Open calls

ERA-NET ICRAD Call

The second transnational call for proposals of the ERA-NET ICRAD (International Coordination of Research on Infectious Animal Diseases) has been launched with the title « One Health Approach to Zoonoses Research and Innovation ».
 
Twenty-two funding organisations from 18 - mainly European - countries foresee a budget of more than 12 million euros for this second call. In Belgium, the FPS Health, Food Chain Safety and Environment, the Research Foundation – Flanders (FWO) and The Fund for Scientific Research (FSR) participate. The FPS Public Health has earmarked a grant budget of 250,000 euros for projects within the first research area (Research area 1) “Improved understanding of animal-human-environment interface”.
 
The full call text including the guidelines for submitting project proposals is available on the ICRAD website.
 
The deadline for submission of pre-proposals is Wednesday the 15^th of December 2021 at 15:00 (CET). Submission shall be done through the ICRAD submission platform.
 
There will be a (international) webinar to introduce the call on Friday the 8^th of October 10:00-12:00 (CET). The webinar will cover:

1. Call Timeline
2. Introduction to the Joint Call 
3. Important conditions and requirements 
4. How to submit a proposal via the submission tool
5. Evaluation of proposals
6. Questions & Answers

You can attend the webinar via the following meeting link.
The recorded session, as well as the PowerPoint slides will be available for any applicants who are not able to attend the webinar.