EUROPEAN UNION · HEALTH RESEARCH AND INNOVATION
528.20 million euro for health research: 14 topics funded, from 3 to 11 million euro per project, up to 66 projects across Europe. First deadline: 17 February 2027, 17:00 Brussels time.
The European Union funds health research through a dedicated programme. On 29 October 2026 the calls for 2027 opened: they fund projects that develop new medicines, new treatments, diagnostic tools and technologies for health systems. This is not a loan and nothing has to be repaid: it is a grant for research.
| Careful: there are two calls, not one. This is the first thing to understand, because it changes the whole job. The first asks for the full proposal straight away, in one go. The second works in two steps: first you send a short proposal, and only those who get through are invited to write the full project. Same day for the first step, very different work. |
The two calls, side by side
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First callEverything in one go
341.60 million euro10 topics, up to 42 projectsYou send the full project by 17 February 20273 to 11 million per project
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Second callTwo steps
186.60 million euro4 topics, up to 24 projectsFirst a short proposal by 17 February 2027, then the full project by 16 September 20275 to 10 million per project
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Open since29 October 2026
First deadline, for both calls17 February 202717:00, Brussels time
Second deadline, second call only16 September 202717:00, Brussels time
The time is Brussels time. The system closes on the hour by itself: one minute later nothing can be uploaded. |
What is funded
There are fourteen topics in all. Here they are grouped by subject, with the money for each, how many projects it funds and how much a single project can ask for. If your field is in one of these six groups, there is a topic for you.
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7 topicsDiseases, medicines and therapies
277.90 millionNew antivirals and new antibiotics against resistant bacteria, monoclonal antibodies against viruses with epidemic potential, among them Dengue, West Nile, Zika, Ebola, Marburg and Chikungunya, early clinical trials on chronic and neurodegenerative diseases, prevention of chronic diseases in children and young people.up to 33 projects · 3 to 11 million per project
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2 topicsEnvironment, climate and health
65.00 millionStudying how climate and the environment affect people’s health, and developing tools that help hospitals and health services cope with climate change.up to 8 projects · 4 to 11 million per project
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2 topicsHealth industry
63.80 millionProducing biological medicines with new, faster and decentralised technologies, and developing portable diagnostic devices to be used at the patient’s side instead of in a laboratory.up to 10 projects · 5 to 8 million per project
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1 topicDigital tools and artificial intelligence
44.20 millionUsing artificial intelligence to find the markers that tell in advance how a chronic disease will develop and whether a treatment is working.up to 6 projects · 6 to 8 million per project
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1 topicDisability and independent living
39.30 millionInterventions that combine technology, digital tools and social services to prevent disability and let people live independently.up to 5 projects · 6 to 8 million per project
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1 topicSafety of care
38.00 millionPreventing harm from medicines in patients who take several at once, with personalised medicine tools and artificial intelligence.up to 4 projects · 8 to 10 million per project
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The fourteen topics, one by one
This is the full list, with the official code of each topic: use it to search for it, to quote it and to tell us straight away which one you are interested in.
| HORIZON-HLTH-2027-01-STAYHLTH-01Addressing disabilities through the life course to support independent living and inclusionfirst call · research · 6 to 8 million · up to 5 projects |
| HORIZON-HLTH-2027-01-ENVHLTH-02Integrating climate-related exposures into the human exposomefirst call · research · 10 to 11 million · up to 4 projects |
| HORIZON-HLTH-2027-01-ENVHLTH-MISSCLIMA-03Tools and technologies to support health adaptation to climate changefirst call · joint public procurement · 4 to 5 million · up to 4 projects |
| HORIZON-HLTH-2027-01-DISEASE-05Development of novel small molecule antiviral therapeutics for pathogens with epidemic potentialfirst call · research · 9 to 11 million · up to 5 projects |
| HORIZON-HLTH-2027-01-DISEASE-06Development of monoclonal antibodies to prevent and treat infections from Flavivirusesfirst call · research · 9 to 10 million · up to 4 projects |
| HORIZON-HLTH-2027-01-DISEASE-07Development of monoclonal antibodies to prevent and treat infections from Filo-, Nairo-, Phenui-, Picorna- and Toga virusesfirst call · research · 9 to 10 million · up to 4 projects |
| HORIZON-HLTH-2027-01-DISEASE-08Development of innovative antimicrobials against pathogens resistant to antimicrobialsfirst call · research · 8 to 10 million · up to 5 projects |
| HORIZON-HLTH-2027-01-DISEASE-10Prevention and management of chronic noncommunicable diseases in children and young people (GACD)first call · research · 3 to 4 million · up to 3 projects |
| HORIZON-HLTH-2027-01-CARE-02Personalised approaches to reduce risks from Adverse Drug Reactions due to administration of multiple medicationsfirst call · research · 8 to 10 million · up to 4 projects |
| HORIZON-HLTH-2027-01-IND-01Development of cell-free protein synthesis platforms for discovery and production of biologicalsfirst call · research · 6 to 8 million · up to 4 projects |
| HORIZON-HLTH-2027-02-DISEASE-01-two-stageInnovative healthcare interventions for non-communicable diseasessecond call · research · 7 to 8 million · up to 8 projects |
| HORIZON-HLTH-2027-02-DISEASE-14-two-stageClinical trials for advancing innovative interventions for neurodegenerative diseasessecond call · research · about 10 million · up to 4 projects |
| HORIZON-HLTH-2027-02-TOOL-01-two-stageDevelopment of predictive biomarkers of disease progression and treatment response by using AI methodologiessecond call · research · 6 to 8 million · up to 6 projects |
| HORIZON-HLTH-2027-02-IND-02-two-stagePortable and versatile Point-of-care diagnosticssecond call · innovation · 5 to 7 million · up to 6 projects |
Three different ways to take part
The fourteen topics do not all work the same way, and the difference changes who can apply and what you get.
| 12 of the 14 topicsResearch projectsThe usual form, and the one that concerns almost everyone: a group of universities, research bodies, hospitals and companies works together on a research project and receives a grant. | 1 topicInnovation actionThis is the portable diagnostics one. What is funded is not research that starts now but a solution already close to market, to be tested in real conditions: a company has to carry it forward. | 1 topicJoint public procurementThese are the technologies for climate adaptation. Here you do not ask for a grant: public bodies buy research and development together. Support of up to 60,000 euro is foreseen for each external party involved. |
Who can take part
Universities, research bodies, hospitals, companies, including small ones, and in some cases public bodies. But one condition always applies, and it is worth knowing straight away: you cannot apply alone. You need a group of organisations from different European countries presenting the project together. A single company or a single hospital cannot apply on its own: it has to join a group, or build one.
This is the part that takes the longest, and that is why it is worth moving now rather than in January: finding the right partners, agreeing on roles and splitting the budget are not a two-week job.
| Three things that lose good projects. The first: in the second call the short proposal is assessed without the assessors knowing who wrote it, so neither the names of the participants nor those of their organisations may appear inside it, not even in passing; anyone who forgets is excluded without the content being read at all. The second: every topic has a minimum and a maximum funding amount, and a project built around a figure outside that range starts off badly. The third: the system closes exactly on the hour and makes no exceptions, not even for a last-minute technical problem. |
| Does your project fit one of the fourteen topics?Write to us and we will tell you which topic is yours, which of the two calls you should go for, how much you can ask for and what it takes to apply. We send you the official text and we help you find European partners: that is the step that takes the longest, and between now and 17 February there is little time.Ask which topic fits youAsk for help finding partners |
