THCS Joint Transnational Call 2026: “Access to Care” is NOW OPEN!

The European Partnership in Transforming Health and Care Systems (THCS) has launched its Fourth Joint Transnational Call. Xjenza Malta has allocated a national budget of €500,000 for Maltese stakeholders to collaborate with international partners to enhance their R&I capabilities towards more sustainable, resilient, innovative, and high-quality people-centred health and care systems.

This Joint Call 2026 aims to fund research and innovation projects that contribute to ensuring equitable access to and utilisation of health and care services. Through the funded research and innovation projects, policy and decision makers should gain the knowledge and tools necessary to implement the reallocation of resources as the health and care system undergoes a transition to meet new and ongoing challenges.

Projects funded under this call will build on existing evidence to deliver innovative solutions that enable key stakeholders to reduce inequalities in access to and utilisation of health and care services. Projects will address how to improve access to all levels of health and care through financial models, models for delivering health and care services and setting up of interdisciplinary integrated care programmes.

Xjenza Malta will be holding an online Info Session on 12 December 2025, 11:00 CET: Register now!

Dates to note:

• THCS Secretariat JTC 2026 Information Webinar – 10 December 2025, 14:00 – 16:00 CET: Register online

Deadline for submission of pre-proposal – 2 February 2026, 14:00 CET by the Project Coordinator via THCS Electronic Submission Tool

• Deadline for National Application Form and relevant Annexes – 2 February 2026, 23:59 CET via email

We encourage all interested stakeholders to review the call text and national rules when joining this opportunity to advance equitable health and care systems.

For further details, visit the Xjenza Malta THCS Webpage and the THCS website. For any queries, you may contact us by sending an email.