To date, BBMRI-ERIC has been awarded more than €25 million in additional funds thanks to its participation in the EU’s 7th Framework Programme and Horizon 2020.
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ACCESS2ACCESS
Shaping the future EU access pathways for research infrastructures
ACCESS2ACCESS
1 May 2026 – 31 Dec 2027
Researchers struggle to identify and utilise RI capabilities in Europe’s fragmented landscape due to unfamiliarity with RI terminology or structures, resulting in missed opportunities to leverage the diverse RI portfolio. ACCESS2ACCESS lays the foundations for a future European access framework enabling world-class research through open, integrated and sustainable use of Research Infrastructures (RIs). It unites leading RIs across domains to address a core need: making access discoverable, inclusive, fair, efficient, scalable and adaptable, while aligning with ERA priorities, the European Charter for Access to RIs and the next MFF/FP10.
Grant agreement: 101291041
Consortium grant request: €1,392,255.50
BBMRI-ERIC grant request: €95,100.00
Topic: Horizon-INFRA-2025-01-DEV-05
AHEAD
Evaluating AI applications for healthcare with a global, transdisciplinary approach
AHEAD
1 Jan 2025 – 31 Dec 2028
AHEAD (AI for Health: Evaluation of Applications & Datasets) creates a transdisciplinary, diverse and global community drawing on the expertise of professionals across diverse fields. Together, the community will gather, consolidate, and put into practice established principles and guidelines, building a methodology and a platform to evaluate AI-based systems for biomedical and healthcare applications to ensure the compliance with legal, ethical, technical, scientific, and regulatory standards.
Grant agreement: 101183031
Consortium grant request: €496,800.00
BBMRI-ERIC grant request: €9,200.00
Topic: Horizon-MSCA-2023-SE-01
BIGPICTURE
Creating a European platform for AI-assisted pathology imaging
BIGPICTURE
1 Feb 2021 – 31 Jan 2027
High-performance computing is revolutionising healthcare through electronic records and digitalised pathology data. BIGPICTURE aims to establish the first European platform where quality-controlled whole slide imaging (WSI) data are stored. The consortium consists of Europe’s largest pathology departments and will work towards an open-source framework for accessing, annotating and mining WSI data using AI algorithms. With access to millions of WSI data, BIGPICTURE envisions AI-based methods that can help clinicians interpret tissue features and perform diagnosis fast, in a high-throughput manner, avoiding human bias or error.
Grant agreement: 945358
Consortium grant request: €32,319,825
BBMRI-ERIC grant request: €209,000
Topic: IMI2-2019-18-01
BIOINDUSTRY 4.0
Advancing European biotech competitiveness with AI and digital twins
BIOINDUSTRY 4.0
1 Jan 2023 – 31 Dec 2026
Bioindustry 4.0’s mission is to enhance the competitiveness of the European biotech sector globally. By refining technologies such as AI, digital twin, and cloud technologies, the project aims to empower professionals from academia and industry to collaborate and push the boundaries of bioprocess design and control – making these technologies faster, cheaper, and more sustainable.
Grant agreement: 101094287
Consortium grant request: €9,439,568.25
BBMRI-ERIC grant request: €148,468.75
Topic: HORIZON-INFRA-2022-TECH-01-01
CaBRIOH
Capacity building in research infrastructures towards One Health
CaBRIOH
1 Sep 2026 – 31 Aug 2029
Pandemics, antibiotic resistance, climate change and deforestation have clearly exposed a bitter truth: the health of humans, animals, plants and ecosystems is inextricably linked. The One Health paradigm calls for an integrated response but its success depends on a workforce of technical professionals from all maturity levels. The CaBRIOH project unites leading actors across the ESFRI Health & Food domain. Together, these partners provide comprehensive coverage of the One Health agenda. The project has two parts: the extensive provision of high-quality training modules—including mobility schemes that link RIs across countries and domains—and the NextGen training platform, a hub that consolidates all offers, personalises learning pathways, and ensures skills are recognised through micro-credentials, Europass and EU Digital Identity Wallets.
Grant agreement: 101290977
Consortium grant request: €1,247,190.19
BBMRI-ERIC grant request: €523,475.00
Topic: HORIZON-INFRA-2025-01-DEV-01
CANDLE
Drives European data transformation by developing National Cancer Data Nodes to reduce cancer burden
CANDLE
1 Jun 2025 – 31 May 2028
The national CAncer data Node DeveLopErs (CANDLE) project will provide an avenue towards a successful and highly desired data transformation in European cancer research and serve as a catalyser for the UNCAN.eu and ECPDC platforms by advancing the development of National Cancer Data Nodes (NCDNs) in European countries, as recommended in the 4UNCAN.eu blueprint, to reach the goal of the Cancer Mission and Europe’s Beating Cancer Plan, i.e. reducing the burden of cancer.
Grant agreement: 101214368
Consortium grant request: €2,999,547.50
BBMRI-ERIC grant request: €141,250.00
Topic: HORIZON-MISS-2024-CANCER-01-02
canSERV
Providing cutting-edge cancer research services across Europe
canSERV
1 Sep 2022 – 31 Aug 2026
canSERV is an EU-funded project under the Horizon Europe programme that provides cutting edge, interdisciplinary and customised oncology services across the entire cancer continuum. The aim is to offer a comprehensive portfolio of oncology-related research services available to all scientists in EU member countries, associated countries and beyond. The project unites a multidisciplinary consortium of 18 European partners, consisting of Research Infrastructures, key organisations in the field of oncology, project management and sustainability experts.
Grant agreement: 101058620
Consortium grant request: €14,866,440.50
BBMRI-ERIC grant request: €3,507,489.06
Topic: HORIZON-INFRA-2021-SERV-01
CETOCOEN Excellence Phase II
Establishing the European Centre of Excellence in Environmental Health Sciences
CETOCOEN Excellence Phase II
1 Jan 2020 – 31 Dec 2027
The goal of the CETOCOEN Excellence project TEAMING Phase II is to establish the European Centre of Excellence in Environmental Health Sciences. Masaryk University in Brno, Czech Republic, is teaming up with the leading European research institutions to develop a joint vision and a strategy for the establishment of the interdisciplinary institute of the next generation. The overall objective of the proposed project is to upgrade the existing Centre into an internationally recognised environmental health centre with significantly enhanced capacities.
Grant agreement: 857560
Consortium grant request: €14,296,466.25
BBMRI-ERIC grant request: €600,000.00
Topic: WIDESPREAD-01-2018-2019
CY-BIOBANK
Expanding research infrastructure visibility to strengthen strategic partnerships
CY-BIOBANK
1 Oct 2019 – 30 Sep 2027
This call targeted research groups in EU countries with lower R&D performance, requiring collaboration with Advanced Partners to establish new research infrastructures. The CY-Biobank project aims to upgrade the University of Cyprus Biobank into a Center of Excellence in Biobanking and Biomedical Research, aligning with European standards and ensuring long-term sustainability. This infrastructure will support the Cyprus Human Genome Project and other genomics initiatives across a wide range of diseases, including cancer, cardiovascular, kidney, autoimmune, metabolic, psychiatric, and other conditions of medical interest.
Grant agreement: 857122
Consortium grant request: €14,999,975.00
BBMRI-ERIC grant request: €1,285,815.00
Topic: Teaming of excellent research institutions and low performing RDI regions
ECHoS
Establishing cancer mission hubs: beyond networks and synergies
ECHoS
1 Jul 2026 – 30 Jun 2031
Cancer remains one of Europe’s most urgent health challenges, with cases projected to exceed 3.24 million by 2040. Confronting this reality requires coordinated action that bridges research, policy, healthcare and society. Europe’s Beating Cancer Plan (2020) and the EU Mission on Cancer (2021) placed cancer at the core of the EC political agenda, creating a mission-oriented framework that promotes collaboration across sectors and governance levels. Within this landscape, National Cancer Mission Hubs (NCMHs) have emerged as key conveners of diverse stakeholders, bridging siloed sectors and translating strategic objectives into practical solutions. ECHoS moves from the foundations laid by ECHoS (2023–2026) by focusing on consolidation, capacity-building and long-term sustainability.
Grant agreement: 101288304
Consortium grant request: €15,079,639.52
BBMRI-ERIC grant request: €82,500.00
Topic: HORIZON-MISS-2025-02-CANCER-06
EOSC Mesh
Connecting nodes to advance the EOSC Federation
EOSC Mesh
1 Sep 2026 – 31 Aug 2029
Europe faces major fragmentation in accessing, sharing, and reusing research data and services across disciplines and borders. EOSC Mesh addresses these challenges by expanding EOSC capacity and capabilities by establishing and enrolling seven federating Nodes interoperable with the EOSC EU Node: Biobanking and Biomolecular Resources (BBMRI), ENVRI (Environmental RIs), SSHOC (Social Sciences and Humanities), Scholarly Communications (OpenAIRE and OPERAS), High Energy Physics (CERN), and e-Infrastructures (EGI Federation and EUDAT CDI).
Grant agreement: 101292826
Consortium grant request: €9,591,390.00
BBMRI-ERIC grant request: €583,000.00
Topic: HORIZON-INFRA-2025-01-EOSC-01
EPND
Accelerates neurodegenerative disease research by uniting cohorts and enabling secure access to data and biosamples
EPND
1 Nov 2021 – 31 Oct 2026
Currently, there is a lack of treatments to prevent or modify the progression of neurodegenerative diseases that affect millions of people in Europe. Critical progress in the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of neurodegenerative diseases is challenged by longstanding barriers to collaboration across the research process. Despite robust research efforts and significant amounts of data and samples, there are few secure, accessible, and sustainable ways to discover and share clinical data and biosamples at scale. Without a collective effort, research on neurodegenerative diseases will stall. The European Platform for Neurodegenerative Diseases (EPND) consortium accelerates collective efforts by removing traditional barriers to collaboration and discovery and integrating research cohorts to facilitate information, biosamples and data exchange.
Grant agreement: 101034344
Consortium grant request: €9,680,000.00
BBMRI-ERIC grant request: €313,875.00
Topic: IMI2-2020-23-03
EP PerMed
Platform that supports research, innovation and implementation and fosters strategic alignment and dialogue
EP PerMed
1 Nov 2023 – 31 Oct 2033
The European Partnership for Personalised Medicine (EP PerMed) works towards improving health outcomes within sustainable healthcare systems through research, development, innovation and implementation of personalised medicine approaches for the benefit of patients, citizens and society.
Grant agreement: 101137129
Consortium grant request: €100,575,465.38
BBMRI-ERIC grant request: €119,850.00
Topic: HORIZON-HLTH-2023-CARE-08-01
ERDERA
Advancing prevention, diagnosis and treatment research for the 30 million people living with a rare disease in Europe
ERDERA
1 Sep 2024 – 31 Aug 2031
The European Rare Diseases Research Alliance (ERDERA) aims to improve the health and well-being of the 30 million people living with a rare disease in Europe, by making Europe a world leader in Rare Disease (RD) research and innovation, to support concrete health benefits to rare disease patients, through better prevention, better diagnosis, better treatment. This Partnership will deliver a RD ecosystem that builds on the successes of previous programmes by supporting robust patient need-led research, developing new diagnostic methods and pathways, spearheading the digital transformational change connecting the dots between care, patient data and research, while ensuring strong alignment of strategies in RD research across countries and regions. Structuring goal-oriented public-private collaborations targeted at interventions all along the R&D value chain will ensure that the journey from knowledge to patient impact is expedited, thereby optimising EU innovation potential in RD.
Grant agreement: 101137057
Consortium grant request: €145,830,619.47
BBMRI-ERIC grant request: €111,878.75
Topic: HORIZON-HLTH-2023-DISEASE-07-01
ERIC Forum 2
Advancing operations of ERICs and strategically contributing to the development of ERIC related policies
ERIC Forum 2
1 Sep 2023 – 31 Aug 2027
The European Research Infrastructure Consortia (ERIC), under the umbrella of the ERIC Forum, represent one of the leading science policy voices in Europe and play a key role in structuring the research infrastructure landscape. Following the successful set-up and implementation of the ERIC Forum (2019-2022), further efforts are needed to consolidate its achievements and expand the coordination and monitoring of the ERICs. This project aims to structure the cooperation between ERICs, support the implementation of the ERIC Regulation and ERICs services, and consolidate the integration of the ERICs in the European Research Area by deepening the ERIC Forum’s contribution to research policies. To reach its objectives, the project relies on a multi-disciplinary consortium involving all identified ERICs, both multiand single-sited, and representing the five science clusters of the ERICs.
Grant agreement: 101124559
Consortium grant request: €2,999,463.88
BBMRI-ERIC grant request: €736,837.50
Topic: HORIZON-INFRA-2023-ERIC-ART195-IBA
EUCAIM
Building a data-driven future for cancer care
EUCAIM
1 Jan 2023 – 31 Dec 2026
The EUropean Federation for CAncer IMages (EUCAIM) is a part of the European Commission’s European Cancer Imaging Initiative, which aims to foster innovation and deployment of digital technologies in cancer treatment and care to achieve more precise and faster clinical decision making, diagnostics, treatment and predictive medicine for cancer patients. EUCAIM’s aim is to build a pan-European digital federated infrastructure of cancer-related images which will be used for the development of AI tools toward precision medicine. The hope is that this infrastructure will provide the means to develop AI tools that will be able to enhance the (cancer) diagnosis procedure, treatment and the identification of the need for predictive medicine benefiting patients across Europe.
Grant agreement: 101100633
Consortium grant request: €17,789,829.02
BBMRI-ERIC grant request: €252,680.50
Topic: DIGITAL-2022-CLOUD-AI-02-CANCER-IMAGE
EU-CIP
Cancer information portal project – Empowering patients through trusted information
EU-CIP
1 May 2025 – 30 Apr 2029
The EUropean Cancer Information Portal project (EU-CIP) addresses the information needs of cancer patients, survivors, relatives, and caregivers. EU-CIP aims to create a patient-centric cancer information portal that improves health literacy, empowers patients, and reduces inequalities in access to cancer care information across Europe.
Grant agreement: 101214125
Consortium grant request: €11,999,215.84
BBMRI-ERIC grant request: €405,500.00
Topic: HORIZON-MISS-2024-CANCER-01-06
EvolveBBMRI
Accelerating datafication for support of EU health priorities, greening of biobanks and integrated approach to “One Health”
EvolveBBMRI
1 Jan 2024 – 31 Dec 2026
Since its creation, BBMRI-ERIC has made a remarkable contribution to European and international cutting-edge research, as one of the largest RIs for health research and in life sciences in Europe. With 2023 marking its 10-year anniversary, BBMRI-ERIC is facing a unique moment to look into the future and to develop its strategy for the next decade to ensure long-term sustainability. The EvolveBBMRI project aims to further develop BBMRI-ERIC for the benefit of its scientific communities and users, increase its capacity to serve EU policy priorities, and further deepen its collaboration with industry.
Grant agreement: 101131701
Consortium grant request: €3,999,955.00
BBMRI-ERIC grant request: €2,146,543.00
Topic: HORIZON-INFRA-2023-DEV-01-03
GDI
Federated European infrastructure for genomics data
GDI
1 Nov 2022 – 31 Oct 2026
The Genomic Data Infrastructure (GDI) project enables access to genomic and related phenotypic and clinical data across Europe by establishing a federated, sustainable and secure infrastructure to access the data. It builds on the outputs of the Beyond 1 Million Genomes (B1MG) project and is realising the ambition of the 1+Million Genomes (1+MG) initiative.
Grant agreement: 101081813
Consortium grant request: €20,000,000.00
BBMRI-ERIC grant request: €102,720
Topic: DIGITAL-2021-CLOUD-AI-01-FEI-DS-GENOMICS
INTEGRATE-LMedC
Concept development for a research infrastructure to manage, integrate and sustain large medical cohort studies
INTEGRATE-LMedC
1 Jan 2024 – 31 Dec 2026
INTEGRATE-LMedC is a concept to guide and support decision-making for the next-generation research infrastructure (RI) to facilitate efficient utilisation and harmonisation of large medical cohorts (LMC) and to accelerate scientific and medical breakthroughs in Europe and beyond.
Grant agreement: 101131809
Consortium grant request: €2,999,679.16
BBMRI-ERIC grant request: €862,286.25
Topic: HORIZON-INFRA-2023-DEV-01-01
ISIDORE II
Integrated services for infectious disease outbreak research
ISIDORE II
1 Jun 2026 – 31 May 2029
ISIDORe II represents the strategic continuation of ISIDORe. Building on its proven capacity to mobilise Europe’s research infrastructures (RIs) for pandemic preparedness and response (PP&R) research, ISIDORe II consolidates the model into a leaner, strategically aligned consortium that enhances agility, coherence and sustainability. Infectious disease–focused RIs form the operational backbone, ensuring depth in epidemic- and pandemic-relevant science, while transversal RIs provide enabling technologies such as imaging, omics, and structural biology.
Grant agreement: 101293306
Consortium grant request: €10,456,496.25
BBMRI-ERIC grant request: €245,375.00
Topic: HORIZON-INFRA-2025-01-SERV-01
PALACROS
Prioritising multimodal surgical care for patients with locally advanced pancreatic cancer across Europe
PALACROS
1 Jul 2026 – 30 Jun 2032
Pancreatic cancer is the deadliest solid tumour in Europe, with a 5-year survival of 13%. Locally advanced pancreatic cancer (LAPC) affects >50,000 Europeans annually and is essentially fatal without surgery. In recent years, expert centres have doubled their LAPC-resection rates up to 20% through novel multimodal systemic therapy and surgical techniques. However, randomised trials confirming the benefit of this approach are lacking. In most European countries max 5% of patients with LAPC undergo resection. This inequity translates into survival gaps of 20% between countries, making LAPC one of the clearest examples of cancer inequality in Europe. PALACROS will optimise surgery-centred multimodal LAPC-treatment across Europe through training and (randomised) trials.
Grant agreement: 101288659
Consortium grant request: €9,996,656.25
BBMRI-ERIC grant request: €313,000.00
Topic: HORIZON-MISS-2025-02-CANCER-03
PERIFORMANCE
Public engagement in research infrastructures for mission cancer
PERIFORMANCE
1 Sep 2025 – 31 Aug 2028
Enhancing stakeholder engagement in cancer research is vital for improving the relevance, impact, ethics, and equity of outcomes. The EU-funded Public Engagement in Research Infrastructures for Mission Cancer (PERIFORMANCE) project will advance local action under the Mission: Cancer initiative, using federated biobanking as a key platform for transdisciplinary research and innovation across Europe. By adopting a quadruple helix model that includes patients, healthcare professionals, industry partners, and policymakers, the project goes beyond standard Patient/Public Involvement (PPI) practices.
Grant agreement: 101216808
Consortium grant request: €2,362,348.75
BBMRI-ERIC grant request: €856,250.00
Topic: HORIZON-MISS-2024-CROSS-02-01
PRIMTECH3R
Preclinical in vitro models for the replacement, reduction and refinement of mouse models in preclinical studies
PRIMTECH3R
1 Apr 2025 – 31 Mar 2028
The use of mouse models in biomedical research has been pivotal in understanding human diseases due to their genetic and physiological similarities to humans. However, concerns on ethics and translatability have prompted a shift towards alternative methods such as complex in vitro models (CIVMs). PRIM-TECH3R addresses this shift by leveraging advanced technologies to develop reliable mouse and human CIVMs for preclinical studies, aiming to reduce and refine the use of animal models.
Grant agreement: 101188158
Consortium grant request: €8,999,960,00
BBMRI-ERIC grant request: €578,125.00
Topic: HORIZON-INFRA-2024-TECH-01-01
RI-SCALE
Unlocking RI potential with scalable AI and data
RI-SCALE
1 Mar 2025 – 29 Feb 2028
Scientific discoveries increasingly rely on data and AI. Research infrastructures (RIs) generate huge amounts of complex data, but managing, analysing and using this information is becoming a major challenge. Scientists often lack the large-scale tools and expertise needed to process data quickly and effectively. With this in mind, the EU-funded RI-SCALE project is tackling this issue by creating scalable Data Exploitation Platforms. These platforms will combine scientific data with preconfigured AI tools and powerful computing resources, unlocking their full potential. Working with four RIs (ENES, EISCAT, BBMRI and Euro-BioImaging), RI-SCALE will test the technology in environmental and life sciences. It will also foster collaborations to help more RIs adopt these innovations.
Grant agreement: 101188168
Consortium grant request: €9,998,828.75
BBMRI-ERIC grant request: €354,250.00
Topic: HORIZON-INFRA-2024-TECH-01
SIRENE
Services for environmental exposure and health assessment in Europe
SIRENE
1 Oct 2026 – 30 Sep 2031
The ambition of the SIRENE project is to increase the problem-solving capacity of European society in the environmental and public health space and improve capabilities to find and understand disease causations not explained by genetics. While the One Health framework is increasingly recognised as a critical approach to addressing planetary health risks, its practical implementation is limited by disciplinary silos. The exposome concept promoting holistic characterisation of the non-genetic factors that influence phenotype and health over the life course offers a unifying scientific framework to address this gap.
Grant agreement: 101292665
Consortium grant request: €9,951,380.07
BBMRI-ERIC grant request: €1,023,750.29
Topic: HORIZON-INFRA-2025-01-SERV-01
THEODORA
Immunotherapies targeting neogenes in paediatric and adolescent sarcomas
THEODORA
1 Sep 2026 – 29 Feb 2032
THEODORA addresses the unmet need for effective and less toxic therapies for paediatric and adolescent fusion-positive sarcomas, particularly Ewing sarcoma, where 2-year survival at relapse remains below 10%. Building on the recent discovery of oncogenic chimeric transcription factors-driven “neogenes” as a novel class of shared, tumour-specific antigens, the project aims to establish a European master protocol framework to evaluate innovative immunotherapies in early-stage clinical trials.
Grant agreement: 101288100
Consortium grant request: €8,712,799.93
BBMRI-ERIC grant request: €231,125.00
Topic: HORIZON-MISS-2025-02-CANCER-04
UNCAN-Connect
Decentralized collaborative network for advancing cancer research and innovation
UNCAN-Connect
1 Sep 2025 – 31 Aug 2030
UNCAN-Connect aims to develop a decentralised collaborative network to advance cancer research and innovation, enabling secure, interoperable and ethical access to cancer-related health data across the European Union.
Grant agreement: 101215206
Consortium grant request: €29,935,701.50
BBMRI-ERIC grant request: €2,800,000.00
Topic: HORIZON-MISS-2024-CANCER-01-01
Partner with us
BBMRI-ERIC and its National Nodes welcome collaboration requests from individual researchers and research teams seeking a partner for Horizon Europe or other project proposals. Please send an email using the form below and include the following information in the message body:
- Coordinator name — Who will submit the proposal?
- Call ID and call topic— The specific funding call you are applying to
- A short description of the project’s objective
- Desired collaboration/contribution — What role you would like BBMRI-ERIC and/or a National Node to play (e.g. partner, letter of support, biobank access, data resources)
- Confirmation of non-exclusivity — Confirmation that BBMRI-ERIC is free to support other consortia applying to the same call