Health Research Call Health Research
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Funding body:
Fundación La Caixa
The "la Caixa" Foundation launches the tenth edition of the call for biomedical and health research projects. The aim of this call is to identify and promote promising initiatives of scientific excellence and potential value and social impact, in basic, clinical or translational research.
The projects submitted must fall within the following thematic areas:
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Neuroscience
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Oncology
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Cardiovascular diseases and related metabolic diseases
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Infectious diseases
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Enabling technologies in the four thematic areas above
Project proposals must have a duration of up to 3 years of implementation and may be:
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Individual: submitted by a single applicant research organisation. They may receive funding of up to €500,000.
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Research consortium: submitted by a minimum of 2 and a maximum of 5 research organisations, coordinated by the applicant organisation. They may receive funding of up to €1,000,000.
Next Wednesday, 7 October at 11:00 a.m., there will be an online information session, which you can register for at the following link
Interested parties must submit their application by 12:00 noon on 10 November 2026, together with the evaluation application form, for assessment by the iiSGM Research Committee email link(ELIMINAR). In addition, interest in applying must be notified at least 10 working days in advance.
Note: This call funds up to 10% of indirect costs, so submitting an application will initially require the principal investigator/group to accept the commitment to make the funds necessary available to finance 2.5% of overheads and, if staff are requested, that part of the employment cost which exceeds (due to the application of employment legislation or the collective agreement), or may do so in the future (for example, salary increases, increases in social security contributions, etc.), the financial support awarded under the call. For more information, please consult the overhead statement and the HR funding statement in the Internal Statements section of the Private Area, at the following link.