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The 4th Call for Proposals for Alimerka Foundation Grants for Research in Health Sciences, with a budget of 40,000 euros, aims to promote research that
may prove beneficial to patients, their families, the scientific community, and society at large.
Particular emphasis will therefore be placed on the social impact of eligible projects, achieved through responsible research that addresses the needs and expectations of the various stakeholders in the health care system.
The Alimerka Foundation’s research grants are intended to fund research projects with a distinctly translational focus that thereby promote the development of personalized precision medicine in any of the following areas of clinical research:
- Oncology.
- Cancer Genomics
- Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment
- Nutrition
- Nutrition Throughout the Stages of Life
- Nutrition and Cardiometabolic Diseases
- Food Allergies and Intolerances
One project will be selected from each area, and each will receive 20,000 euros in funding each. If, following the evaluation of applications, one of the two areas is declared void (see point 9 of the Call for Proposals), two projects from the same research area may be funded.
Applications for grants that do not fall within the specified research areas, or that are intended to study drugs that are already on the market or in development, will be excluded.
Requirements:
Grants may be applied for by research teams or groups conducting their activities at universities, research centers, hospitals, associations, or foundations in the field of health or research—whether public or private—that have their registered office in the autonomous communities of Asturias and Castile and León.
Projects must be submitted by a single principal investigator who is affiliated with the applicant institution for the duration of the project. The remaining team members or collaborating researchers may be affiliated with other research centers or universities in any country.
Researchers applying for this call for proposals may submit only one project, which must be innovative and represent a step forward in research in the relevant field of
study.
Projects funded through this call for proposals may receive funding from other sources, which must be specified on the application form.
Principal investigators and research groups that have received grants from the 3rd Alimerka Foundation Call for Proposals for Health Sciences Research, in its 2024 edition, are not eligible to apply for this Call; at least one Call must elapse between the receipt of the grant and the submission of a new application for funding.
How to apply
To apply for the grant, interested individuals must submit an application package, written in Spanish using the Arial font, 11-point size, and 1.15 line spacing, that includes the following:
- Application summary, following the standard format included in Appendix 1, with general information about the project, the Principal Investigator (PI), the research team, and the institution where the research will be conducted.
- Curriculum Vitae for the principal investigator and the team members who will actively participate in the development of the proposed project, formatted according to the standard form “
” included in Annex 2, and which must address the following aspects (one form per person):- General information: personal information, current and previous professional experience, academic background, stays at foreign institutions, and areas of research.
- A brief summary of the curriculum vitae that includes references to scientific contributions, contributions to society, the training and development of research teams, the creation of companies, publishing and research activities, or other relevant contributions.
- Scientific contributions, including a summary of notable publications, conferences, and research projects, as well as knowledge transfer activities and the application of research findings.
- A scientific report explaining the proposed project, in accordance with
the content set forth in Appendix 1, and with reference to the following sections and
a maximum length of 12 pages:- Description of the project’s objectives, milestones, and expected results
- Project Development: Methodology and Work Plan
- Social Impact and Potential Benefits
- Research Team
- Dissemination of Results
- Funding Received for the Project
- Justification for the Aid
- Detailed project budget, as shown in Appendix 3.
- Authorization Document for External Communication Activities, as per Annex 4.
Submission deadline.
The application period will run from Monday, April 21, to Tuesday, May 20, 2025, at 2:00 p.m. (Spanish time). Applications must be submitted in PDF format and electronically signed using an electronic signature recognized by the IP or by the legal representative of the applicant entity. All documentation mentioned in the application must be attached and submitted via email to fundacion@alimerka.es with the subject line “2025 Call for Research Grants.”
In cases where applicants are asked to correct their applications, they will have from Monday, May 26, through Friday, May 30, 2025, to complete their applications at
or to submit any missing documents. If information or documents have been requested and, once the deadline has passed, they have not been provided, the application evaluation process will be deemed rejected.
If, in a collaborative project, the required documentation is not fully submitted—even if it pertains to only one of the participating groups—the grant application will be rejected in its entirety. The Alimerka Foundation reserves the right to request from applicants any additional reports or information deemed necessary to properly evaluate the applications.