2025 Horizon Europe calls to support the EU Mission on Cancer

HaDEA has published the Horizon Europe call for proposals HORIZON-MISS-2025-CANCER-02 on cancer research to support the EU Mission on Cancer.

The six topics under the call are numbered from 02-01 to 02-06:

• HORIZON-MISS-2025-CANCER-02-01: Sustained collaboration of national and regional cancer funders to support the Cancer Mission through translational research
• HORIZON-MISS-2025-CANCER-02-02: Understanding the effects of environmental exposure on the risk of paediatric, adolescent and young adult cancers
• HORIZON-MISS-2025-CANCER-02-03: Innovative surgery as the cornerstone of affordable multi-modal therapeutic interventions benefitting cancer patients with locally advanced or metastatic disease
• HORIZON-MISS-2025-CANCER-02-04: Investigator-initiated multinational early-stage innovative clinical trials for paediatric cancer
• HORIZON-MISS-2025-CANCER-02-05: Pragmatic clinical trials to enhance the quality of life of older cancer patients (65 years and older) through nutrition
• HORIZON-MISS-2025-CANCER-02-06: Support to the network of National Cancer Mission Hubs (NCMHs)

The deadline for all six topics is 16 September 2025, 17:00 (CEST).

The info days for the EU Missions will take place on 22-23 May. The session dedicated to the Cancer Mission will take place on 23 May, from 9:30 to 11:30 CEST. You can join the livestream on the programme page.

BACKGROUND

Horizon Europe is the research and innovation programme of the EU for the period 2021-2027.

The goal of the EU Mission on Cancer is to improve the lives of more than 3 million people by 2030, through prevention, cure and for those affected by cancer including their families, to live longer and better.