Open Calls

Horizon Europe Health Cluster 2025

The Horizon Europe Health Cluster 2025 Work Programme has been published and you can find it here.

Single stage calls opened on 22 May and will close on 16 September 2025. They include:

Destination 3

Destination 4

Destination 5

Destination 6

Two-stage calls opened on 22 May. First stage deadline is on 16 September 2025. Successful proposals will go through to the 2nd stage with a deadline of 16 April 2026.

Destination 1

Destination 2

Destination 3

Destination 6

2025 Health Cluster Info Day recordings are available here. Please, find in this HNN3.0 document, all the questions asked during the session with the link to the exact minute in the video where each question was answered.

Long term matchmaking is available through the Horizon Europe Brokerage Event on the 2025 Cluster 1 Health.

Cancer Mission 2025

The Cancer Mission 2025 Work Programme has just been published and you can find it here. Deadline for the Cancer Mission calls is 16 September 2025.

Calls include:

Cancer Mission 2025 Info Day recording is available here.

For more information on Horizon Europe Health Cluster or the Cancer Mission, please contact the Health NCP at icastellano@hrb.ie

ERDERA Networking Support Scheme

The Networking Support Scheme (NSS) is a continuously open call designed to knit together researchers, clinicians and patient advocates working on rare diseases and rare cancers. Proposals may be lodged at any time, but the first collection round will be assessed immediately after the 7 October 2025 deadline, allowing successful teams to start planning events without delay.

Under the scheme, applicants can request up to €30 000 per networking event to cover meeting costs, travel costs, hybrid-meeting platforms and other essentials. Rounds will be held every six months until April 2029—or until the dedicated budget is exhausted—providing a response pathway for emerging collaborations of the partnership.

What is the aim?

  • To promote the exchange of scientific knowledge.
  • To empower underrepresented countries to join and contribute to rare disease and rare cancer research.

Who is it for?

  • Clinicians, researchers, patient advocacy organisations & research managers working in or building new or expanding research networks.

Applications will be open on a continuous basis – collected every 6 months, starting 7 October 2025. Each event must gather applicants from at least three ERDERA countries and focus squarely on knowledge exchange in rare disease or rare cancer research. Meetings may run in person or in hybrid formats to maximise reach.

More information, such as guidance notes, evaluation criteria and the full list of eligible countries are available on the ERDERA website.

Innovative Health Initiative

Innovative Health Initiative – call 11

IHI call 11 is open and it is a two-stage call. Short proposal submission deadline is next 9th of October 2025 at 16:00 IST and full proposal submission deadline is on the 29th April 2026 at 16:00 (IST). Topics included in this call are:

Upcoming calls 

EU4Health

The 2025 work programme for the EU4Health programme is due to be published in September 2025.

EU4Health Calls

Calls for proposals and calls for tenders will be published after the publication of the 2025 work programme.

The tentative call calendar is published on HADEA’s webpage. 

See also the HRB website for general information on the Horizon Europe and EU4Health programmes.