Cancer researchers can apply for free of charge access to advanced transnational services in CanSERV's 4th open call for service provision. This European wide research infrastructures offer a portfolio of services to address the needs of the entire oncological research pipeline.
As part of this European project, EMBRC provides 3 services focused on studying and manipulating marine organisms, contributing to anti-cancer scientific research.
| 28 November 2024 2pm CEST | Submission Deadline |
WHAT ARE THE RESEARCH AREAS OF THE CALL?
Your project should address one of the four strategic goals of the Cancer Mission:
- understanding of cancer
- prevention and early detection
- diagnosis and treatment
- quality of life for patients and their families
WHAT DOES THE CALL OFFER?
Your project should include at minimum 2 services from the canSERV catalogue. Training is considered as an additional service.
The call provides free of charge transnational access (TA) to 446 services across Europe, encompassing:
- disease models
- advanced cutting-edge imaging and structural biology technologies
- biomarkers research and development
- novel therapeutics developments
- complex clinical trial design and support
- personalised oncology implementation pipelines
- recommendations and regulatory support
- open digital research services
- access to human samples and data
- ethical, legal and socio-economic (ELSI) dimensions
- training
It includes 3 EMBRC's services:
| Provider | Country | Field | Services |
| Sorbonne Université - Institut de la mer de Villefranche | France | Disease Models | Phallusia transient transgenesis |
| Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn | Italy | Disease Models | Ascidian model organisms |
| Centro de Ciencias do Mar | Portugal | Open Digital Research Services | BioMedical Image Processing & Analysis |
WHO CAN APPLY?
Researchers based in European and non-European countries, including:
- junior and senior individual researchers
- academic institutes
- biotech/ pharmaceutical SMEs
- groups of scientists
- networks and consortia from public and private entities
WHAT IS TRANSNATIONAL ACCESS?
Transnational access (TA) provides free access to European research infrastructure services. It requires you to:
- utilise facilities in countries other than your home institution, unless you are requesting access to an ERIC installation, such as AnaEE-ERIC, EuroBioImaging-ERIC, EMBRC-ERIC, EU-Openscreen-ERIC, LifeWatch-ERIC, or MIRRI-ERIC.
- agree that data generated from the chosen services will comply with FAIR principles making it available to other researchers while allowing for IP protection (in line with the EU’s open science policy)
TA can be accessed through 2 means:
- On-site access
- Remote access
