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

MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships 2025: HORIZON-MSCA-2025-PF-01-01

Fellowships will be awarded to outstanding researchers pursuing international mobility. Applications must be submitted jointly by the researcher and a beneficiary entity from the academic or non-academic sector. Postdoctoral Fellowships can be carried out in Europe (i.e., in an EU Member State or a Horizon Europe Associated Country) or in a third country not associated with Horizon Europe:

• European Postdoctoral Fellowships: These are open to researchers of any nationality who wish to participate in R&D&I projects, whether coming to Europe from anywhere in the world or moving within Europe. The standard duration of these fellowships is between 12 and 24 months.

  
  

• Global Postdoctoral Fellowships: These are open to European nationals or long-term residents who wish to participate in R&D&I projects with organizations outside EU Member States and Horizon Europe Associated Countries. These fellowships require an initial period abroad of a minimum of 12 and a maximum of 24 months in a non-associated third country, and a mandatory 12-month return period to a host organization located in an EU Member State or Horizon Europe Associated Country.

  
  

  
  

Closing date: 10/09/2025

MSCA Staff Exchanges 2025: HORIZON-MSCA-2025-SE-01-01

MSCA Staff Exchanges involve organisations from the academic and non-academic sectors (including SMEs) from all over the world.

Support is provided for the international, intersectoral and interdisciplinary mobility of staff. R+D which promotes the transfer of knowledge between participating organizations.

Mobility through stays

The organizations that form the association contribute directly to the implementation of a joint project of R+D by sending and/or hosting eligible staff. Such a project should explore activities that can build on previous work, but should also go beyond that, generating or strengthening long-term collaborations. The placements should involve physical mobility of eligible staff members and should always take place between legal entities independent of each other.

Closing date: 08/10/2025

ERC

ERC PROOF OF CONCEPT GRANT 2025

These calls are intended to verify the innovative potential of ideas and results derived from projects already funded by ERC projects that are under development or that have been completed during the year prior to the opening date of this call.

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Closing date: 18/09/2025

Cluster 1 Health

Pre-publication of the main work program 2025 Horizon Europe. The attached document is the pre-publication of the health cluster, and based on this, the following calls are expected:

• Single-phase calls: the estimated submission date is 16/09/2025.

  
  

• Two-phase call: the first phase is estimated to close on 16/09/2025 and the second phase on 16/04/2026.

  
  

Health 2025 Cluster Draft.

NotaThese drafts have not been adopted or approved by the European Commission; the final versions will be published throughout May.

EIC

EIC Pathfinder 2025

The EIC Pathfinder is a funding program within Horizon Europe that provides support to research teams through:

• funding research to develop the scientific basis that supports revolutionary technologies,

  
  

• support for the earliest stages of scientific, technological or deep-tech R&D,

  
  

• the goal of driving new innovative directions in science and technology that can transform a field and a market, or create new opportunities,

  
  

• the implementation of innovative technological solutions to identify, develop, and scale groundbreaking technologies and disruptive innovations in Europe.

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Deadline EIC Pathfinder Open: 21 / 05 / 2025

Deadline EIC Pathfinder Challenges: 29/10/2025

EIC Transition Open: HORIZON-EIC-2025-TRANSITIONOPEN

EIC Transition funds innovation activities that go beyond the experimental proof of concept in the laboratory. It supports both the maturation and validation of your novel technology, from the laboratory to relevant application environments (through the use of prototypes, formulations, models, user trials, or other validation tests), as well as the exploration and development of a sustainable business model and business case for commercialization.

Closing date: 17/09/2025

CanSERV - open call relaunches: apply now for free access to cutting-edge cancer research services

Through the EU-funded canSERV project, more than 400 advanced cancer research services and technologies are available to European and international researchers, regardless of their career stage.

These services can be combined with customized training opportunities or advisory services, helping scientists accelerate their research and bring new knowledge closer to clinical impact.

Information about the call, the submission of proposals and their evaluation is available upon request to calls@canSERV.eu.

Closing date: 15/07/2025

COST

COSTAction

COST (European Cooperation in Science and Technology) is a funding organization for research and innovation networks. Its actions help connect research initiatives across Europe and beyond, and allow researchers and innovators to develop their ideas in any field of science and technology by sharing them with their peers.

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

IHI

NNew draft text for the 11th IHI call

The Innovative Health Initiative (IHI) partnership is considering the following topics for inclusion in its 11th call for proposals.

• Understanding how infections promote and induce non-communicable diseases

  
  

• Towards precision medicine: a platform for transdiagnostic stratification of brain dysfunction

  
  

• AI-driven signal detection in pharmacovigilance

  
  

• Harnessing European expertise to accelerate cell therapy for type 1 diabetes

  
  

• Establishment of orthopedic and cardiology outpatient surgery centers in Europe

It will be in two phases and its launch is scheduled for 2025 second quarter.

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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.

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Closing date: 22/05/2025

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

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

Bilateral Peru - Spain

Peru-Spain bilateral call for financing business research and technological development projects

Funded by the collaboration agreement signed between CONCYTEC (National Council of Science and Technology) of Peru and the CDTI of Spain. Project proposals must represent effective collaboration in research and/or technological development between companies from both countries. The proposal must be balanced between the parties, both in terms of participation in the project's R&D activities and in terms of budget; and the results must benefit all participants. Project types that will be funded:

• Development of innovative technology at pilot and/or prototype scale.

  
  

• Production of knowledge applicable to a technological solution, the development of which reaches a laboratory scale or equivalent (TRL level 6).

  
  

• Technological development that, based on industrial research activity, results in an innovative product, process, or service with market prospects (at a pilot or prototype scale).

  
  

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Closing date for the first phase: 07/05/2025

OSCARS

OSCARS Open Call for Open Science projects and services

This call funds open science projects or open science services that exploit or promote the adoption of FAIR data and strengthen their skills, practices, and technologies. Any researcher or group of researchers can propose projects within any of the Clusters. Funding: between €100.000 and €250.000 per project.

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Closing date: 14/05/2025 at 17:00 p.m.

Supportive technologies for the scaling of manufactured islet replacement therapies 2025

This call will fund projects aimed at improving the efficiency of scaling-up protocols for engineered islet cell therapies for type 1 diabetes (T1D) by developing enabling technologies that address one or more of the barriers associated with the implementation and expansion of next-generation beta cell replacement therapies.

The request will be made through the application platform (link) in two phases:

1. Submission of expression of interest (LOI) until 28/05/2025.

   
   

2. Submission of full proposals, for those who have passed the first phase, until July 16, 07.

Pre-clinical therapeutics pipeline program 2025-3

This call will promote the development of therapies with clear potential to prevent, halt, or delay the progression of Parkinson's disease or to reduce the burden of daily symptoms.

Specifically, through the modality "Pre-Clinical"The identification, validation, and/or development of new pharmacological and non-pharmacological interventions will be funded through preclinical development, from early detection to preclinical characterization and testing.

Funding for projects will depend on their novelty, development, and priority.

The request will be made through the application portal (link) attaching the following documentation:

• Biosample request form.

  
  

• Pre-clinical application template.

Closing date: 05/06/2025

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.

29 / 04 - 29 / 05

ERC Proposal Reading Days

The ERC Proposal Reading Days are an initiative that offers European Research Council (ERC) candidates the opportunity to read previously funded proposals, primarily under the Horizon Europe programme. These proposals are available exclusively for in-person reading. ERC Proposal Reading Days 2025 Conference Calendar

This year they will celebrate 7 days in different locations across Spain. Due to scheduling issues, this calendar is still under development and will be updated as dates and locations become available.

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19/05/2025

Horizon Europe Infoday – Research Infrastructures 2025

This is an information event for potential applicants to the 2025 calls for the Horizon Europe Research Infrastructures work programme, for their main target areas.

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20/05/2025

Horizon Europe Infoday – WIDERA 2025

This event will announce the new WIDERA 2025 Work Program calls to interested applicants.

Speakers from the European Commission will present the new call topics. Interested applicants will have the opportunity to ask questions during the event using the code #WIDERA on Slido.

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22/05/2025

Horizon Europe Infoday – Cluster 1: Health

The European Commission is organizing this infoday, where the Health Cluster's 2025 topics will be presented, with a question-and-answer session.

More information and registration.

22 / 05 - 23 / 05

Horizon Europe Infoday – Missions 2025

Are you interested in funding opportunities for projects that contribute to achieving the objectives of the EU Missions on health, climate, and the environment? We invite you to join us online to learn about the new calls for proposals under the Horizon Europe 2025 Work Programme, which address some of the greatest challenges facing our society.

More Information.

23/05/2025

HorIISA J7 Cycle - Horizon Europe Proposal Writing Workshop: EXCELLENCE section

This workshop is designed to improve the writing of the Excellence section of Horizon Europe proposals, a key section for convincing evaluators of the project's scientific and technical value. We will work on how to correctly present the objectives, structure the methodology, describe the technical and scientific approach, and highlight the degree of novelty, as well as integrate the multidisciplinary approach and justify the alignment with the work program and topic. We will provide practical recommendations and offer the evaluator's perspective to reinforce the key points that make the difference. This is an ideal training for those already working on proposals and wishing to strengthen one of the most strategic and demanding sections of the form.

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

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03-06/06/2025

EP PerMed Summer School 2025

EP PerMed is organizing the first EP PerMed Summer School on Innovation, Technology Transfer, and Entrepreneurship in Personalized Medicine, which will take place from June 3 to 6, 2025, in Palermo, Italy.

The event's objective is to provide basic knowledge of the economic, regulatory, and legal requirements for researchers dedicated to personalized medicine who wish to start a company or commercialize their research results.

Registrations hereComplete the form and submit your application.

The Summer School is free and includes free room and board. You'll only need to cover your travel expenses.

Selected applicants will be notified by April 11, 2025.

17/06/2025

European Health Research Infrastructures Conference

ISCIII organizes an annual conference on European Health Research Infrastructures. The 2025 conference will be held next year. June 17, 2025, from 9:00 a.m. to 13:30 p.m., in the Ernest Lluch hall of the ISCIII Chamartín Campus. You can Consult here the European Research Infrastructures that exist in the field of health.

28/10/2025

EACR-OECI: Patient Involvement in Cancer Research

Patient perspective in cancer research is vital to creating more effective, compassionate, and equitable research that truly benefits those affected by the disease. Patient focus organizations are working on empowering patients to actively participate in decision-making, treatment planning, and research design, fostering better outcomes and relevance, but there is still work to be done. By actively incorporating patients' perspectives, research can better address key aspects of cancer care, such as patients' quality of life, symptom management, and treatment side effects. Patients can also highlight gaps in communication and in current treatment options or areas where existing therapies fall short, leading to the development of innovative approaches to care.

This virtual event, a collaboration between the EACR and the OECI (Organisation of European Cancer Institutes), will explore how meaningful involvement of cancer advocates throughout the research process can lead to impactful cancer research.

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