Global collaborative action for strengthening the Regional Networks of Excellence and Epidemic Preparedness Consortia (CSA)
Programme Category
Programme Name
Programme Description
The Global Health EDCTP3 Joint Undertaking (GH EDCTP3) builds on the first and second European and Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership programmes. This new joint undertaking (JU) is a partnership between the EU and the EDCTP Association, whose members are several European and African countries. The partnership will deliver new solutions for reducing the burden of infectious diseases in SSA and strengthen research capacities to prepare and respond to re-emerging infectious diseases in this region and across the world.
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Call
Summary
The purpose of this topic is to provide funding to restructured EDCTP Regional Networks tailored to the evolving regional clinical trials landscape and learnings from COVID-19, as well as other regional disease threats, towards achieving the pre-defined deliverables set out in this call. Building on EDCTP investments, proposals under this topic should aim to deliver results that are directed, tailored towards, and contributing to the following expected outcomes.
Detailed Call Description
Proposals need to address all the following outcomes:
- Strengthening clinical research capacity in order to be able to conduct multi-country clinical trials to ICH-GCP standards and compliance with WHO Guidance for Best Practices for Clinical Trials;
- Enhancing collaboration and optimising the use of resources and infrastructures within the network;
- Offering training, mentorship and support to senior scientists to promote professional developmentand scientific leadership in clinical trials;
- Strengthening South-South, North-North and North-South collaborations between researchers and institutions;
- Encouraging and promoting networking and dialogue between researchers, communities and policy makers to maximise the impact of clinical research in Africa;
- Promote resource sharing and harmonisation;
- Establishing or strengthen partnerships with National Public Health Institutes;
- Establishing/strengthening/expanding multidisciplinary epidemiology networks, generating accelerated evidence for optimal management of patients and for guiding public health response to any severe infectious outbreak caused by pathogens within the scope of the Global Health EDCTP3.
Actions funded under this topic should contribute to increased international cooperation among researchers and funders, catalyse research synergies, and leverage resources and investments in order to achieve the strengthening of the Regional Networks of Excellence and Epidemic Preparedness Consortia. Proposals are expected to leverage and include the effective in-kind and/or financial contribution of contributing partners, in order to produce meaningful and significant effects enhancing the impact of the related research activities.
Proposals must address 3 of the following areas:
- Expertise
- Training, mentorship and support to senior researchers
- Partnerships
- Infrastructure
Proposals are expected to leverage financial and/or in-kind contribution from contributing partners. Proposals should define the activities of their project in its entirety, including details of the component(s) for which Global Health EDCTP3 JU funding is requested and the component(s) that are to be financed by contributing partners.
Proposals should include consortia with strong representation from institutions and researchers across sub- Saharan African countries, demonstrating a broad regional distribution in the SSA region, including involvement of new institutions and Franco/Lusophone countries, and considering previous EDCTP 1 and 2 investments and current EDCTP3 call. Applicants are also reminded of the expectation of reaching out to organisations in countries with high burden of disease with relatively lower research capacities, for which appropriate funding allocations should be proposed. Collaboration with other international research groups with relevant experience and participation in networking and joint activities, as relevant, is strongly encouraged.
Call Total Budget
Financing percentage by EU or other bodies / Level of Subsidy or Loan
Global Health EDCTP3 estimates that a JU contribution of up to €10.000.000 per project to be matched by an equal or greater financial and/or in-kind contribution from other contributing partners, would allow the outcomes of this topic to be addressed appropriately.
Thematic Categories
- Health
- Research, Technological Development and Innovation
Eligibility for Participation
- Legal Entities
- Other Beneficiaries
- Private Bodies
- Researchers/Research Centers/Institutions
Eligibility For Participation Notes
The admissibility and eligibility conditions are described in Annex A, Annex B, and Annex E of the Horizon Europe Work Programme General Annexes.
Consortium composition
- At least 3 legal entities independent from each other and established in different countries, where legal entities are eligible to receive funding;
- At least 1 independent legal entity established in a Member State or an associated country; and
- At least 1 independent legal entity established in a sub-Saharan African (SSA) country that is a member of the EDCTP Association.
A number of non-EU/non-Associated Countries that are not automatically eligible for funding have made specific provisions for making funding available for their participants in Horizon Europe projects. See the information in the Horizon Europe Programme Guide.
For the topic HORIZON-JU-GH-EDCTP3-2025-03-NETWORKS-01-two-stage – according to which the EDCTP Association is obligatorily part of the consortium as coordinator, the EDCTP Association must not be counted as one of the three independent legal entities necessary to ensure the eligibility of the consortium composition.
The above topic includes additional specific conditions, which are described in the Global Health EDCTP3 Joint Undertaking Work Programme 2025 (the link can be found under the “Further information” section of this email).
Call Opening Date
Call Closing Date
EU Contact Point
EDCTP – Europe Office
Postal and visiting address: Anna van Saksenlaan 51, 2593 HW The Hague, The Netherlands
Telephone: +31 70 344 0880
EDCTP – Africa Office
Postal address: P.O. Box 19070, Tygerberg 7505, Cape Town, South Africa
Visiting address: Francie van Zijl Drive, Parowvallei 7505, Cape Town, South Africa
Telephone: +27 21 938 0690
Fax: +27 21 938 0569
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