28-Feb-2023
Applications for innovative proposals to harness canSERV´s unified oncology services launches this week. A first of its kind, the largest European-wide consortium of research infrastructures is offering free-of-charge transnational access to cutting-edge services to develop breakthrough personalised cancer treatments.
The complexity of cancer requires a multidisciplinary treatment approach, integrating patient- and tumour-specific information at different levels. As part of Europe’s Cancer Mission and Beating Cancer Plan, the EU-funded canSERV project bundles the expertise from 13 European leading life science research infrastructures, ranging from cancer discovery to clinical practice. These services are made available through funded Transnational Access (TNA) calls, providing cancer researchers across Europe access to more than 400 customised world-class oncology services and state-of-the-art technologies, fostering personalised treatments for patients.
Prof. Jens K. Habermann, Director General of BBMRI-ERIC, that is coordinating canSERV, said: "These grants offer a unique chance for cross-domain, interdisciplinary, research proposals to accelerate personalised oncology practice.”
Instruct-ERIC offers several services for cancer research through structural biology - showcased through the recent R&D project on NK Cells.
For the very first call, canSERV has joined forces with the EU-funded projects EOSC4Cancer and UNCAN to accelerate knowledge in personalised oncology with focus on multi-level data-based treatment guidance linked to Molecular Tumour Boards.
Specifically, canSERV welcomes excellent research applications on the following challenges:
Cancer researchers from research institutes and SMEs all over the world may apply for a combination of free-of-charge research services including: i) Disease Models, ii) Advanced Technologies for Personalised Oncology, iii) Biomarker research, development, and validation, iv) New Therapeutic solutions, v) Accelerated Translation into Personalised Oncology Clinical Practice, vi) Open Digital Research Services and vii) Access to human samples and data.
Ideally, these services range across domains to facilitate a multi-modal data approach.
Launch of the first call is today, Tuesday, February 28, 2023.
Submit your research proposals by April 25, 2023, at 12.00 CEST.
Applications will be reviewed by an international, independent, expert review panel.
For more information about the Call for Service Provision and proposal submission, please visit the canSERV project website.
