The ERA-NET Cardiovascular Diseases (ERA-NET CVD) has recently launched a new Call for Proposals. The aim of ERA-NET CVD is to foster transnational cooperation of European countries and to coordinate research efforts and funding programmes of its partner countries in the field of cardiovascular diseases.    

The call aims to promote transnational research projects that contain novel, ambitious ideas to answer key questions in understanding of cardiovascular diseases. The Call is especially designed for Early Career Scientists who have been awarded their first doctoral degree at least 3 and up to 10 years prior to 15 March 2018. Cardiovascular disease research can comprise hypertensive, ischaemic, pulmonary heart diseases and diseases  of  pulmonary  circulation,  other  forms  of  heart  disease,  diseases  of  arteries, arterioles and capillaries and congenital malformations of cardiac chambers and connections and cardiac septa (analogues to ICD-10).

Research proposals should consider the following cross-sectional aspects:

• interdisciplinary approach, e.g. integrating biomedicine, physics, chemistry, mathematics, informatics, systems biology and clinical medicine for the development of the applications;

• research on sex/gender differences in order to give further mechanistic insights into the  development of the disease, its progression and to identify difference in treatment responses.

The ERA-NET CVD funding organizations particularly wish to promote multi-disciplinary work and translational research proposals. 

Consortia are expected to make every effort to include Patient and Public Involvement approaches, where appropriate, at each stage of the research process.

Each consortium submitting a proposal must be comprised of a minimum of three research groups. The eligible research groups must be from at least three different countries. The total number of research groups in a consortium is limited to five.

Funding is expected to start early in 2019. The projects will be funded for a period of up to three years.

The German Federal Ministry of Education and Research will contribute 3 Mio. Euros.

There will be a two-stage procedure for joint applications to this ERA-NET CVD call. Pre-proposals must be submitted in electronic format no later than 17:00 CET on 15 March, 2018 via the electronic submission system. Successful proposals will be invited by the Joint Call Secretariat to submit a full proposal no later than 17:00 C.E.T. on 15 June 2018.

The Federal Ministry of Education and Research has appointed the following institution to be in charge of the management of the organizational aspects of the funding measure:

DLR Projektträger
– Gesundheit –
Heinrich-Konen-Straße 1
53227 Bonn
Germany
Telephone: 0228 3821-1210
Internet: www.gesundheitsforschung-bmbf.de.

Please find the Call in full detail at http://www.era-cvd.eu/294.php.

In case you have any questions or would like to seek a personal consultation on the funding opportunities, please do not hesitate to contact the EPC staff.

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