The Multinational and Translational Research Projects in the European Partnership for Brain Health call from the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) supports researchers based in Germany to collaborate in the JTC2026 Call 2: Neurodegenerative Disorders (EP BrainHealth Call 2) from the European Partnership for Brain Health (EP BrainHealth), co-funded by Horizon Europe.
This call aims to facilitate multinational, collaborative and interdisciplinary research that addresses critical translational questions. Proposals should address how biological, social and environmental factors affect the trajectory of neurodegenerative disorders across the lifespan. E.g. Alzheimer’s disease and other neurodegenerative dementias, Parkinson’s disease (PD) and PD-related disorders, prion disease, motor neuron diseases, Huntington’s disease, spinocerebellar ataxia and spinal muscular atrophy.
Applications must be interdisciplinary and address at least two of the three factors below:
- Biological factors, e.g. genetics, epigenetics, -omics, neuroplasticity, inflammation, infection, synaptogenesis, circuits, vascular factors, sensory impairment, comorbidities;
- Lifestyle and social factors, e.g. exercise/activity, nutrition, sleep, smoking, alcohol and drug abuse, work (income, employment), socio-economic background/status, race/ethnicity, sex and gender, education, safety, social interactions (family/friends), access to healthcare, stress, trauma, migration.
- Environmental factors, e.g. pollution/contaminants, urbanicity, disasters, pandemics, war/conflicts, climate change, microbiota, nature.
Applications are open to researchers in Germany. Involvement of promising early-career researchers as consortium partners is highly encouraged. Each consortium submitting a proposal must involve a minimum of three research partners from at least three different participating countries, of which at least two are based in the EU Member or Associated States. The funding provides up to 400,000 EUR for up to 3 years.
Pre-proposal deadline is March 10, 2026. Submission deadline for full proposals is June 30, 2026.