European Partnership for Pandemic Preparedness (Phase 2)
This topic aims at supporting activities that are enabling or contributing to one or several expected impacts of destination “Tackling diseases and reducing disease burden”. Proposals under this topic should aim to deliver results that are directed at, tailored towards and contributing to all the following expected outcomes: The EU offers a valued operational network of clinical research sites (both interventional…
Funding and competition
- 1grant expected (official)
- €63MEU contribution per project
- €6.9Mmedian EU grant of the most similar funded projects
- 166projects funded in earlier topics of this programme line
Very few grants: expect strong competition. Only proposals well above threshold are funded, so a clearly differentiated idea and a complete consortium are essential.
Success rates vary widely between topics (often from below 5% to above 30%). Ask us for the success-rate history of this topic before you commit to a proposal.
Organisations with a track record in this topic
Organisations that took part in the EU-funded projects most similar to this call (Horizon Europe and Horizon 2020), ranked by how close those projects are to the call, how recent they are and whether the organisation coordinated them. Being listed does not mean an organisation is looking for partners: use the list to target your outreach.
Spanish organisations with experience in this field
The Spanish organisations that appear most often in the closest funded projects.
| Organisation | Country | Type | Similar EU projects | As coordinator | Examples (CORDIS) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Instituto De Salud Carlos Iii Madrid | Spain | Research organisation | 7 | 1 | BE READY, BE READY PLUS, INTERCEPTOR |
| Servicio Madrileno De Salud Madrid | Spain | Public body | 7 | 0 | PIPELINE, VACCELERATE, EU-RESPONSE |
| Agencia Estatal Consejo Superior De Investigaciones Cientificas Madrid | Spain | Research organisation | 4 | 0 | ISIDORe II, BY-COVID, CORE Organic Cofund |
| Fundacion Para La Investigacion Biomedica Del Hospital Universiatrio La Paz Madrid | Spain | Other | 4 | 0 | VACCELERATE, EU-RESPONSE, PROACT EU-Response |
| Agencia Estatal De Investigacion Madrid | Spain | Public body | 5 | 0 | WaterWorks2017, CORE Organic Cofund, EuroNanoMed III |
| Idener Research & Development Aie Sevilla | Spain | Research organisation | 1 | 1 | AURORAI |
| Fundacio Centre De Regulacio Genomica Barcelona | Spain | Research organisation | 2 | 0 | BY-COVID |
| Fundacion Para La Gestion De La Investigacion En Salud De Sevilla Sevilla | Spain | Research organisation | 2 | 0 | ECRAID-Base, VACCELERATE |
What a typical winning consortium looks like
- 15partners (median)
- 9countries (median)
- 6%of partners are SMEs
Based on the 25 funded projects closest to this call. Use it as a benchmark, not a rule: always check the call conditions for the minimum consortium.
Most similar funded projects
Read their CORDIS pages to see the full consortium, results and deliverables.
- BE READY – Building a European strategic Research and Innovation Area in Direct Synergy with EU and International Initiatives for Pandemic Preparedness (HORIZON · 2022 · HORIZON-HLTH-2021-DISEASE-04-06)
- BE READY PLUS – Building a European strategic Research and Innovation Area in Direct Synergy with EU and International Initiatives for Pandemic Preparedness PLUS (HORIZON · 2025 · HORIZON-HLTH-2024-DISEASE-17-01)
- COMECT – COordination MEchanism for Cohorts and Trials (HORIZON · 2023 · HORIZON-HLTH-2023-DISEASE-03-05)
- RECoVER – Rapid European SARS-CoV-2 Emergency research Response (H2020 · 2020 · SC1-PHE-CORONAVIRUS-2020)
- PIPELINE – Pregnancy and Infant PrEparedness pLatform IN Europe (HORIZON · 2025 · HORIZON-HLTH-2024-DISEASE-03-11-two-stage)
- CTCAN – Clinical Trials Community Africa Network (HORIZON · 2023 · HORIZON-JU-GH-EDCTP3-2022-CALL1-01-04)
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- 10 Nov 2026 · European Research and Innovation Days 2026 (Brussels and online)
- 24 Nov 2026 · Horizon Europe Cluster 1 Health brokerage event (Online)
- 25 Nov 2026 · Bridges Health: training and matchmaking for Horizon Europe consortia (Thessaloniki, Greece)
- 26 Nov 2026 · Horizon Europe Cluster 1 Health Info Day (Online)
- 1 Dec 2026 · Interdisciplinary Pathways towards Green and Resilient Societies (Online)
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Track-record data: CORDIS open data (European Commission), organisation level only, refreshed weekly. Rankings are calculated automatically by Ullswater Investments from text similarity between the call and funded projects; they are indicative.