MSCA

MSCA Cofund 2025: HORIZON-MSCA-2025-COFUND-01

The main objective of the MSCA COFUND 2025 call is to co-finance new or existing PhD programmes, as well as programmes for the incorporation of research staff at national, regional or international level. Through these actions, the aim is to promote the best practices of MSCAs, including training in international, intersectoral and interdisciplinary research, as well as to encourage transnational and sectoral mobility of researchers at all stages of their career.

Closing date: 24/06/2025

ERC

ERC - Proof of Concept Grants 2025: ERC-2025-POC:

El target The aim of the call is to enable ideas funded by the ERC to advance along the path of pioneering research towards innovation.

All principal investigators (PIs) of one of the ERC core grants (Starting, Consolidator, Advanced and Synergy Grant) are eligible to apply for an ERC grant. The eligibility window for this call allows all PIs with an ongoing ERC, or PIs from an ERC that has ended after 1 January 2024, to apply.

Closing date: 13/03/2025

EIC

EIC transition

A tool aimed at innovation activities that go beyond experimental proof-of-principle in the laboratory. It supports both the maturation and validation of novel technologies from the laboratory to relevant application environments.  

Closing date: 19/03/2025

EP PerMed

EP PerMed - Fast Track Call

La Fast Track Call EP PerMed aims to accelerate the development and adoption of at least 5 innovative personalized medicine solutions, fostering advances that can transform healthcare and improve patient outcomes. This program allows participants to test and refine their innovations in realistic environments, elevating their projects to at least one TRL. This process ensures that solutions move to a higher level of technological and commercial readiness.

Start-ups, small teams and researchers wishing to advance their innovations in personalized medicine through rigorous validation studies are eligible to participate. The program is aimed at solutions that are at least in the proof-of-concept phase (TRL3).

Closing date: 13/03/2025

EP PerMed - Venture Creator Call

The Business Creation Program (Veture Creator call) EP PerMed aims to accelerate the creation of companies in the field of Personalized Medicine, and bring solutions to market. It is open to early-stage teams and companies looking for support to start their Personalized Medicine company.

Closing date: 13/03/2025

IHI

IHI: Innovative Health Initiative. Call 9:

IHI call 9: one stage call with five different topics:

• Topic 1 (SO1): Boosting innovation for a better understanding of the determinants of health

  
  

• Topic 2 (SO2): Boosting innovation through better integration of fragmented health R&I efforts

  
  

• Topic 3 (SO3): Boosting innovation for people centered integrated healthcare solutions

  
  

• Topic 4 (SO4): Boosting innovation through exploitation of digitalization and data exchange in healthcare

  
  

• Topic 5 (SO5): Boosting innovation for better assessment of the added value of innovative integrated healthcare solutions

  
  

For full details of the topics, including the budget breakdown, read the call text. All documents relating to the call can be found via the Funding and Tenders Portal and the IHI call documents page. We advise you to read these documents, in particular the guide for applicants, carefully.

Closing date: 29/04/2025

IHI: Innovative Health Initiative. Call 10:

IHI call 10: two stage calls with 3 different topics:

• Topic 1: Digital label: one source of comprehensive information for medical technology products

  
  

• Topic 2: Enabling and safeguarding innovation in secondary use of health data in the European Health Data Space (EHDS)

  
  

• Topic 3: Per- and Poly-fluoroalkyl substance (PFAS) exposure, emissions, and end of life management in the healthcare sector

  
  

  
  

For full details of the topics, including the budget breakdown, read the call text. All documents relating to the call can be found via the Funding and Tenders Portal and the IHI call documents page. We advise you to read these documents, in particular the guide for applicants, carefully.

Pre-proposal closing date: 23/04/2025

Closing date for full proposal: 14/10/2025

EDCTP3

EDCTP3: calls 2025

Global Health EDCTP3 works to deliver new solutions to reduce the burden of infectious diseases in sub-Saharan Africa and to strengthen research capacities to prepare and respond to re-emerging infectious diseases.  

• Accelerating the development of prophylactic vaccines against Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) in sub-Saharan Africa (HORIZON-JU-GH-EDCTP3-2025-01-NTD-03-two-stage).

  
  

• Global collaboration action for research on existing Malaria therapeutics and clinical development of new antimalarial candidates (HORIZON-JU-GH-EDCTP3-2025-01-MALARIA-02-two-stage).

  
  

• Global collaboration action for the development of vaccines for reducing the disease burden of Tuberculosis in sub-Saharan Africa (HORIZON-JU-GH-EDCTP3-2025-01-TB-01-two-stage).

  
  

• Global collaborative action tackling Diarrhoeal Diseases in the context of Climate and Health (HORIZON-JU-GH-EDCTP3-2025-04-CH-01-two-stage).

Pre-proposal closing date: 20/03/2025

Closing date for full proposal: 02/09/2025

You can see the Work Program 2025 here.

EU-LAC

5th EU-LAC Joint Call in STI 2025

The EU-LAC Interest Group towards the Common Research Area launches a new Joint Call to enhance the bi-regional cooperation in Science, Technology and Innovation.

The aim of the Joint Call is to initiate sustainable and multilateral research cooperation between researchers from Europe, Latin-America and the Caribbean countries. Transnational consortia are invited to submit proposals related to six topics in the thematic fields of Global Challenges, Bioeconomy, Health, Energy and Open Science: (see call topics below). Projects will be funded for up to 36 months.

Closing date: 22/05/2025

WIDERA

WIDERA: Teaming for Excellence: HORIZON-WIDERA-2025-ACCESS-01-01-two-stage:

Projects funded through this call should aim to create sustainable hubs that act as beacons of innovation, promoting scientific growth and a culture of excellence in their host regions. Expected outcomes include:

• Greater R&D capacity in local institutions.

  
  

• Improving innovation systems through systemic reforms.

  
  

• Development of new research areas aligned with EU strategic objectives, such as the Green Deal and digital transformation.

  
  

• Greater autonomy for centres in terms of administration and staff, guaranteeing their operational independence.

  
  

Closing date for the first phase: 10/04/2025

Closing date for final phase: 20/01/2026

COST

COSTAction

COST (European Cooperation in Science and Technology) is a funding organisation for research and innovation networks. Actions help connect research initiatives across Europe and beyond, and enable researchers and innovators to grow their ideas in any field of science and technology by sharing them with their peers. Increased R&D capacity in local institutions.

Participants planning to submit a proposal for a COST Action should refer to the SESA guidelines and the Open Call Announcement, available on the COST Action page. Documents and Guidelines.

Closing date: 21/10/2025

EU4Health

Call for proposals for EU-USA cooperation on lung cancer: EU4H-2024-PJ-04

This action will support Europe's Beating Cancer Plan by seeking synergies between the USA Cancer Moonshot Initiative, and Europe's Beating Cancer Plan and the EU Cancer Mission. This implements the EU4Health Programme's general objective of improving and fostering health in the Union to reduce the burden of communicable and non-communicable diseases.

Closing date: 18/03/2025

POCTEFA

Interreg-POCTEFA It is a European cross-border cooperation programme created to promote the sustainable development of the border territory of Spain, France and Andorra.

The Programme promotes the sustainable development of the border territory of Spain, France and Andorra through cross-border cooperation. It helps to reduce the development differences in the territory and to unite forces to achieve sustainable development of the region and the cohesion of the regions that comprise it. In short, the programme, thanks to European funds, helps improve the quality of life of the area's inhabitants.

The official languages ​​of the POCTEFA 2021-2027 Program are Spanish and the French.

Second classic call for POCTEFA projects:

Second classical call of projects of the POCTEFA 2021-2027 programme: project applications must be submitted by a partnership of legal entities formed by public and/or private promoters as determined by the Programme for each priority. The partnership will be made up of at least two entities from different States (Spain-France-Andorra) or a cross-border legal entity as the sole partner. The Lead Entity may be from Spain, France or Andorra and will be responsible for the project before the Managing Authority.

• ERDF grant: The ERDF co-financing rate is 65% of the total eligible cost of each partner entity, except in the case of State aid.

Closing date: 22/04/2025

POCTEFA Call for Small Projects:

call for small projects of INTERREG VI-A SPAIN-FRANCE-ANDORRA (POCTEFA 2021-2027): applications for small projects must be submitted by a partnership of legal entities formed by public and/or private promoters as determined by the Programme for each priority. The partnership will be made up of at least two entities from different States (Spain-France-Andorra) or a cross-border legal entity as the sole partner. The Lead Entity may be from Spain, France or Andorra and will be responsible for the project before the Managing Authority.

• Each project has a maximum eligible total cost of €200.000.

  
  

• The budget of each partner entity in the project cannot be less than €15.000.

  
  

• ERDF grant: The ERDF co-financing rate is 65% of the total eligible cost of each partner entity, except in the case of State aid.

  
  

• Project duration: maximum 24 months.

Closing date: 30/05/2025

Humboldt

Humboldt Research Fellowship

For Experienced Researchers 2024

The purpose of this call is to support highly qualified scientists for 6-18 months in their intention to carry out a postdoctoral training stay at a German centre, regardless of their area of ​​research.

For Postdoctoral Researchers 2024

This call for applications will help young PhD students who obtained their PhD less than four years ago to undertake long-term stays at a German institution for postdoctoral training.

The application period is open throughout the year, but the evaluation committee meets three times: in March, July and November.

03/02-07/04/2025

Mondays at Sun

Ten 10-minute webinars to analyze the IMPACT section of the collaborative proposals for each topic/cluster, with practical examples and real-life cases.

In this fourth season, they delve deeper into the IMPACT section of collaborative projects under Horizon Europe's Pillar II, and the key aspects for successfully addressing this part of the proposals and their subsequent implementation.

To achieve this, they will count on the participation of prominent players from recent calls for proposals, with different profiles: universities, technology centers, SMEs, NGOs, etc., who will share their experience of participating, both at the proposal level and at the project development level.

Registrations

19-20/03/2025

EU Open Data Days

The dynamic field of open data is transforming the way we understand, interact with, and shape our world. From fostering transparency and fueling research to driving technological advancements and informing decision-makers, the potential of open data is limitless.

The Publications Office of the European Union is pleased to announce the 2025 edition of EU Open Data Days, which will take place on 19 and 20 March 2025 at the European Convention Centre Luxembourg (ECCL) and online.

This event, organized by the data.europa.eu team, the official European data portal, aims to promote the harnessing of the power of open data and will bring together data providers, enthusiasts, and reusers from Europe and beyond.

Whether you're part of the private sector as a data publisher, data analyst, or public policymaker, an academic, or simply a passionate open data advocate, this event is for you.

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21/03/2025

HorIISA Jr5 Cycle: Workshop on Consortium Organization and Preparation of Writing Proposals in Horizon Europe

This workshop aims to familiarise participants with the preparation of proposals aimed at obtaining European funding within the framework of the Horizon Europe programme. Key aspects will be covered, such as the alignment of the idea with the call for proposals, how to create my consortium and search for partners, opening my project on the Participant Portal, the creation of the consortium and the search for partners, as well as the opening of the project on the Participant Portal. The writing of the proposal will also be addressed, including the writing schedule, tips for developing the Excellence, Impact and Implementation sections, and budget planning and distribution. We invite those who already have a project idea or a call for proposals of interest to contact us without obligation to assess its viability.

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24/03/2025

AMR Hybrid Event Bridging Science, Advocacy, and Practice: A Unified Approach to Combatting Antimicrobial Resistance

The Infectious Diseases Alliance (ID Alliance) will host a hybrid event titled "Bridging Science, Advocacy, and Practice: A Unified Approach to Combating Antimicrobial Resistance," which will take place on the Statens Serum Institute (SSI) campus in Copenhagen, Denmark, and online via Teams on Monday, March 24, 2025, at 14:30 PM CET.

This event will bring together global experts, policymakers, researchers, and advocates to explore collaborative approaches to combating antimicrobial resistance (AMR), a growing global challenge spanning human health, animal health, agriculture, and the environment.

The event will highlight the need for a unified, multisectoral approach, underscoring the importance of the One Health framework in addressing AMR.

Register

01/04/2025

HorIISA: Promoting the participation of researchers in EATRIS research infrastructures

This event, organised by the IIS Aragón with the participation of Eatris, is aimed at the research and management staff of the IIS Aragón, and aims to present the EATRIS (European infrastructure for translational medicine) research infrastructure: projects and strategic lines, Spanish node and activities.

EATRIS is a European infrastructure for translational medicine that enables collaboration between academics, clinicians, researchers, patients, industry and decision-makers across Europe to facilitate and accelerate the development of medicines and therapies that improve people's lives.

We encourage you to attend this event to take advantage of this infrastructure.

The event will take place in the CIBA building and prior registration is required. here.

02/04/2025

Digital Innovation in Infectious Disease Surveillance and Response: Opportunities and Challenges

The Infectious Diseases Alliance (IDA) and the EU Health Policy Platform (EUHPP) are organizing a webinar entitled "Digital Innovation in Infectious Disease Surveillance and Response: Opportunities and Challenges," which will take place virtually via Webex on Wednesday, April 2, 2025, at 14:30 p.m. CET.

This seminar will bring together key global health stakeholders, technology experts, and policymakers to discuss the transformative role of digital technology in infectious disease management. Topics will include data analytics, artificial intelligence, real-time monitoring systems, and ethical considerations in applying digital tools to public health challenges.

The event aims to foster collaboration and highlight the critical role of innovation in global health resilience.

Register

04/04/2025

European Innovation Council Pathfinder Challenges – WorkProgramme 2025 Info Day

The European Innovation Council (EIC) is organizing an Information Day on the EIC Pathfinder Challenges, published in the EIC 2025 Work Programme. The Information Day will take place in Brussels on Friday, April 4, 2025, immediately after the EIC 2025 Summit.

The event will include a plenary session explaining the specific features of the EIC Pathfinder Challenge calls, as well as parallel sessions led by EIC program managers Ivan Stefanic, Federica Zanca, Franc Mouwen, and Carina Faber.

All parts of the Information Day will be streamed live and recorded. Recordings and slides will be available to the public after the event. Remote participants can participate in the discussions and Q&A session by submitting their questions via sli.do. For general questions, please visit the EIC Pathfinder FAQ page.

To attend the Information Day in person, you must register. here Before the March 25.