Clinical trials for advancing innovative interventions for neurodegenerative diseases
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”. To that end, proposals under this topic should aim to deliver results that are directed at, tailored towards and contributing to all the following expected outcomes: The scientific and clinical communities make effective use of state-of-the-art…
Funding and competition
- 4grants expected (official)
- €10MEU contribution per project
- €6.2Mmedian EU grant of the most similar funded projects
- 166projects funded in earlier topics of this programme line
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 | 0 | NEURON Cofund2, JPCOFUND2, PERMIT |
| Universidad Politecnica De Madrid Madrid | Spain | University | 5 | 1 | EJP RD, EBRAINS 2.0, VIRTUAL BRAIN TWIN |
| Fundacio Hospital Universitari Vall D'Hebron - Institut De Recerca Barcelona | Spain | Research organisation | 4 | 0 | EJP RD, ERICA, GenoMed4ALL |
| Institut De Recerca De L'Hospital De La Santa Creu I Sant Pau Fundacion Barcelona | Spain | Research organisation | 2 | 1 | SYNAPSING, PaLaDIn |
| Universitat De Barcelona Barcelona | Spain | University | 3 | 0 | POLARIS, Lifebrain, HealthyCloud |
| Synapse Research Management Partners Sl Madrid | Spain | Company · SME | 3 | 0 | PROMINENT, EPND, AMYPAD |
| Agencia Estatal De Investigacion Madrid | Spain | Public body | 3 | 0 | NEURON Cofund2, CSA BrainHealth, NEURON Cofund |
| Fundacio Centre De Regulacio Genomica Barcelona | Spain | Research organisation | 3 | 0 | EJP RD, GenoMed4ALL, HealthyCloud |
What a typical winning consortium looks like
- 17partners (median)
- 9countries (median)
- 12%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.
- POLARIS – Progress in Leukodystrophies: Advance, Rate and Implement new treatment Strategies (HORIZON · 2026 · HORIZON-MSCA-2025-DN-01-01)
- SYNAPSING – Synapsing Mental Disorders and Neurodegenerative diseases: Towards more effective diagnosis and management of psychiatric symptoms (HORIZON · 2025 · HORIZON-HLTH-2024-DISEASE-03-14-two-stage)
- PROMINENT – Precision medicine platform in neurodegenerative disease (HORIZON · 2023 · HORIZON-JU-IHI-2022-01-01)
- METNEDIA – Translational METabolomics for NEurodegenerative Diseases dIAgnosis and prognosis (HORIZON · 2025 · HORIZON-MSCA-2024-SE-01-01)
- PedCRIN – Paediatric Clinical Research Infrastructure Network (H2020 · 2017 · INFRADEV-03-2016-2017)
- EPND – European platform for neurodegenerative disorders (H2020 · 2021 · IMI2-2020-23-03)
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- 10 Nov 2026 · European Research and Innovation Days 2026 (Brussels and online)
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- 25 Nov 2026 · Bridges Health: training and matchmaking for Horizon Europe consortia (Thessaloniki, Greece)
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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.