Joint Transnational Call 2026

1/ Read carefully Call text and guidelines.

2/ Use the pre-proposal form to prepare the submission of the project online.

3/ Make sure the following points are checked before submission.

General conditions:

  • The project proposal addresses the AIM/S of the call
  • The project proposal meets the TOPIC/S included in this call

Ethical standards:

The proposal complies with ethical principles (including the highest standards of research integrity — as set out, for instance, in the European Code of Conduct for Research Integrity — and including, in particular, avoiding fabrication, falsification, plagiarism or other research misconduct).

Composition of the consortium:

The project proposal involves at least 4 eligible research partners from at least 4 different countries participating in the call.

The project proposal does not include more than two eligible research partners from the same partner country participating in the call (check out additional national limits that apply, in “Guidelines for Applicants”).

The consortium coordinator and the partners are eligible to receive funding from their national funding organisation(s) participating in the call.

The project proposal involves a maximum of 6 eligible research partners (including the coordinator) asking for funding. In case of inclusion of partners from participating underrepresented countries (Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Slovakia, Türkiye) or additional early career researchers, the project involves a maximum of 8 eligible partners asking for funding.

Eligibility of consortium partners:

I have checked that each research partner involved in the project proposal is eligible to receive funding by its funding agency.

I have checked that the applicants have confirmed the eligibility of the pre-proposal with their national/regional Contact Point.

I have checked that the mandatory early career researcher fulfills the eligibility criteria for an ECR.

(If applicable) Italian partners applying for funding at the Ministry of Health involved in the proposal have submitted a pre-submission eligibility check form to their national funding organization at least 10 working days before the submission deadline, through their IRCCS, using WorkFlowResearch System-> ER communication code. The pre-eligibility check form is available here: https://www.salute.gov.it/imgs/C_17_pagineAree_4441_0_file.pdf

(If applicable) Italian partners applying for funding at Tuscany Region involved in the proposal have submitted a pre-submission eligibility check form duly filled and signed by the Tuscan Principal Investigator and by the legal representative of the beneficiary to their regional funding organization (erdera@regione.toscana.it) at least 10 days before the submission deadline.

(If applicable) Italian partners applying for Fondazione Telethon should submit a pre-submission eligibility check form to Fondazione Telethon at least 10 working days before the submission deadline.

(If applicable) Austrian partners have submitted administrative and financial data (in accordance with the FWF guidelines for stand-alone projects) online to the FWF at https://elane.fwf.ac.at/.

(If applicable) Hungarian partners have submitted mandatory information to NKFIH, including applicant name and affiliation, as well as an estimation of the requested budget.

(If applicable) Slovak partners have submitted a Letter of Commitment of the partner institute’s in-kind contribution (spoluucast) to SAS.

(If applicable) Turkish partners will submit the pre-proposal within 2 weeks, including the electronic signature process, through TUBITAK UIDB application system: http://uidb-pbs.tubitak.gov.tr/.

(If applicable) Israeli partners have submitted to CSO-MOH an abstract and budget table and received approval for eligibility prior to the submission of the preproposal to ERDERA (in accordance with CSO-MOH guidelines)

(If applicable) Luxembourgish partners must submit the pre-proposal as well as INTER documents to the FNR up to 7 working days after the submission deadline (see https://www.fnr.lu/funding-instruments/inter/).

(If applicable) Portuguese partners need to send the Statement of Commitment to FCT (erdera@fct.pt) up to 10 working days after the deadline for submission of pre-proposals.

(If applicable) Cypriot partners through the Coordinator of the Cypriot Consortium should also submit a pre-proposal and full proposal to the RIF at (https://iris.research.org.cy) up to 7 calendar days after the submission deadline of pre-proposals and full proposals, respectively.

(If applicable) Czech partners have submitted to AZVCR a Sworn Statement, Sworn Statement of composition consortium, and Application form for national eligibility check no later than the deadline for submission of pre-proposals to ERDERA (https://www.azvcr.cz/).

(If applicable) Belgian partners applying for funding to F.R.S.-FNRS have checked that they are in accordance with the eligibility rules and criteria, which can be found in the PINT-Multi regulations. It is strongly advised to contact the F.R.S.-FNRS prior to submission regarding the eligibility criteria. Applicants to F.R.S.-FNRS funding must provide basic administrative data by submitting an administrative application on e-space within 5 working days after the general deadline of ERDERA call to be eligible. Please select the “PINT-MULTI” funding instrument when creating the administrative application.

(If applicable) (If applicable) Belgian partners applying for funding to SPW are requested to contact SPW at least 4 weeks before the submission deadline. Applicants have checked that they are in accordance with the eligibility rules and criteria which can be found in the SPW-Recherche website and the “Guidelines to applicants” edited by the partnership. Applicants to SPW funding must fill in the regional pre-proposal form on the regional application platform ONTIME. Proposals invited to the second stage must also be submitted on the same platform. The submission deadlines are the same as the general deadline of the ERDERA call.

(If applicable) Canadian partners will submit applicant information and the pre-proposal at the pre-proposal stage and the full proposal at the full proposal stage as per CIHR Funding Opportunity (link to follow).