The UNCAN-Connect project officially launched, marking the start of a five-year initiative to transform how cancer research is conducted across Europe. Funded by the Horizon Europe Research and Innovation programme, the €29.9 million project brings together 53 partner organizations from 19 countries to co-develop UNCAN.eu, a decentralized collaborative platform enabling secure, ethical, and interoperable access to cancer data. UNCAN-Connect will validate its platform through use cases targeting six cancer types – paediatric, lymphoid, pancreatic, ovarian, lung, and prostate cancer, and will promote open access to cancer data while respecting patients’ rights and privacy.
Key facts about UNCAN-Connect
UNCAN-Connect is funded under the HORIZON-MISS-2024-CANCER-01 Call of Horizon Europe.
List of UNCAN-Connect Participants:
| No. | Name | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tartu Ulikool | Estonia |
| 2 | Tallinna Tehnikaülikool | Estonia |
| 3 | Nec Laboratories Europe Gmbh | Germany |
| 4 | Linac-Pet Scan Opco Limited | Cyprus |
| 5 | Alia Sante | France |
| 6 | Chino Srl | Italy |
| 7 | Srdc Yazilim Arastirma Ve Gelistirme Ve Danismanlik Ticaret Anonim Sirketi | Turkey |
| 8 | Universidad Del Pais Vasco/ Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea | Spain |
| 9 | Artificial Intelligence Expert Srl | Romania |
| 10 | Instituto Pedro Nunes Associacao Para A Inovacao E Desenvolvimento Em Ciencia E Tecnologia | Portugal |
| 11 | Universitatsklinikum Heidelberg | Germany |
| 12 | Kobenhavns Universitet | Denmark |
| 13 | Fundacio Privada Per A La Recerca I La Docencia Sant Joan De Deu | Spain |
| 14 | Hospital Sant Joan de Déu | Spain |
| 15 | Ivano-Frankivsk National Medical University | Ukraine |
| 16 | Hus-Yhtyma | Finland |
| 17 | Karlsruher Institut Fuer Technologie | Germany |
| 18 | Umit Tirol – Private Universitat Fur Gesundheitswissenschaften Und Technologie Gmbh | Austria |
| 19 | Universidade De Coimbra | Portugal |
| 20 | Echr Drustvo S Ogranicenom Odgovornoscu Za Usluge (Nethub) | Croatia |
| 21 | Athina-Erevnitiko Kentro Kainotomias Stis Technologies Tis Pliroforias, Ton Epikoinonion Kai Tis Gnosis | Greece |
| 22 | Nacionalni Institut Za Biologijo National Institute Of Biology | Slovenia |
| 23 | Grupo Oncologico Para El Tratamiento De Las Enfermedades Linfoides – Gotel | Spain |
| 24 | Fundacio Eurecat | Spain |
| 25 | Sciensano | Belgium |
| 26 | Servicio Madrileno De Salud | Spain |
| 27 | Fundación para la Investigación Biomédica del Hospital Universitario Puerta de Hierro Majadahonda | Spain |
| 28 | Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum Heidelberg | Germany |
| 29 | Epiteliki Domi Espa Ypourgeiou Ygeias | Greece |
| 30 | Tampereen Korkeakoulusaatio Sr | Finland |
| 31 | Biobanks And Biomolecular Resources Research Infrastructure Consortium | Austria |
| 32 | Universitatsklinikum Schleswig-Holstein | Germany |
| 33 | Universität zu Lübeck | Germany |
| 34 | Region Hovedstaden | Denmark |
| 35 | Enosi Asthenon Elladas | Greece |
| 36 | Geniko Antikarkiniko Ogkologiko Nosokomeio Athinon O Agios Savvas | Greece |
| 37 | Universiteit Leiden | Netherlands |
| 38 | Tervise Arengu Instituut | Estonia |
| 39 | Stichting Egi | Netherlands |
| 40 | Solita Oy | Finland |
| 41 | Fundacio Institut D’investigació I Innovació Parc Tauli | Spain |
| 42 | Corporació Sanitària Parc Taulí de Sabadell | Spain |
| 43 | Academisch Ziekenhuis Groningen | Netherlands |
| 44 | Holos Soluções Avançadas Em Tecnologias De Informação, S.A | Portugal |
| 45 | Istituto Europeo Di Oncologia Srl | Italy |
| 46 | Unidade Local De Saude De Coimbra Epe | Portugal |
| 47 | Akademia Gorniczo-Hutnicza Im. Stanislawa Staszica W Krakowie | Poland |
| 48 | Fundacio Hospital Universitari Vall D’hebron – Institut De Recerca | Spain |
| 49 | Masarykova Univerzita | Czechia |
| 50 | Åbo Akademi | Finland |
| 51 | Sib Swiss Institute Of Bioinformatics | Switzerland |
| 52 | Csem Centre Suisse D’electronique Et De Microtechnique Sa – Recherche Et Developpement | Switzerland |
| 53 | Insel Gruppe Ag | Switzerland |
Acknowledgement
This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon Europe research and innovation programme under grant agreement No. 101104349.
For more information, please contact:
| Kadi-Liis Veiman Project Coordinator UTARTU – University of Tartu Ülikooli 18, 50090, Tartu, Estonia Email: kadi-liis.veiman@ut.ee Website: www.ut.ee/en, www.estcan.ee | Nikolina Renić Dissemination, Communication and Exploitation NETHUB – NetHub Accelerator Poljička cesta 71, 21000, Split, Croatia Email: nikolina.renic@nethub.hr Website: www.nethub.hr |
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