{"id":27856,"date":"2026-10-08T19:40:18","date_gmt":"2026-10-08T17:40:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ibsal.es\/?post_type=tribe_events&#038;p=27856"},"modified":"2026-10-08T19:40:18","modified_gmt":"2026-10-08T17:40:18","slug":"2027-health-research-call-for-proposals-la-caixa-foundation","status":"publish","type":"tribe_events","link":"https:\/\/ibsal.es\/en\/evento\/2027-health-research-call-for-proposals-la-caixa-foundation\/","title":{"rendered":"2027 Health Research Call for Proposals &#8211; La Caixa Foundation"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 style=\"color: #003c8c;\"><span style=\"color: #003c8c;\">Call for Proposals Summary<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>The \u201cla Caixa\u201d Foundation will fund biomedical and health research projects with the aim of identifying and promoting promising initiatives that demonstrate scientific excellence and have potential value and social impact, in basic, clinical, and translational research alike.<\/p>\n<p>Submitted projects must fall within the following <strong>thematic areas<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Neuroscience.<\/li>\n<li>Oncology.<\/li>\n<li>Cardiovascular and related metabolic diseases.<\/li>\n<li>Infectious diseases.<\/li>\n<li>Enabling technologies in the four thematic areas mentioned above; proposals focused on the creation and development of health-enabling technologies from the following fields:\n<ul>\n<li>Micro- and nanoelectronics.<\/li>\n<li>Computer science, big data, and artificial intelligence.<\/li>\n<li>Photonics.<\/li>\n<li>Nanotechnology and biotechnology.<\/li>\n<li>Advanced materials or advanced manufacturing.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"color: #003c8c;\"><span style=\"color: #003c8c;\">Amount<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Project proposals must have an <strong>implementation<\/strong> period of up to <strong>3 years<\/strong> and may be: <\/p>\n<ul class=\"big-arrow\">\n<li><strong>Individual grants:<\/strong> submitted by a single research organization (applicant organization). They may receive funding of <strong>up to \u20ac500,000.<\/strong> <\/li>\n<li><strong>Research consortia:<\/strong> submitted by a minimum of 2 and a maximum of 5 research organizations, coordinated by the applicant organization. They may receive grants of <strong>up to 1,000,000 \u20ac.<\/strong> <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"color: #003c8c;\"><span style=\"color: #003c8c;\">Requirements<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Requirements for applicants:<\/p>\n<div class=\"convocatoria_apartado_contenido\"><strong>Requesting institution<\/strong>:<\/div>\n<div class=\"convocatoria_apartado_contenido\">\n<div class=\"convocatoria_apartado_contenido\">\n<p>Projects led by researchers from nonprofit research organizations located <strong>in Spain or Portugal <\/strong> are eligible to apply <strong>. <\/strong> <\/p>\n<p>There will be two types of grants awarded:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Individual<\/strong> proposals: submitted by a single research organization (applicant organization).<\/li>\n<li><strong>Research consortia:<\/strong> submitted by a <strong>minimum of two<\/strong> and a <strong>maximum of five<\/strong> research organizations, coordinated by the applicant organization.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Research organizations:  <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Any nonprofit organization located in any country in the world that carries out activities related to the project. In research consortia, there must be a minimum of 2 and a maximum of 5 research organizations. <\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Civil society organizations:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In addition, both individual projects and research consortia may also include up to three nonprofit civil society organizations whose primary activity is not research.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Companies<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<p>Established companies cannot be members of the project, but they can receive funding as subcontractors.<\/p>\n<p>Overall,<strong> organizations not based in Spain or Portugal <\/strong>may<strong> not <\/strong>receive more than<strong> 30%<\/strong> of the total project budget.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"convocatoria_apartado_titulo_segundo_nivel\">PI requirements:<\/div>\n<div class=\"convocatoria_apartado_contenido\">\n<p>The project must have a<strong> Project Leader (PL), who <\/strong>will be the principal investigator at the applicant organization. The Project Leader is responsible for submitting the proposal in response to the call for proposals and for overseeing the overall implementation of the project. <\/p>\n<p>In addition, for projects submitted by consortia, <strong>each research organization must have a principal investigator<\/strong> responsible for carrying out the project activities conducted at that organization.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong> Project Leader (PL) <\/strong> Requirements<strong>: <\/strong> <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The project must be led by researchers of any nationality who are affiliated with nonprofit research institutions located in Spain or Portugal.<\/li>\n<li>The Project Leader must be the Principal Investigator at the applicant organization, who submits the proposal in response to the call for proposals and oversees the overall implementation of the project.<\/li>\n<li>The Project Leader must have at least <strong>seven years of postdoctoral experience ( <\/strong>as of the application deadline).<\/li>\n<li>Project leaders of projects funded in the three previous rounds of this call for proposals <strong>may not serve as project leaders for new proposals in this round. <\/strong> <\/li>\n<li>A single researcher may not serve as the project leader on more than one application in this call for proposals; however, that researcher may participate as a principal investigator or collaborator on multiple applications.<\/li>\n<li>With the aim of improving the quality of proposals, <strong>Principal Investigators (PIs) and Project Leaders (PLs) of projects<\/strong> that received a <strong>score below 5.50 ( <\/strong>out of a maximum of 8) <strong>in the peer review of <\/strong>the previous call (CaixaResearch Health Call 2026) <strong>may not serve as PLs on proposals for this call (CaixaResearch Health Call 2027)<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>Similarly, <strong>the Principal Investigators (PIs) and Principal Investigators (PIs) of projects<\/strong> that receive a<strong> score below 6.00<\/strong> (out of a maximum score of 8) in the <strong>peer review for <\/strong>this edition <strong>(CaixaResearch Health Call 2027)<\/strong> <strong>will not be eligible to submit proposals as PIs<\/strong> <strong>in the next edition<\/strong> <strong>(CaixaResearch Health Call 2028)<\/strong>. Furthermore, the Principal Investigator (PI) and the Project Leader (PL) of proposals rejected during the content eligibility review for the current call will not be eligible to submit proposals as Principal Investigators in the next call. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"convocatoria_apartado_titulo_segundo_nivel\">Requirements for Researchers<\/div>\n<div class=\"convocatoria_apartado_contenido\">\n<ul>\n<li><strong><em>Team members<\/em>.<\/strong> All members of the project team must be affiliated with the applicant organization, civil society organizations, or organizations in the research consortium.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"color: #003c8c;\"><span style=\"color: #003c8c;\">Applications<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Applications must be submitted online through the <a href=\"https:\/\/convocatorias.fundacionlacaixa.org\/s_Login.jsp?&#038;lang=1&#038;_gl=1*1in0d3k*_gcl_au*MTQ5NzQ1NzcwMi4xNzg5NzEwNTY2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">La Caixa Foundation&#8217;s application portal<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>More information: <a href=\"https:\/\/caixaresearch.org\/es\/convocatoria-caixaresearch-investigacion-salud\">https:\/\/caixaresearch.org\/es\/convocatoria-caixaresearch-investigacion-salud<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/caixaresearch.org\/documents\/d\/caixaresearch\/health-research-call-rules-participation-2027-pdf\">COMPLETE RULES<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Call for Proposals Summary The \u201cla Caixa\u201d Foundation will fund biomedical and health research projects with the aim of identifying and promoting promising initiatives that demonstrate scientific excellence and have [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1446,"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_price":"","_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_header":"","_tribe_default_ticket_provider":"TEC\\Tickets\\Commerce\\Module","_tribe_ticket_capacity":"0","_ticket_start_date":"","_ticket_end_date":"","_tribe_ticket_show_description":"","_tribe_ticket_show_not_going":false,"_tribe_ticket_use_global_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_global_stock_level":"","_global_stock_mode":"","_global_stock_cap":"","_tribe_rsvp_for_event":"","_tribe_ticket_going_count":"","_tribe_ticket_not_going_count":"","_tribe_tickets_list":"[]","_tribe_ticket_has_attendee_info_fields":false,"_tribe_events_status":"","_tribe_events_status_reason":"","_tribe_events_is_hybrid":"","_tribe_events_is_virtual":"","_tribe_events_virtual_video_source":"","_tribe_events_virtual_embed_video":"","_tribe_events_virtual_linked_button_text":"","_tribe_events_virtual_linked_button":"","_tribe_events_virtual_show_embed_at":"","_tribe_events_virtual_show_embed_to":[],"_tribe_events_virtual_show_on_event":"","_tribe_events_virtual_show_on_views":"","_tribe_events_virtual_url":"","footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":"","_tec_slr_enabled":"","_tec_slr_layout":""},"tags":[],"tribe_events_cat":[256],"class_list":["post-27856","tribe_events","type-tribe_events","status-publish","hentry","tribe_events_cat-calls-for-research","cat_calls-for-research"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v20.12 (Yoast SEO v28.7) - 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