Call NANOTECMEC for transnational projects in Nanomedicine

The ERA4Health (Fostering a European Research Area for Health) European Partnership, co-financedby the FCT, has launched its fourth Joint Call (JTC) for funding transnational research and innovation (R&I) projects, NANOTECMEC.

Under the theme "Nano and advanced technologies for disease prevention, diagnosis, and therapy,"this Call currently Call 19 European and international funding institutions. Proposals for multidisciplinary and translational research projects covering at least one of the following areas of Nanomedicine—Regenerative Medicine, Diagnosis, and Nanotherapy—will be accepted.

Pre-proposals may be submitted until 3:00 p.m. (Mainland Portugal time) on January 30, 2024.

Two information sessions will be organized.

The first session (Infoday) will take place on November 21, 2023, between 9:00 a.m. and 11:00 a.m. (Lisbon time), and registration closes on November 20 at 12:00 p.m. (Mainland Portugal time). Thesecond session ( matchmaking event), aimed at facilitating the formation of transnational consortia, will take place on December 7, 2023, between 1:00 p.m. and 4:00 p.m. (Mainland Portugal time), and registration for this second session is available here.

The ERA4Health Partnership, co-funded under the Horizon Europe Framework Program, aims to establish flexible and effective coordination between funding agencies in the European Research Area, with a view to funding joint transnational R&I projects in priority areas of Health and Well-being. This partnership brings together 34 partners from 22 countries, with Portugal represented by the FCT and the Agency for Clinical Research and Biomedical Innovation (AICIB).

For more information on applications from national entities, please visit theFCT page dedicated to Call.