Open Call: Transnational Service Provision

What is Transnational Access (TNA)?

• Transnational Access allows researchers (users, applicants) free of charge to specific research services (equipment, expertise, resources) offered by the canSERV consortium members` research infrastructure facilities.
• Transnational access can be:
  • In person (physical access), with users visiting the research infrastructure facility/installation and receiving the service “hands-on”, including the advantage of direct collaboration.
  • Remotely (remote access), with research infrastructure resources and services offered online/remotely. This can span from just sending requested sample materials, to more comprehensive research tasks done by the research infrastructure staff on your behalf.
• canSERV services are free of charge only when you (or most of your research group) are based in a country other than where the services are rendered.

Funding Information

• The indicative overall budget for this call is EUR 1.500.000.

Benefits

• Free of charge access to canSERV service(s) (equipment, expertise, resources) offered by the canSERV consortium.
• Transnational services comprising the following fields:
  • Disease models
  • Advanced technologies for personalised oncology
  • Biomarkers research development and validation
  • New therapeutic solutions
  • Accelerated translation into personalised oncology clinical practice
  • Open digital research services
  • Access to human samples and data
  • Clinical trials and design
  • Ethical, legal and socio-economic dimensions
  • Training.

Eligible Projects

• Your research project:
  • Can vary from basic discovery science to translational science and translation into personalised oncology.
  • Is expected to address at least one of the four strategic goals of the Cancer Mission (understanding of cancer; prevention and early detection; diagnosis and treatment; quality of life for patients and their families).
  • Can benefit from requested services, taking into account that your requested services must be finalised by the end of May 2026. Please keep this in mind when filling out the application form, particularly when outlining your project timeline and the use of the requested services.

Eligibility Criteria

• Applications can be submitted by those individuals or organisations, who meet ALL the following criteria:
  • Researchers based in European and non-European countries, including junior and senior individual researchers, academic institutes, start-ups, micro-, small- and medium-sized biotech/pharmaceutical SMEs, groups of scientists, networks and consortia from public and private entities.
  • Applicants must be affiliated with an organisation in or outside the European Union.
  • This grant only supports TNA as described.

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