EU Cancer Mission • Understanding Cluster
A Federated European Cancer Research Data Ecosystem
- Federated data infrastructure
- Secure cross-border research access
- Aligned with the EU Mission on Cancer
UNCAN-Connect is a Horizon Europe project under the EU Mission on Cancer, building a federated infrastructure that enables secure, cross-border cancer research using distributed data.
UNCAN-Connect is a Horizon Europe project under the EU Mission on Cancer, building a federated infrastructure that enables secure, cross-border cancer research using distributed data.
Core Strategy
Use cases across six cancer types
Integrating pan-European data to solve specific challenges in high-burden and rare cancers.
The EU Mission On Cancer
Bridging the Gap in European Cancer Research
UNCAN-Connect is a flagship initiative under the EU Mission on Cancer, designed to address fragmentation in cancer research data across Europe. By establishing a federated data ecosystem, the project enables secure cross-border access to distributed datasets, supporting collaboration among researchers and infrastructures and accelerating high-quality, data-driven cancer research.
Project Duration
60 Months
Total Budget
€ 30 Million
Consortium
53 Partners
The Network
Key Objectives
UNCAN-Connect aims to strengthen European cancer research by enabling secure cross-border data use, validating it through real clinical use cases, and translating results into sustainable, policy-relevant outcomes.
Federated Data Sovereignty
Cancer data remains under local control while becoming securely discoverable for European research through a decentralized network with strict governance rules.
Technical Interoperability
We build seamless connections between diverse datasets and tools, allowing the UNCAN.eu platform to harmonize data access and analysis across all member nodes.
Trust, Ethics & Compliance
Privacy-by-design is at our core. We ensure full GDPR compliance and alignment with the European Health Data Space to protect patients, providers, and researchers.
Sustainable Impact & Uptake
We translate scientific results into scalable guidelines and policy recommendations, ensuring the long-term growth and sustainability of the European cancer research ecosystem.
Global Outcomes
Measurable
Project Impact
UNCAN-Connect delivers concrete, infrastructure-level impact by enabling secure, federated access to cancer research data across Europe. The project strengthens the foundations for cross-border collaboration, interoperability, and reuse of data in line with the EU Mission on Cancer.
Infrastructure
Federated Data Ecosystem
Establishing a secure, federated framework that enables cross-border discovery and analysis of cancer data while ensuring that sensitive patient data remain under national control and compliant with ethical and legal requirements.
Validation
Enabling Research Through Federated Data Collaboration
Supporting cancer research use cases by providing access to distributed datasets and analytical tools, illustrating how cross-border data collaboration can generate evidence while keeping data secure.
Policy & Coordination
Evidence for Scalable Collaboration
Generating practical evidence, best practices, and technical insights to inform future EU-level initiatives on cancer data sharing, interoperability, and federated research infrastructures under the EU Mission on Cancer.
Our Collaborative Network
The UNCAN-Connect Partners
From leading university hospitals to cutting-edge AI laboratories, our partners provide the multi-disciplinary expertise required to transform the future of oncology.
Horizon Europe Initiative
United in the EU Mission on Cancer
UNCAN-Connect contributes to the objectives of the EU Mission on Cancer by strengthening the technological foundations for secure, cross-border cancer data sharing. By supporting harmonised approaches to data access and interoperability, the project works alongside other Mission initiatives to enable long-term improvements in cancer research and innovation across Europe.
Target Impact
3 Million Lives
Time Horizon
Vision 2030
Scope
Pan-European
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Mar 2026
UNCAN-Connect, CANDLE, and EU-CiP host the second Cancer Persona Webinar
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Feb 2026
A Unified Vision for European Cancer Data
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Jan 2026
UNCAN-Connect First Press Release
New Horizon Europe (HORIZON) project UNCAN-Connect Decentralized Collaborative Network for Advancing Cancer Research and…
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