negative impact of excessive screen time and social media use on mental wellbeing, especially for children and young people.

Planned Activities

• Capacity-building for stakeholders to design and pilot innovative, community-level prevention and awareness actions.

• Improving health literacy, particularly among vulnerable groups.

• Development and piloting of tools and instruments for lifelong prevention of NCDs.

• Innovative approaches to reduce health risks linked to tobacco and alcohol, particularly among vulnerable populations.

• Community-level pilots tackling risk factors such as unhealthy diets and physical inactivity.

• Ambitious public health interventions on tobacco, alcohol, and second-hand exposure to smoke and emerging nicotine products.

Expected Impact

• Increased number of scalable public health interventions across Member States.

• Improved health promotion and prevention of NCDs, including cancer, and their risk factors.

• Strengthened capacity of EU countries to address the challenges of an ageing population through lifelong prevention.

Main Eligibility Criteria

1. Eligible countries / geographical coverage

   • EU Member States (including Overseas Countries and Territories).

   • Countries associated to the EU4Health Programme or other third countries explicitly listed in the work programme/rules for the call.

   • International organisations may also be eligible, depending on the specific call conditions.

2. Type of entities
   Eligible applicants include:

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   Public bodies (national, regional, local authorities).

   Research institutions and universities.

   Non-profit organisations (NGOs, civil society organisations).

   Private companies, including SMEs.

   Training and educational institutions.

   Other private or legal entities explicitly listed as eligible in the call text.

   <!-- data-end="1112"-->⚠️ Natural persons are not eligible, except self-employed individuals in cases where a legal entity is not required under national law.

3. Consortium requirements

   • Proposals must be submitted by a consortium of at least 5 different beneficiaries, established in at least 5 different eligible countries.

   • All entities (beneficiaries and affiliated entities) must be legal organisations (or exceptionally entities without legal personality, provided they can assume legal obligations and safeguard EU financial interests).

   • EU bodies cannot be part of the consortium, with the exception of the Joint Research Centre (JRC) where foreseen.

   • Entities subject to EU restrictive measures (sanctions) are not eligible as beneficiaries, affiliated entities, subcontractors, or recipients of financial support.

   • Organisations without legal personality may participate if their representatives can assume legal obligations on their behalf.

   • Proposals must comply with EU4Health funding rules, including co-funding rates (generally up to 60%).

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