Coming up soon!
Beginning of 2026, the European Partnership for Brain Health will launch two Calls for Proposals for Multinational Translational Research Projects:
- Call 1: Biological, social and environmental factors that impact the trajectory of brain health across the lifespan – in the field of neurological, mental and sensory disorders
- Call 2: Biological, social and environmental factors that impact the trajectory of brain health across the lifespan – in the field of neurodegenerative disorders
Introduction
Maintaining brain health and facing the burden caused by brain disorders, including neurological, neurodegenerative and mental diseases alike, are paramount for all societies in Europe and beyond.
Brain disorders are a leading cause of disability and mortality globally, representing a great challenge for people living with brain disorders themselves, their families, social relations, professional and informal carers. In 2021, an estimated 3.4 billion individuals had a condition affecting the nervous system, corresponding to around 43% of the world’s population. This also creates enormous financial pressure on healthcare systems and economies, as the total cost of neurological diseases and mental disorders is estimated at 1.7 and 0.6 trillion Euro in Europe per year, respectively.
Furthermore, the current geopolitical and environmental crises as well as increasing economic pressure in many countries worldwide have further aggravated brain health problems, in particular for the most vulnerable.
It is thus crucial to identify the factors that influence brain health throughout life, from prenatal stages to advanced age, as well as methods to monitor them, influence them, or both. Brain health is dynamic and shaped by biological, social and environmental factors at every stage of life. Advancing the scientific knowledge about these factors may enable positive changes in brain health trajectories and lead to opportunities for prevention and recovery along the life-course.
The European Partnership for Brain Health (EP BrainHealth) gathers 51 partners from 31 countries, with the common goal of improving brain health for all by developing scientific knowledge as a foundation to promote brain health throughout the lifetime, to prevent and to cure brain diseases as well as to improve wellbeing of people living with neurological and mental disorders in Europe and beyond.
In this frame, the EP BrainHealth launches 2 calls, one in the field of neurological, mental and sensory disorders (EP BrainHealth Call 1) and one in the field of neurodegenerative disorders (EP BrainHealth Call 2).
More details regarding scope, participating funders, and eligibility rules will be provided beginning of December.