6th edition of Call for Health Research

The deadline for submitting applications for the sixth edition of the CaixaResearch Health Research Call, launched under a partnership between FCT and the “la Caixa” Foundation, is 2:00 p.m. CET on November 15, 2022. at 2:00 p.m. CET, the deadline for submitting applications for the sixth edition of Call for Health Research, launched under a partnership between FCT and the "la Caixa" Foundation, in which FCT commits to matching the investment that the "la Caixa" Foundation allocates to selected research projects in Portugal.

For those interested, an information session on the Call is scheduled for October 6, 2022, at 10:30 a.m. CET. It will take place online, and registration is mandatory.

This Call carried out under the Iberian Initiative for Biomedical Research and Innovation – i4b and supports research projects in biomedicine and health. The objective of this Call to identify and promote initiatives of scientific excellence with potential and impact on society, whether in basic, clinical, or translational research.

Projects must fall within the following thematic areas: neurosciences, oncology, cardiovascular diseases and associated metabolic diseases, infectious diseases, enabling technologies in the four previous thematic areas.

Project proposals, which will have a maximum implementation period of 3 years, may be submitted in the form of:

• Individual projects: submitted by a single research organization (applicant organization), which may request financial support of up to €500,000.
• Research consortium projects: submitted by a minimum of two and a maximum of five research organizations coordinated by the applicant organization, which may request financial support of up to €1,000,000.