Current EU funding opportunities

  • Horizon Europe: Cluster 1 – Health

    OPEN

    Within the most relevant cluster for the UKE, Cluster 1 Health there are currently 4 open topics:

    Destination 3: Tackling disease and reducing disease burden


    Destination 5: Unlocking the full potential of new tools, technologies and digital solutions for a healthy society

    Destination 6: Maintaining an innovative, sustainable and globally competitive health industry


    The calls are now open and the deadline is on 11 April 2024.


    For further information, follow the links and/or contact us .

  • Horizon Europe - ERC - Excellence grants

    The European Research Council (ERC) supports excellent researchers at different stages in their careers for groundbreaking and visionary research.

    Starting Grants provide support for promising early career scientists from 2-7 years after PhD defence or 4-9 years after MD*.

    Consolidator Grants provide support for excellent researchers from 7-12 years after PhD defence or 9-14 years after MD*.

    Advanced Grants are aimed at leading and established researchers who have achieved excellent scientific results in the last 10 years.

    Synergy Grants provide support to a group of 2 to 4 excellent researchers regardless of their career stage. The ambitious research project can only be implemented through the specific expertise of the group.

    *Reference date to calculate the eligibility window is the 1 January of the year of the call. Exceptions regarding the funding eligibility window can be made under certain conditions.

    The following apply to all ERC Research Grants:

    • Pioneering research is funded
    • There are no prescribed priorities or topics for project ideas: bottom up
    • The only selection criteria is scientific excellence

    Forthcoming:

    Call 2024 Call opensDeadline
    Advanced Grants29.05.202429.08.2024

    For further information, follow the links and/or contact us

  • Horizon Europe - ERC Proof of Concept Grants

    ERC Proof of Concept grants allow for verification of innovative potential of ERC project results.

    Currently open:

    ERC Proof of Concept Grants 2024

    ERC grantees can apply for a proof of concept grant during or shortly after their ERC research grant.

    Regardless of the actual project costs a flat rate of 150.000 Euro is awarded.

    The duration can be up to a maximum of 18 months.

    The next deadlines are on 14 March 2024 and 17 September 2024.

    For further information click here and/or contact us .

  • Horizon Europe - Support for researcher mobility (Marie Sklodowska-Curie Doctoral Networks, Postdoctoral Fellowships, Staff Exchanges)

    The Marie Skłodowska-Curie programme provides funding to support international, interdisciplinary, and coss-sectoral mobility in research.

    Currently no calls open.

  • Horizon Europe: Innovative Health Initiative (IHI) JU Calls

    2024 Work Programme

    IHI call 6 (two stage) and IHI call 7 (single stage)

    IHI call 6 (two-stage call), deadline 16 April 2024

    • Support healthcare system resilience through a focus on persistency in the treatment of chronic diseases
    • Development of practical guidance and recommendations for using real world data/real world evidence in healthcare decision-making

    IHI call 7 (single-stage call) ,deadline 22 May 2024

    • Improving clinical management of heart disease from early detection to treatment
    • User-centric technologies and optimised hospital workflows for a sustainable healthcare workforce
    • Clinical validation of biomarkers for diagnosis, monitoring disease progression and treatment response

    In preparation for IHI calls 6 and 7, a number of platforms are available to you.

    1. IHI call days : You can already find partners for a consortium

    2. Call documents : These include guidance and templates

    For further information, follow the links and/or contact us .

  • Horizon Europe: Other clusters and programme parts with health aspects

    In addition to the topics under Cluster Health, there are topics among the other clusters and programme parts of Horizon Europe that relate to health and that are thence relevant to the UKE. These are outlined and linked below.

    Cluster 6: food, bioeconomy, natural resources, agriculture and environment



    Cluster 4: digital, industry and space


    For further information, follow the links or contact us .


  • Horizon Europe: European Innovation Council (EIC) Pathfinder

    The EIC Pathfinder programme supports the investigation of bold ideas for radically new technologies by welcoming high-risk / high-gain and interdisciplinary cutting-edge science collaborations that underpin technological breakthroughs.

    Currently open:

    The EIC Pathfinder Open programme supports early stage development of radically new technologies, based on high-risk/high-gain science-towards-technology breakthrough research. The European Commission has published the EIC Work Programme 2024 and the EIC Pathfinder Open call 2024 is now open.

    Main points:

    • Consortia must be made up of a minimum of three partners from three different EU Member States or Associated Countries
    • Interdisciplinary collaborative projects in any field of science or technology
    • The budget ranges from 500.000 to 3.000.000 per project
    • One-stage proposal
    • The deadline is on 7 March 2024

    For further information, follow the link and/or contact us .


  • Horizon Europe: EU Mission Cancer

    One novelty of Horizon Europe is it ambitious missions with the aim of finding solutions to greater challenges. EU Mission: Cancer addresses the topic of cancer and it objectives are understanding, prevention and early detection, diagnosis and treatment, and quality of life of cancer patients and their families. The work programme is currently being drafted and the calls for 2024 will soon be announced.

    For further information, follow the links and/or contact us .

  • COST - European Cooperation in Science and Technology

    COST actions support networks for innovative research activities in Europe.

    The main points of the call:

    • Funding for network activities regarding research topics that you are free to choose
    • To be eligible, a consortium needs to be comprised of at least seven COST members or cooperating members, at least 50% of which need to be from Inclusiveness Target Countries. Participants from non-EU countries are eligible
    • The duration of a COST-Action is 4 years
    • One-stage application
    • The application is open for submission until 23 October 2024 at 12.00 (noon) CEST.
    Link to the call text: COST

    For further information, follow the links and/or contact us .

  • The ERA4Health partnership

    The ERA4Health partnership “Fostering a European Research Area for Health” (ERA4Health) currently has one open call:

    Modulation of brain ageing through nutrition and healthy lifestyle (NutriBrain)

    The deadline is on 15 January 2024.

    For further information, follow the links and/or contact us .

  • ERA-Net Network of European Funding for Neuroscience Research (NEURON) NEURON

    Call announcement ERA-Net NEURON

    Transnational research projects on Bidirectional Brain-Body Interactions

    • A minimum of three and maximum of five partners
    • It is a two-stage proposal
    • More details on the eligibility criteria and topic available here

    The call covers multiple areas in which brain-body interaction appears to be centrally implicated in the genesis or progression of common neurological and psychiatric disorders. The deadline for the first stage is 8 March 2024.

    For further information, follow the links and/or contact us .

  • Joint Programming Initiative on Antimicrobial Resistance (JPIAMR)

    Call pre-announcement: Joint Programming Initiative on Antimicrobial Resistance (JPIAMR)

    The Joint Programming Initiative on Antimicrobial Resistance (JPIAMR) has preannounced a call on antimicrobial resistance. The title of the call is: " Interventions moving forward to promote action to counteract the emergence and spread of bacterial and fungal resistance and to improve treatment" .

    The call is set to be announced on 10 January 2024.

    • One of two possible topics should be addressed.
    • Transnational projects
    • Maximum of six partners (with some exceptions seven) from at least three countries
    • Two-stage proposal: deadline for the first stage is 14 March 2024.

    The JPIAMR is holding an online seminar on 24 January 2024. For more information consult the JPIAMR-Website . For further information, follow the links and/or contact us .

  • EU Joint Programme - Neurodegenerative Disease Research (JPND)

    EU Joint Programme - Neurodegenerative Disease Research (JPND) has an open call: "Mechanisms and measurement of disease progression in the early phase of neurodegenerative diseases".

    • Innovative, multidisciplinary and multinational projects
    • Research teams comprising members from at least three different countries
    • Two stage proposal; preproposal deadline is 5 March 2024

    For further information, follow the links and/or contact us .

  • European Partnership for Personalised Medicine (EP PerMed)

    The European Partnership for Personalised Medicine (EP PerMed) has an open call: "Identification or Validation of Targets for Personalised Medicine Approaches (PMTargets)"

    • Transnational, interdisciplinary and intersectoral projects
    • Research teams from the eligible countries listed
    • Research teams from the eligible countries listed
      Two-stage proposal; first stage deadline 5 March 2024

    For further information, follow the links and/or contact us .

Here you can find the EU calls that are most relevant for UKE.
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