Call for proposals for operating grants in 2027 to non-governmental organisations: financial contribution to the functioning of health non-governmental organisations implementing one or more specific objectives of Regulation (EU) 2021/522 (OA-g-26-91 )

Expected Impact:

Through their core operational activities, health NGOs will deliver health promotion, capacity building and networking, and contribute to the optimisation of healthcare activities and practices by providing feedback from patients and facilitating communication with patients. The beneficiaries are expected to further demonstrate in their proposals the Union added value of their activities and commit to deliver concrete results such as: online materials, webpages, manuals and tools on case studies promoting health in schools, factsheets and relevant literature, materials for teachers on health literacy, and assistance and promotion of twinning with other schools in the Union capacity-building and training activities to reduce the impact of risk factors for non-communicable diseases; new approaches to promote healthy and sustainable diets; expert guidance and peer-to-peer connections; and collaborate in shared areas of activity.

Objective

The objective is to ensure the participation of health NGOs in activities that are necessary to implement one or more specific objectives of the EU4Health Programme. Operating grants should provide support to their functioning in 2027 for activities including awareness raising on various health aspects, communication and dissemination, capacity building and training, expert collaboration and networking.

Scope:

Activities proposed must comply with Commission Guidance on the funding for activities related to the development, implementation, monitoring and enforcement of Union legislation and policy.

Submissions open on 04 November 2026.

Type of action: EU4H Operating Grants

Programme period: 2021 - 2027

"> Conditions

1. Admissibility conditions: Proposal page limit and layout

described in section 5 of the call document .

Proposal page limits and layout: described in Part B of the Application Form available in the Submission System.

2. Eligible countries

described in section 6 of the call document .

3. Other eligibility conditions

described in section 6 of the call document .

4. Financial and operational capacity and exclusion

described in section 7 of the call document .

5a. Evaluation and award: Submission and evaluation processes

described section 8 of the call document and the Online Manual .

5b. Evaluation and award: Award criteria, scoring and thresholds

described in section 9 of the call document .

5c. Evaluation and award: Indicative timeline for evaluation and grant agreement

described in section 4 of the call document .

6. Legal and financial set-up of the grants

described in section 10 of the call documen t .

Call document and annexes:

Call document Application form templates Standard application form (EU4H OG) — the application form specific to this call is available in the Submission System Detailed budget table (EU4H OG) — the application form specific to this call is available in the Submission System Model Grant Agreements (MGA) Operating Grants MGA

Additional documents:

EU4H Work Programme EU4H Regulation 2021/522 EU Financial Regulation 2024/2509 Rules for Legal Entity Validation, LEAR Appointment and Financia