PerMed: announcement of the next joint multinational challenge!

The European Partnership for Personalised Medicine (EP PerMed) will launch another joint transnational call on 25 November 2025, entitled "Personalised Medicine for CARdiovascular, MEtabolic, and kidNey disease (CARMEN2026)".

The PerMed EP also invites researchers to an informative webinar on 16 December 2025 (10:00-12:00 CET) presenting detailed information about the call. Don't forget to register via the link HERE.

The aim of the call is to fund human health research projects focusing on innovative personalised medicine strategies for patients with cardiovascular, metabolic or kidney diseases.

Research projects can focus on one specific disease or a combination of several.

Project proposals should address one or more of the following aspects:

  • Innovative personalized therapeutic approaches. 
  • Monitoring patients' response to treatment in order to tailor it to their individual needs. 
  • Early detection of the risk of disease and prevention of its worsening or the development of other health complications.

The Ministry of Health / Agency for Health Research ČR will participate in this call!

Currently, national rules and conditions for Czech applicants are being prepared, which will be based on the Programme for the Support of Applied Health Research for 2024-2030: Subprogramme 3: European Partnerships in Health, and will be published on the website of AZV HealthAZV ofČR CzechČR AZV azvcr.cz) by the date of the call announcement.

The MoH will support ČR applicants through the national budget allocation. The total amount for the call will be EUR 250 000.

Only transnational projects will be funded. The call will be a two-round call. 

Provisional timetable of the call:

  • 25.11.2025: Launch of the call
  • 16 December 2025: Information day for potential applicants
  • 10 February 2026 (14:00 CET): Deadline for submission of pre-proposals
  • 5.5.2026: Communication of the results of the pre-proposals and call for full proposals
  • 9 June 2026 (14:00 CEST): Deadline for submission of full proposals
  • Late August 2026: Rebuttal stage
  • October 2026: Announcement of funding decision
  • End 2026/beginning 2027: Expected start of projects (subject to national/regional conditions)

More information on the objectives of the call, the themes, the countries that have expressed interest in participating in the call; the national contact points as well as other specific conditions is available on the official PerMed EP website and in the background document for the call, which can be downloaded here.