Cluster 1: Health
Research and innovation to develop science and technologies that address the challenges of health and healthcare and improve well-being.
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Summary
The aims of Cluster 1 include improving and protecting the health and well-being of citizens of all ages by generating new knowledge, developing innovative solutions to prevent, diagnose, monitor, treat and cure diseases, developing new health technologies, and protecting populations and promoting good health and well-being in general and at work.
This cluster also aims to make public health systems more cost-effective, equitable and sustainable, prevent and tackle poverty-related diseases and support and enable patients' participation and self-management.
Activities in this cluster focus on:
- prevention, diagnosis and treatment of diseases such as cancer, cardiovascular and neurodegenerative diseases
- development of new health technologies, such as medical devices, drugs, and diagnostic tools to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of healthcare
- health systems and policies, including ways to improve these through better organisation, financing, and regulation of healthcare
- social determinants of health, such as poverty, inequality and discrimination, and how to address these to improve the health of all citizens.
Finding calls under Cluster 1
The full details of Cluster 1 – Health, including the current Work Programme, are available from the Cluster 1 homepage.
Cluster 1 homepage(external link) — European Commission
You can also browse the Cluster 1 topics, with text search and filtering, through the Funding and Tenders Portal.
Funding and Tenders Portal(external link) — European Commission
December 2024 Update on Horizon Europe Partnerships
New Zealand was invited by the European Union to consider joining the new partnerships being established under the 2nd Strategic Plan of Horizon Europe. The Government has elected to join two new co-fund partnerships:
- Brain Health
New Zealand leads: Professor Louise Parr-Brownlie, Departmental Science Advisor, MBIE and Dr Justin Dean, University of Auckland - BE READY NOW: pandemic preparedness
New Zealand leads: Alex Semprini and Marina Dzhelali, Medical Research Institute of New Zealand (MRINZ)
These partnerships are being designed through a process of negotiation between the partners (generally research funding agencies and other public authorities of EU member states and Associated Countries) and the European Commission. The outcome of these negotiations will determine the work programme and activities for the partnership, how the funding is allocated, and what opportunities there are for New Zealanders to get involved.
We will provide further updates as more information becomes available. You can sign up for Horizon Europe updates here. If you have any questions or want to get in touch with the New Zealand leads you can email nzncp@mbie.govt.nz.
National Contact Points (NCPs)
You can reach out to any of the following National Contact Points for help with Cluster 1.
Prof. Rachael Taylor – NCP for Cluster 1 (Health)
- Director, Edgar Diabetes and Obesity Research Centre and Head of Department (Medicine), University of Otago
- Dunedin, New Zealand
- Email: Cluster1NCP@mbie.govt.nz
Andrew Sporle – Māori NCP
- Managing Director, iNZight Analytics; Deputy Director, Healthier Lives National Science Challenge; Associate Professor (Honorary) of Statistics, University of Auckland
- Auckland, New Zealand
- Email: MaoriNCP@mbie.govt.nz
Rosalynd (Rosie) Boxall – NCP Legal and Finance
- Researcher Manager International, University of Auckland
- Auckland, New Zealand
- Email: rosalynd.boxall@mbie.govt.nz
Mary Mulholland – NCP
- Science and Innovation Counsellor, Europe, New Zealand Mission to the European Union
- Brussels, Belgium
- Auckland, New Zealand
- Email: nzncp@mbie.govt.nz