ERA-NET NEURON Project 2024 Joint International Call (JTC 2024) has been opened on 08 January 2024. In the JTC 2024 call, researchers working in Türkiye will be supported within the scope of TÜBİTAK, 1071 Support Programme for Increasing Capacity to Benefit from International Research Funds and Participation in International R&D Cooperation.
The goal of the call is to support multinational, collaborative research projects that will address critical translational and clinical questions to advance knowledge of the role of bidirectional central nervous system-body interactions in the occurrence and progression of neurological and psychiatric diseases.
The current call aims to fund preclinical research to proof-of-concept clinical trials addressing the pathophysiology and therapeutic developments of neurological or psychiatric disorders associated with bidirectional brain-body interactions. Research areas can cover a wide range of aspects, such as genetics, epigenetics and molecular mechanisms of disease. It may include research on the role of the immune system, gut and microbiome, metabolic system, autonomic system, hormonal system in neurological or psychiatric disorders. The call includes the development of preventive, diagnostic and/or therapeutic approaches, including technological developments based on pharmacological studies and pathophysiological mechanisms.
Research proposals should cover at least one of the following areas:
a) Fundamental research on the role of the bidirectional brain-body interaction on the pathogenesis and/or aetiology of neurological and psychiatric diseases. This may include the development of innovative or shared resources and technologies considered of relevance in the context of this call.
b) Pre-clinical and clinical research to develop new strategies for prevention, diagnosis, therapy, and rehabilitation procedures for diseases in which alterations in brain-body communication constitutes a relevant process of the pathology.
The following research areas are excluded from this call:
• Neurodegenerative disorders that are addressed by the EU Joint Programme – Neurodegenerative Disease Research (JPND).
• Proposals focusing on neuro-oncology.
• Proposals dealing primarily with periphery organ functions (e.g. lung, sensory organs, liver, cardiovascular, etc.) without specifically focusing on the brain-body interaction aspect.
• Proposals focusing solely on technological developments in disregard of neurobiological mechanisms.
Only international projects will be financed. Each consortium that will submit a proposal must consist of research groups from at least three different countries funded by the organizations specified in the international call text. The number of research groups in a consortium is limited to five. A maximum of two research groups can be from the same country. The number of partners in consortiums can be increased to six, including partners from countries that are underrepresented up to date in the ERA-NET NEURON funding scheme. Researchers from non-funding countries can also take part in projects, if they provide their own funding sources and demonstrate their additional contribution to the consortium, not exceeding the number of research groups mentioned above.
A two-stage international evaluation will be made for the call by the ERA-NET NEURON Joint Call Secretariat. Candidates who are successful as a result of the international external reviewer evaluation from the pre-proposal proposals received in the first stage will be invited for full proposals in the second stage. Applications for preliminary proposals has been opened on 08 January 2024 and the deadline is 08 March 2024 (14:00:00 CET). Preliminary proposals and full proposals can be prepared jointly by partners, but applications should only be submitted by coordinators using the international ERA-NET NEURON electronic application system. Additionally, researchers applying from Türkiye must make a national application. Applicants can submit and must sign electronically their applications by selecting "NEURON JTC2024 1. Aşama" from the "Çoklu İşbirliği Destek Programları (1.Aşama)" section at https://uidb-pbs.tubitak.gov.tr/ until March 15, 2024 (23:59 Türkiye time zone).
Before applying, national application rules must be read in detail. If the application rules are not followed, the application may be returned without being evaluated.
Detailed information about the call and international application can be found on the page https://www.neuron-eranet.eu/joint-calls/bio-medical/2024-brain-body/ and international network tools can be found at page https://www.neuron-eranet.eu/resource-hub/networking-tools/
Contact Persons:
For information about International Application Rules and NEURON:
Dr. Recep Emrah ÇEVİK
TÜBİTAK, Sağlık Bilimleri Araştırma Destek Grubu (SBAG)
Tel: 0 312 298 1214
E-post: emrah.cevik@tubitak.gov.tr
For information about National Application Requirements:
Dr. Ceren UZUN
TÜBİTAK, Uluslararası İşbirliği Projeleri Araştırma Destek Grubu (UPAG)
Tel: 0312 298 1789
E-post: ceren.uzun@tubitak.gov.tr
12.01.2024
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