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1 Healthy Lives & Healthy Food Sasha Hugentobler Health NCP Euresearch Head Office Gerhard Gass Bio NCP Euresearch Head Office

2 Healthy Lives & Healthy Food : Where to Find Topics?

3 Important to Know Impact: European Solutions for the European Society/European Consumers/Patients (1/3 evaluation criteria) Collaborative projects, min 3 partners from 3 countries in EU or AC SME/Industry participation wanted! How to find partners? Partnering events, Info days, area-specific partnering platforms Horizon 2020 is not fast money, not lean money, and its positive effect will be beyond the duration of the project. 3

4 Healthy Lives & Healthy Food : Where to Find Topics?

5 Personalised Health Innovative Technologies & their safety Healthy Lives & Healthy Food Environmental Effects on food & health Digital Transformation Global Health/infectious diseases & epidemics Cybersecurity

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7 Understanding diseases & disorders Personalised Health Prevention of diseases Improved diagnosis New therapies Personalised nutrition & medicine From bench to bed of patient

8 Personalised Health SC1-BHC : Understanding causative mechanisms in co- and multimorbidities Deadline: 2-stage - October 2018 (first stage) EU contribution: between 4-6 million EUR From bench to bed of patient Clinical research Improved prevention & diagnosis

9 Innovative Technologies & their safety Advanced therapies and their safety Efficacy and regulatory science of new technologies Regenerative medicine Safety testing of new technologies Including FET topics Including nano and safety

10 Innovative Technologies & their safety CE-BIOTEC New biotechnologies for environmental remediation Remediation of at least two toxic contaminants Proof of the feasibility of scaling up the technology for field testing Over standard physicochemical remediation approaches

11 Environmental Effect on food & health Wellbeing in urban areas Fossil free farming Cities: Food system approaches Disease threats driven by climate Mental health in the workplace Closing nutrient cycles Sustainability of livestock systems

12 Environmental Effect on food & health LC-SFS Alternative proteins for food and feed High quality proteins from terrestrial and/or aquatic origin, New market opportunities for novel products Future-proofed protein supply chains Trust and consumer acceptability for alternative proteins

13 Smart hospitals of the future Cybersecurity Digital security & privacy Safe, smart & healthy living at home Cybersecurity in hospitals and care centres Cyber threats to critical infrastructures in Europe

14 Cybersecurity SU-TDS : Toolkit for assessing and reducing cyber risks in hospitals and care centres to protect privacy/data/infrastructures * Increased patient trust & safety Deadline: April 2018 EU contribution: 3-5 million EUR Less risk of data privacy breaches caused by cyberattacks Improved security of Health & Care services, data & infrastructures

15 Infectious diseases Global Health/infectious diseases & epidemics Maternal & Child health Population & patient cohorts Global brain research Pandemic crises Food Systems and nutrition security in Africa

16 Global Health/infectious diseases & epidemics SC1-BHC : Stratified host-directed approaches to improve prevention, treatment and/or cure of infectious diseases Deadline: 2-stage October 2018 (first stage), April 2019 (2nd stage) EU contribution: 6-10 million EUR Increased Europe's capacity to control infectious diseases New product development with potentially more effective, targeted treatments OR preventive measures Uptake into clinical practice

17 Digital Transformation ehealth Open service platforms for the active and ageing Digital transformation for the ageing Digital health and care services Food cloud demonstrators Sustainability of livestock systems

18 Digital Transformation DT-SFS Food Cloud demonstrators In the short term (by 2025), improved data management tools, A proven governance and business model for the Food Cloud Data management skills, awareness of the benefits of open research Increased data sharing and re-use among FNS researchers.

19 Personalised Health Innovative Technologies & their safety Healthy Lives & Healthy Food Environmental Effects on food & health Digital Transformation Global Health/infectious diseases & epidemics Cybersecurity

20 Network Euresearch

21 National Contact Points (NCP) Nominated by their governments Mandated to: 1. Provide specialist advice on research funding opportunities in a specific programme in Horizon Ensure that the programme is readily accessible to all potential applicants. 3. Participate regularly at trainings/workshops organised by the EC for NCPs 4. Organise the partnering events for the EC

22 National Contact Point Services Call Info Events Applicant trainings Topic preview Templates: idea check, proposal submission checklist, clinical trial template tips, etc Proposal & Consortium Advice Proposal Review Contact us: OR

23 What is the next step?

24 What is the next step? Check on & subscribe to e-alerts: Found a topic? Download Work Programme, read full text; Read the Impact section: How to address every aspect? Contact us if you wish to know more or get an idea check! Start building a consortium

25 What is the next step? Food Agriculture Infoweek, Brussels November societal-challenge-2-infoweek-including-high-level-policy-events Open Health Info Day Brussels December 2017 Official launch of the Health Work Programme Health Brokerage event Brussels organized by HNN2.0-7 December 2017 Partnering, creating consortia - Health Applicant training by Euresearch in Zürich on 14 December

26 Sasha Hugentobler National Contact Point (NCP) Health Agnes Szeberenyi Scientific Collaborator Health Gerhard Gass BIO NCP Euresearch Head Office

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