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Horizon Cancer Mission: Mental Health for Young Survivors

Funds a €7M platform giving adolescent and young adult cancer patients and survivors personalized digital tools for coping and psychological support.

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Young people with cancer carry a mental-health burden that's easy to overlook. When the EU Cancer Mission asked young survivors directly what they needed most, mental health came up again and again — especially support they could reach digitally, not just in a clinic, at every stage from diagnosis through the years after treatment ends.

This topic funds one €7M project to build that support: an o

Building and testing one online platform that addresses the mental-health needs of adolescent and young adult cancer patients and survivors — ages 15 to 39 at first diagnosis — across diagnosis, treatment and the years after. The platform has to be delivered as an integrated module of the European Cancer Patient Digital Centre (ECPDC) rather than a standalone product, work across mobile, tablet and web, support multiple languages, and combine personalized interactive support tools with tools for collecting and reporting patients' own mental-health data (PROMs and PREMs) in line with the European Health Data Space.

CycleiHow often this grant runs — e.g. annually, on a rolling basis, or a one-off call.Annual
Next deadlineiThe next date applications are due. Rolling means you can apply any time.15 Sept 2026
Decision timeiTypical time from the deadline to the funder's decision.22 weeks
Project durationiHow long the funded work is expected to run.
Award typeiThe form of funding — grant, equity, loan, tax credit, etc.Grant
Match fundingiThe share of project costs you must cover yourself. 0% = fully funded.30%
Funding pooliThe total budget available across all awards in this round.€7M

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Last verified: 25 Aug 2026Funder reference: HORIZON-MISS-2026-02-CANCER-05Source: ec.europa.eu