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ERDERA - 2025 Call on pre-clinical therapy studies for rare diseases open

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The European Partnership on Rare Diseases (ERDERA) has opened its first Joint Transnational Call for Proposals on 'Pre-clinical therapy studies for rare diseases using small molecules and biologicals – development and validation'. The timeline of the call is as follows:

  • Pre-proposal Submission Deadline: 13 February 2025
  • Full Proposal Invitations: Early May 2025
  • Funding Decisions: December 2025


Research Foundation Flanders (FWO) participates in this call. More information on available funding for researchers based in Flanders and on who can apply & how is specified in the call documents. Questions? Please contact europe@fwo.be .

Projects should address at least two of the following:

  • Development of novel therapies in a pre-clinical setting.
  • Creation and validation of predictive and pharmacodynamic biomarkers.
  • Replication of pre-clinical findings to enhance reliability.
  • Pre-clinical proof-of-concept studies for therapy readiness.

Please note, certain approaches, including ATMP therapies and clinical trials, are excluded from this call. Detailed eligibility criteria are outlined in the Call Guidelines.

More information is available on the ERDERA website.

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