287 applications received by calls' closure

Global Health EDCTP3 has received 287 applications by the 20 March 2025 first-stage deadline for the 2025 calls. Applicants have requested nearly €1,570 million in Global Health EDCTP3 funding, against the indicative call budget of €239.8 million. Successful consortia will be invited to submit a full proposal for the second stage by 2 September 2025.

Global Health EDCTP3 has received 287 applications, involving 854 different partners from 82 countries. 52% of partners are based in Africa and over 42% in Europe.

The 2025 Global Health EDCTP3 calls invited applicants to submit first-stage applications across 7 different topics for the largest and most ambitious work programme since the creation of the joint undertaking in 2021.

The submitted applications are distributed per topic as follows:

Research and innovation actions (RIA) 

‣ HORIZON-JU-GH-EDCTP3-2025-01-TB-01-two-stage - Vaccines for reducing the disease burden of tuberculosis in sub-Saharan Africa – 8 applications submitted, requesting €139.9 million out of a €45.9 million available budget.

‣ HORIZON-JU-GH-EDCTP3-2025-01-MALARIA-02-two-stage - Malaria therapeutics and clinical development of new antimalarial candidates - 27 applications submitted, requesting €246.8 million out of a €30.9 million available budget.

‣ HORIZON-JU-GH-EDCTP3-2025-01-NTD-03-two-stage - Accelerating the development of prophylactic vaccines against neglected tropical diseases - 18 applications submitted, requesting €224 million out of a €45.9 million available budget.

‣ HORIZON-JU-GH-EDCTP3-2025-04-CH-01-two-stage - Tackling diarrhoeal diseases in the context of climate and health transformative innovations - 55 applications submitted, requesting €241.4 million out of a €32 million available budget.

‣ HORIZON-JU-GH-EDCTP3-2025-04-ACCESS-02-two-stage - Transformative innovations in global health - 106 applications submitted, requesting €252.3 million out of a €17.1 million available budget.

Coordination and support actions (CSA)

‣ HORIZON-JU-GH-EDCTP3-2025-02-FELLOW-01-two-stage - Strategic training hubs for fellowships in public health – 53 applications submitted, requesting €203.6 million out of a €15 million available 

‣ HORIZON-JU-GH-EDCTP3-2025-03-NETWORKS-01-two-stage - Strengthening the regional networks of excellence and epidemic preparedness consortia – 20 applications submitted, requesting €261.5 million out of a €53 million available 

All figures are based on the information provided by applicants in submitted applications and before the eligibility process and clerical errors check. 

Next steps

Evaluation of the submitted applications by independent experts in the respective fields is now ongoing. The outcomes of the first stage evaluation are expected to be communicated in July 2025. Successful consortia will then be invited to submit a full proposal by 2 September 2025 (second stage).