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European project UNCAN CONNECT: Decentralized Collaborative Network for Advancing Cancer Research and Innovation
Project coordinator: TARTU ULIKOOL
Coordinator for NIB: dr. Barbara Breznik, dr. Metka Novak
Code: HORIZON.2.1 – Health, HORIZON Research and Innovation Actions
Duration: 1 September 2025 – 31 August 2030
UNCAN-Connect is a Horizon Europe project, founded by the European Union’s Horizon Europe Programme for Research and Innovation actions supporting the implementation of the Mission on Cancer (2021-2027), bringing together 53 organizations from 19 countries with one shared mission: to revolutionize cancer research and innovation through a decentralized collaborative network.
The project will run for 60 months, starting on September 1, 2025, and ending in August 2030, with a total budget of nearly €30 million (€29,935,701.50). Coordinated by the University of Tartu (Tartu Ülikool) in Estonia, UNCAN-Connect brings together a strong multidisciplinary consortium across Europe and internationally. The project aims to develop a decentralized collaborative network to advance cancer research and innovation, enabling secure, interoperable, and ethical access to cancer-related health data across the European Union.
The project will operationalise a collaborative framework that addresses both technical and governance components. It will facilitate seamless access to cancer data, promote open science, and revolutionize cancer research and treatment by co-developing an open-source platform - “UNCAN.eu”. The platform will be tested through specific use cases focused on six major cancer types, including paediatric, lymphoid, pancreatic, ovarian, lung, and prostate cancer.
The UNCAN-Connect Consortium, joined by the European Research Infrastructure BBMRI-ERIC, will also collaborate with initiatives such as EOSC4Cancer, CanSERV, and EUCANImage to ensure efficient data sharing, integration, and reusability across Member States. Ultimately, UNCAN-Connect aims to foster interoperability and accelerate scientific progress by supporting open science and strengthening collaboration among researchers, SMEs, patient representatives, public institutions, and citizens - thereby contributing to the EU Cancer Mission’s goal of improving cancer outcomes for all.Fast links
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