HNN 3.0

What HNN 3.0 does

HNN 3.0 (Health-NCP-Net 3.0) is an EU-funded coordination and support network established in 2022 under the Horizon Europe Programme (Project ID: 101057279). It serves as the formally designated support body for National Contact Points (NCPs) operating in the Cluster 1 Health domain, enhancing transnational cooperation across EU member states and associated countries. The network is coordinated by APRE (Agency for the Promotion of European Research) in Rome, with Caterina Buonocore serving as Project Coordinator, and its web infrastructure is managed by DLR Projektträger (Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt) at offices in Cologne and Bonn, Germany.

The organization's core product is the healthncp.net portal, which aggregates funding opportunities, events, and calls for the European health research community. Supporting resources include Q&A documents from InfoDays (covering 2023-2026 Cluster 1 Health calls and IHI Call Days), annotated proposal templates (Clinical Studies template, Health Impact Canvas Tool), guiding documents (cross-cluster opportunities, partner search, pitching guidelines, Hop-on Toolkit), a training and webinar series covering ethics, evaluation, and proposal preparation, and a success stories library featuring projects such as EvaMobs, HIVE, B-Path, and CoMPaSS-NMD. Distribution is augmented by Mailchimp newsletters, LinkedIn and YouTube channels, webinars, and in-person brokerage events in cities including Vilnius, Paris, and The Hague.

HNN 3.0 operates a non-commercial model: it is fully funded by the European Union through the Horizon Europe grant, and all services are provided free of charge to NCPs and researchers. Revenue derives from a single EU grant stream rather than fees or licensing. The network maintains coordination partnerships with over 20 European health initiatives, including the Innovative Health Initiative Joint Undertaking (IHI JU, EUR 2.4B budget), Global Health EDCTP3 Joint Undertaking, ERA4Health, ERDERA, EP PerMed, PARC, BE READY, One Health AMR, and THCS, as well as cross-cluster NCP networks such as NFP4Health, NCP WIDERA.NET, and RICH Europe. The predecessor entity was Health NCP Net 2.0.

Name

HNN 3.0

Legal name

Health-NCP-Net 3.0 (Health-NCP-Net)

Website

https://healthncp.net

Company type

Private

Founded year

2022

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

HNN 3.0 is an EU-funded support network coordinating National Contact Points for Horizon Europe Cluster 1 Health, providing funding guidance, training, and resources to researchers and NCPs across European countries. Coordinated by APRE; managed by DLR Projektträger.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Research Funding Support Services

NAICS

Social Assistance (624)

SIC

Services-Misc Health & Allied Services, Nec (8090), Services-Commercial Physical & Biological Research (8731)

akta.pro primary industry

Health Technology Assessment (HTA) & Reimbursement Policy Bodies (HLAJACAF)

Keywords

• Horizon Europe health funding
• National Contact Point network
• European research support
• Cluster 1 Health
• Transnational research cooperation

Headquarters

HQ city

Rome

HQ country

Italy

HQ region

Europe

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. EU Horizon Europe Funding: HNN 3.0 is funded by the European Union under the Horizon Europe Programme (Project ID: 101057279). The network does not generate commercial revenue but operates as a support infrastructure for researchers and NCPs navigating European health research funding.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

HNN 3.0 (Health-NCP-Net 3.0) is a publicly funded EU support network that operates a web portal providing National Contact Points and Horizon Europe health applicants with access to funding opportunities, supporting tools, Q&A documents, annotated proposal templates, guiding documents, training materials, and matchmaking services for Cluster 1 Health research funding. The network enhances transnational cooperation between National Contact Points across European countries and provides services free of charge to its target audiences.

Product overview

HNN 3.0 (Health-NCP-Net 3.0) is a support network and web portal for National Contact Points (NCPs) in the European Health Research & Innovation funding landscape under Horizon Europe Cluster 1 Health. The platform operates as a unified resource hub combining the HNN 3.0 Portal as its core product with integrated modules for Events & Calls management. It provides supporting resources including Q&A Documents, Annotated Templates, Guiding Documents, Training & Webinar Series, and Success Stories to assist both NCPs and funding applicants in navigating Horizon Europe health funding opportunities.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• HNN 3.0 Portal
• Events & Calls Platform

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

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App detail

Partnerships

20 partnerships are on record, tiered core and supporting.

• HE NCP Portal (Horizon Europe NCP Portal)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaborative initiative providing centralized portal for Horizon Europe NCP information and resources across all clusters.
• NFP4HealthcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerJoint initiative with EU4Health National Focal Points network to provide comprehensive health funding information across EU programmes.
• NCP WIDERA.NETcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNetwork of NCPs for Widening participation, collaborating on training and support for widening countries.
• RICH EuropesupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerNetwork of Research Infrastructure National Contact Points, collaborating on transnational and virtual access opportunities webinars.
• Net4SocietysupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerInternational network of Cluster 2 NCPs, collaborating on partner search training for widening countries.
• NCP4IndustrysupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerNCP network for Cluster 4 Industrial Technologies, collaborating on cross-cluster opportunities training.
• GREENETsupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerNCP network for Cluster 5, collaborating on cross-cluster opportunities training.
• Innovative Health Initiative (IHI JU)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPublic-private partnership providing €2.4 billion for health innovation research. HNN 3.0 provides Q&A documents for IHI Call Days.
• Global Health EDCTP3 Joint UndertakingcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerEU-Africa Global Health Partnership for clinical trials and infectious disease research. HNN 3.0 organized webinar on EDCTP3 objectives.
• European Partnership for Personalised Medicine (EP PerMed)supportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerCoordination partnership for personalized medicine research, following ICPerMed and ERA PerMed initiatives.
• European Partnership on Rare Diseases (ERDERA)supportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerEuropean Rare Disease Research Alliance successor to EJP RD, coordinating rare disease research funding.
• ERA4Health (Fostering ERA for Health)supportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerThematic initiative with 34 organizations from 22 countries for health research funding.
• European Partnership for Assessment of Risks from Chemicals (PARC)supportingStrategic or Co-development Partner200 partner organizations from 28 countries working on chemical risk assessment.
• European Partnership on One Health AMRsupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerSuccessor to JPI AMR, coordinating antimicrobial resistance activities from 2025-2035.
• European Partnership on Pandemic Preparedness (BE READY)supportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerPreparedness partnership succeeding BE.READY project, starting January 2026.
• European Partnership on Brain HealthsupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership for brain health maintenance and neurological/mental disorder prevention.
• Transforming Health and Care Systems (THCS)supportingStrategic or Co-development Partner62 organizations from 25 countries working on health system sustainability and efficiency.
• JPND (Joint Programming Neurodegenerative Disease)supportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerHorizon 2020 initiative for coordinated investment in neurodegenerative disease research.
• JPI AMR (Antimicrobial Resistance)supportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerHorizon 2020 initiative coordinating AMR research with One Health perspective.
• ERA-NET NEURONsupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerCofund initiative focused on brain-related diseases and disorders of the nervous system.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• GREENET: NCP network for Cluster 5 (Climate, Energy and Mobility) under Horizon Europe. Direct peer offering similar NCP coordination, training, and applicant support services in an adjacent cluster — and a collaborator of HNN 3.0 on cross-cluster opportunities.
• HE NCP Portal: Centralized portal for Horizon Europe NCP information and resources across all clusters. Direct peer as the overarching NCP coordination infrastructure that HNN 3.0 plugs into and complements for Cluster 1 Health.
• NCP4Industry: NCP network for Cluster 4 (Industrial Technologies) under Horizon Europe. Direct peer providing parallel NCP services, cross-cluster opportunities training, and applicant support — listed as a collaborator on cross-cluster topics.
• RICH Europe: Network of Research Infrastructure National Contact Points under Horizon Europe. Direct peer coordinating transnational and virtual access opportunities for researchers — HNN 3.0 has collaborated with RICH Europe on webinars in this space.
• NCP WIDERA.NET: Network of NCPs for Widening Participation and ERA under Horizon Europe. Direct peer as another formally designated EU NCP network offering training, support tools, and best-practice exchange — explicitly listed as a collaboration partner of HNN 3.0.
• Net4Society: International network of Cluster 2 (Culture, Creativity and Inclusive Society) NCPs under Horizon Europe. Direct peer offering analogous NCP support, partner search training, and best-practice exchange in an adjacent cluster.
• NFP4Health: EU4Health National Focal Points network providing comprehensive health funding information across EU programmes. Directly comparable as a parallel coordination body serving researchers/applicants navigating EU health funding, but focused on EU4Health rather than Horizon Europe Cluster 1.

Broad incumbents

• ERA4Health: Thematic initiative with 34 organisations from 22 countries fostering the European Research Area for health research funding. Comparable as a larger, broader health-research coordination/consortium programme that HNN 3.0 supports by providing Q&A documents and applicant guidance.
• Innovative Health Initiative (IHI JU): Public-private partnership with a €2.4B budget (€1.2B EU + €1B industry in-kind) funding health innovation research. Comparable as a major Horizon Europe-aligned health funding programme for which HNN 3.0 provides supporting Q&A documents during IHI Call Days.
• Global Health EDCTP3 Joint Undertaking: EU-Africa Global Health Partnership supporting clinical trials and infectious disease research. Comparable as a major Horizon Europe Joint Undertaking focused on health that HNN 3.0 supports with applicant-facing webinars and Q&A resources.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

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