BE READY: First joint transnational call in 2026
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Last updated on 16 December 2025
Main points
- The theme of the 2026 joint transnational call is: ‘BE READY: Advancing knowledge of host and pathogen dynamics to better combat emerging diseases’.
- The call for proposals is scheduled to open in January 2026.
Better preparing Europe for future health threats: the first joint transnational call from BE READY
Infectious diseases can quickly turn into global health crises, as demonstrated by the COVID-19 pandemic and recent outbreaks of avian influenza (H5N1) and mpox virus. These events have highlighted the importance of interactions between the environment, humans and animals in a “One Health” approach, and have also underscored the need to strengthen international cooperation in research and development. However, in Europe, it has become apparent that, despite rapid research efforts, these have lacked coordination, resulting in a fragmented research landscape.
The European Partnership for Pandemic Preparedness BE READY aims to establish a European research and innovation ecosystem ready to respond quickly and effectively to future health crises caused by infectious diseases. This ecosystem will be fully integrated into the broader European institutional framework for health security.
To achieve this objective, BE READY’s Strategic Research and Innovation Agenda (SRIA) on pandemic preparedness defines the Partnership’s research priorities and scientific objectives. To implement these priorities, BE READY is launching its first joint transnational call (JTC) in 2026.
This call will support innovative, collaborative, interdisciplinary and transnational research projects aimed at better understanding the pandemic potential of emerging pathogens, determining the pathophysiology induced by these pathogens and developing innovative medical countermeasures.
The call for proposals is scheduled to be launched in January 2026.
Further details regarding the scope, the final list of participating funders and the eligibility rules will be provided shortly in the call text.
If you have any questions, please send them to the following email address: aap@anrs.fr
BE READY websiteParticipating funding organisations
The following funding organizations intend to support the Joint Transnational Call 2026:
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Country/Region |
Funding Organisation |
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1 |
Austria |
Austrian Science Fund (FWF) |
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2 |
Belgium (Flandern) |
The Research Foundation – Flanders (FWO) |
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3 |
Belgium (Wallonia-Brussels Federation) |
Fonds de la Recherche Scientifique-FNRS (F.R.S.-FNRS) |
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4 |
Belgium (Wallonie) |
Service Public de Wallonie |
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5 |
Czech Republic |
Ministry of Health of Czech Republic (MZCR) administered by Czech Health Research Council (AZVCR) |
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6 |
Denmark |
Innovation Fund Denmark (IFD) |
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7 |
Estonia |
Estonian Research Council) (ETAG) |
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8 |
France |
ANRS MIE |
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9 |
Germany |
Bundesministerium für Forschung, Technologie und Raumfahrt (BMFTR) administered by Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e.V. (DLR Projektträger, DLR-PT) |
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10 |
Greece |
General Secretariat for Research and Innovation (GSRI) |
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11 |
Hungary |
National Research, Development and Innovation Office (NKFIH) |
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12 |
Ireland |
Research Ireland |
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13 |
Italy |
Italian Ministry of Health (IT MoH) |
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14 |
Moldova |
National Agency for Research and Development (NARD) |
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15 |
Norway |
The Research Council of Norway (RCN) |
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16 |
Portugal |
Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT) |
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17 |
Slovakia |
Slovak Centre of Scientific and Technical Information (CVTI SR) |
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18 |
Spain |
Instituto De Salud Carlos III (ISCIII) |
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19 |
Sweden |
Swedish Research Council (SRC) |
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20 |
The Netherlands |
The Netherlands Organisation for Health Research and Development (ZonMw) |
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21 |
Turkey |
The Scientific And Technological Research Council Of Türkiye (TUBITAK) |
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