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ERA4Health Partnership - Call PREVENT-OO 'Understanding and Preventing Overweight and Obesity' now open

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The European Partnership ERA4Health has launched its eighth Joint Transnational Call, PREVENT-OO, that will fund multidisciplinary research on understanding and preventing overweight and obesity.

Aim of the call:
Focus on mechanisms of their onset and progression, neglected determinants and novel strategies for critical transitional periods in life. Applications must cover only one of the two following topics:

  1. Research that improves the understanding of the causes for obesity, overweight and its complications by using a mechanistic approach.
  2. Research that focuses on prevention and public health strategies for critical transitional periods of life.
    ERA4Healht is organising a matchmaking event for topic 2 on 21 November 2025. Interested? Register here


Research Foundation Flanders (FWO) participates in this call. More information on available funding for researchers based in Flanders and on how to apply will be published on FWO's website soon. Deadline for the submission of pre-proposals is 21 January 2026. Questions on available funding by FWO? Contact europe@fwo.be . 

More information on the call, its conditions and how to apply
 can be found on the ERA4Health dedicated webpage. Interested in applying? Join the information webinar on 18 November 2025 here

 

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