Guides and tips
Presentation of the Horizon 2026 "Earlier and more precise palliative care" call for projects
Webinar on February 26, 2026
This webinar aims to help researchers apply to the Horizon 2026 call for projects HORIZON-MISS-2026-02-CANCER-04, which is targeted at research projects in favor of early and better adapted palliative care.
Speaker: Vania ROSAS, coordinator National Contact Point (NCP) Health Cluster Horizon Europe, expert on the Horizon Europe program committee, DGRI, Ministry of Higher Education, Research and Space.
She gives a detailed presentation of the content of the HORIZON-MISS-2026-02-CANCER-04 call for projects, offering recommendations for researchers.
In this call, researchers are invited to develop integrated palliative care models from the moment of cancer diagnosis. The challenge is to build care systems capable of anticipating patients' preferences and needs thanks to artificial intelligence and digital tools. It also involves deploying remote monitoring solutions and strengthening homecare options. The aim is also to improve real-time communication between patients, families and caregivers.
Feedback is also provided by Guillaume ECONOMOS, coordinator of a winning project in the European Horizon Europe 2021 call for projects: Integrated short-term palliative rehabilitation to improve quality of life and equitable care access in incurable cancer - INSPIRE.
European Atlas of Palliative Care 2025
Webinar on December 18, 2025
A new European Atlas of Palliative Care was published in 2025. This report is published by the ATLANTES World Observatory of Palliative Care (University of Navarra) in collaboration with the European Association for Palliative Care (EAPC).
As part of its integration into the European association for palliative care (EAPC), the Platform has proposed a webinar presenting this Altas, the indicators used, with a focus on the French situation.
This webinar was organized in collaboration with the "Centre national soins palliatifs et fin de vie (CNSPFV)" and with the "Société Française d'accompagnement et de soins palliatifs (SFAP)".
Presentation of the French National Platform for End-of-Life Research
Webinar on January 29, 2026
The Platform team presents the tools and services available to researchers working in the end-of-life field.
The French National Platform for End-of-Life Research is a network whose aim is to structure, develop and promote research in the field of end-of-life and palliative care. In particular, it is developing a research observatory (directory of researchers, mapping of teams, directory of projects, directory of theses, panorama of research...) and animating the scientific community by organizing numerous events and disseminating scientific news throughout the network.
A successful abstract for the EAPC 2026 congress
Webinar on October 2, 2025
The world congress of the European association for palliative care (EAPC) is the benchmark event for palliative and end-of-life care. It brings together over 2,000 participants from nearly 80 different countries. The French National Platform for End-of-Life Research strongly encourages researchers in its network to take part. To help them, it has organized this webinar to learn more about the rigorous selection criteria of the call for papers, the pitfalls to avoid, and thus improve applications.
This information session is moderated by Adrien EVIN, co-chair of the French National Platform for End-of-Life Research.
Research programs on care and care provision
Webinar on October 17, 2025
Lionel DA CRUZ, head of the Research Organization and Funding Office at the Ministry of Health, Families, Autonomy and the Disabled, outlines the 2025-2026 campaign of calls for projects from the General Directorate for Healthcare Services and their thematic priorities.
Each research project has its own dedicated program, whether translational (PRT), clinical (PHRC), medico-economic (PRME), on the organization of care (PREPS) or nursing and paramedical (PHRIP).
The presentation of these five programs illustrates the logic of the continuum between knowledge production and improved care practices. It also gives future applicants tips on how to best prepare their applications and win these calls for projects.
Calls for projects funded by the Ministry of Health and Prevention
Webinar on September 18, 2023
The aim of this webinar was to make researchers in the end-of-life field more aware of these calls for projects funded by the Ministry of Health and Prevention and to encourage them to apply.
Presentation of the projects:
- PHRC: Programme hospitalier de recherche clinique
- PREPS: Programme de recherche sur la performance du système de soins
- PRME: Programme de recherche médico économique
- PHRIP: Programme hospitalier de recherche infirmière et paramédicale
Speaker: Albane MIRON DE l'ESPINAY, Deputy Head of the DGOS Innovation and Clinical Research Office, ministère de la Santé et de la Prévention
Download slideshow on DGOS funding programs
Feedback from a PHRC Cancer winning project
Presentation of PHRC-K PALLU 2021:
Prospective, multicenter, randomized comparative study of the efficacy of systematic referral of patients under palliative care management of patients during an unscheduled visit to a cancer center
Speakers: Gisèle CHVETZOFF and Julien GAUTIER, from the Centre Léon Bérard.
Fondation de France call for projects
Webinar on March 11, 2024
The "Relieving, caring, accompanying" call for projects is aimed at clinical, medical or paramedical teams wishing to conduct studies on their practices, and researchers from disciplines such as sociology, psychology, philosophy, anthropology, public health, epidemiology, health economics...
Feedback and presentation of results from an award-winning projectDISCUSS: Impact d'un protocole d'annonce des limitations et arrêts des thérapeutiques aux urgences sur le stress des familles.
Speaker: Marion DOUPLAT, Deputy Head of Department, Emergency Department, Hôpital Lyon Sud