The European partnership Transforming Health and Care Systems (THCS) has now opened its third transnational call “Better care closer to home: Enhancing primary and community care”. Forte will support this call with approximately 15 million SEK, during the years 2025–2027. In this call applicants have to submit a pre-proposal to THCS no later than 30 January 2025.
THCS has been established as a European Joint Program partnership co-funded from the European Commission. The aim of THCS is to coordinate and optimize research and innovation efforts in Europe and its partners countries supporting health and care systems transformation. As a Swedish partner, Forte has a special responsibility to coordinate and help develop the partnership program.
Objectives of the call
The aim of this call is to fund research and innovation projects that strengthen primary and community health and care systems and provide policy and decision makers with the necessary knowledge and tools to govern the transitions needed in the primary and community care sector. Projects funded in this call should contribute with financial, organisational, and practice-based service innovations that promote the transformation of health and care systems and contribute to faster exchange of best practices across different countries and regions.
About the grant
In this call it is possible to apply for projects with a minimum of one year, and a maximum of three years duration. Each consortium must include a minimum of three eligible partners.
For more information about the conditions for participation, the call’s objectives and submission of proposals, please see THCS’s website »
If you want to know more on this third THCS call, please do attend the information webinar for applicants on 17 December 2024, 14:00-16:00 CET.
Preliminary timetable
- The call opens: 26 November 2024
- Information meeting: 17 December, 14.00-16.00
- Deadline for submission of pre-proposal: 30 Januari 2025
- Deadline for submission of full-proposal: 19 June 2025
- The call opens for registration in Prisma: TBD
- Deadline for registration of full proposal in Prisma: TBD
- Final funding recommendation announced to applicants: October 2025
- Project start: Early 2026
More information
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Application
Proposals should be submitted through THCS online submission platform. Further details of the research topics and how to apply can be found in the call text on the THCS website.
A pre-proposal must have been submitted via the portal no later than January 30 2025, 2:00 p.m. If your pre-proposal is accepted, you must submit a complete full-proposal no later than June 19, 2:00 p.m.
After the proposal has been submitted to THCS, the same application must also be submitted to Forte in Prisma. Instructions for the Prisma application form will be published on this page as the application in Prisma opens.
