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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 EDCTP Prizes 2026-2027 are recognition prizes funded under Horizon Europe.
Prizes are financial contributions given as rewards following the publication of a contest. A ‘recognition prize’ is used to recognise past achievements and outstanding work after it has been performed, whereas an ‘inducement prize’ is used to spur investment in a given direction, by specifying a target prior to the performance of the work.
Applications will have to clearly state the involvement of the applicants in the research and innovation activities within the remit of the Global Health EDCTP3 programme. Applicants will have to provide proof of eligibility and a written presentation of the achievements, which will be presented to an independent panel of experts for evaluation.
Detailed Call Description
EDCTP3 Prizes 2025 and related award criteria
The prizes will be awarded to the entry that, in the opinion of the independent expert jury, demonstrates having best addressed the cumulative criteria specified under the respective descriptions below.
Applications will be graded on a total of 100 points. Where relevant, the number of points for each award criterion is indicated below.
Scientific Leadership Prize (four prizes)
These prizes will be awarded to four different profiles and aim to recognise growing mid-career scientists:
– Two Scientific Leadership Prizes (one woman and one man) for researchers who are permanent residents of an EU Member State or a country associated with the Horizon Europe programme;
– Two Scientific Leadership Prizes (one woman and one man) for researchers who are permanent residents of a sub-Saharan African country which is a constituent state of the EDCTP Association.
Award criteria
These prizes are awarded to the entries that best address the following cumulative criteria based on their application, that should also include a letter of support from other member(s) of the research community:
- Scientific contribution and excellence: Contestants should have made significant achievements in their field and will continue to be leaders in their research field (50 points).
- Impact: Contestants should have made major contributions to the objectives of the Global Health EDCTP3 programme to strengthen research capacity in sub-Saharan Africa and to support South-South and North-South networking (50 points).
Call Total Budget
Financing percentage by EU or other bodies / Level of Subsidy or Loan
Four Scientific Leadership prizes: €15.000 each.
Thematic Categories
- Health
- Research, Technological Development and Innovation
Eligibility for Participation
- Natual person / Citizen / Individual
Eligibility For Participation Notes
Eligible participants – Scientific Leadership Prize for a woman resident of an EU Member State or a country associated with the Horizon Europe programme
In order to be eligible, the applicants must:
- be a natural person below 50 years old on the day of the launch of the contest;
- be established (residing) in the EU or a country associated to Horizon Europe;
- identify as female.
General rules
Applicants to all contests must register in the Participant Register — before the call deadline — and will have to be validated by the Central Validation Service (REA Validation). For the validation, you will be requested to upload documents showing legal status and origin.
Current employees of Global Health EDCTP3, any EU institution, agency or body, the EDCTP Association or people serving on one of Global Health EDCTP3 or EDCTP Association advisory or governing bodies (including working groups) may not apply to any of the prizes nor provide letters of support for a specific application.
Applicants that have already received an EDCTP prize and may not receive a second prize for the same activities. This includes prizes awarded under EDCTP1, 2 and 3.
Applicants that have already received an EDCTP prize shall not receive a prize in the same prize category twice. This includes prizes awarded under EDCTP1, 2 and 3.
Entities without legal personality — Entities which do not have legal personality under their national law may exceptionally participate, provided that their representatives have the capacity to undertake legal obligations on their behalf, and offer guarantees for the protection of the EU financial interests equivalent to that offered by legal persons.
Countries currently negotiating association agreements — Applicants from countries with ongoing negotiations may participate in the contest and may receive a prize if the relevant country has associated to Horizon Europe before the award.