Decode the Immunoscience of age-related diseases
Innovative Health Initiative JU Call 13 · HORIZON-JU-RIA · Needs partners
What this call funds
This call funds a large research project to understand why immune diseases like arthritis, IBD, and asthma behave differently when they first appear in elderly people. The project should identify biological markers and mechanisms linking immune ageing to disease, using data from new and existing patient studies, lab samples, and AI-based analysis. The goal is to enable earlier diagnosis, personalised treatment, and new therapies for older patients with these conditions.
biotechnology · digital health · genomics · public health · aging care · artificial intelligence
Who wins this
A large multi-partner consortium combining pharmaceutical/health industry players, academic researchers, and clinical/biobank infrastructure capable of running observational cohorts and multi-omics AI-driven research on immune ageing and chronic inflammatory diseases.
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The call in detail
- Indicative grant size
- €9.2M
- Funding model
- Budget-based — reimbursement of actual eligible costs
- Submission
- Two-stage submission (short outline first, full proposal if invited)
- Cut-off dates (2)
- 8 Oct 2026 · 21 Apr 2027
- Type of action
- HORIZON JU Research and Innovation Actions
- Partners
- Required. The call asks for a consortium — a group applying together, typically 3+ organisations from 3+ countries.
- Also required
- Proposal page limits are 20 pages for first-stage short proposals and 50 pages for second-stage full proposals under this two-stage RIA call; entities from Horizon Europe associated countries including Canada, Switzerland, UK, and South Korea are eligible.
- Eligible countries (45)
- Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Norway, Iceland, Switzerland, United Kingdom, IL, TR, UA, RS, MK, ME, AL, BA, XK, GE, AM, MD, TN, NZ
Read the full conditions from the official call ›
General conditions 1. Admissibility conditions: Proposal page limit and layout described in Annex A and Annex E of the Horizon Europe Work Programme General Annexes. Proposal page limits and layout: described in Part B of the Application Form available in the Submission System: at the first stage of a two-stage call, the limit for RIA short proposals is 20 pages; at the second stage of a two-stage call, the limit for RIA full proposals is 50 pages. 2. Eligible countries described in Annex B of the Work Programme General Annexes. A number of non-EU/non-Associated Countries that are not automatically eligible for funding have made specific provisions for making funding available for their participants in Horizon Europe projects. See the information in the Horizon Europe Programme Guide. 3. Other Eligibility Conditions described in Annex B of the Work Programme General Annexes and in the ''Conditions of the Calls for proposals and Calls management rules'' section of the IHI JU Work Programme (WP) 4. Financial and operational capacity and exclusion described in Annex C of the Work Programme General Annexes. 5a. Evaluation and award: Award criteria, scoring and thresholds described in Annex D of the Work Programme General Annexes and in the ''Conditions of the Calls for proposals and Calls management rules'' section of the IHI JU Work Programme (WP) 5b. Evaluation and award: Submission and evaluation processes described in Annex F of the Work Programme General Annexes and the Online Manual. 5c. Evaluation and award: Indicative timeline for evaluation and grant agreement described in Annex F of the Work Programme General Annexes. 6. Legal and financial set-up of the grants described in Annex G of the Work Programme General Annexes. Specific conditions described in the ''Conditions of the Calls for proposals and Calls management rules'' section of the the IHI JU Work Programme (WP) specific conditions on Availability, Accessibility and Affordability (3A) do not apply to this topic JU's right to object to transfer/exclusive licensing Information on eligibility for funding: Legal entities based in all countries associated to Horizon Europe, including Canada, Switzerland, the UK, and South Korea, will be eligible to receive funding under this call, in line with the normal rules. Where relevant, templates of the reference documents and associated guidance can be found on the IHI JU website. Regarding the application forms for submitting proposals, the relevant templates and annexes are available to download in the submission system of the Funding and Tender Opportunities portal. The IHI JU 13 th Call for proposals full topics text is available here.
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