Results of the Call

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  • DATA 2026

    The Health Research Call 2026 has awarded a total of 25.7 million euros to 32 biomedical research projects, 1 of which has been selected in collaboration with the Luzon Foundation, and 3 in collaboration with the Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (FCT), of Portugal's Ministério da Ciência, Tecnologia e Ensino Superior.

    Below is a set of data related to the Health Research Call 2026 and its resolution: the number of projects presented, pre-selected and selected by thematic area and project typology, as well as the territorial distribution of the budget of the selected projects.

    HEALTH RESEARCH CALL 2026

    Total budget

    €25,716,885.92

    Number of proposals submitted

    800

    Number of proposals evaluated

    721

    Number of proposals preselected

    90

    Number of projects selected

    32

    Success rate

    4 %

    Table 1. General information on the CaixaResearch Health Call 2026

     

    Figure 1. Budget distribution by territory

    Figure 1. Budget distribution by territory

    * the budget corresponding to the CSIC centers is disaggregated according to the Autonomous Community of these.

    THEMATIC AREA

    PROPOSALS SUBMITTED

    ELIGIBLE PROPOSALS

    PRESELECTED PROPOSALS

    SELECTED PROJECTS

    Cardiovascular and metabolic diseases

    121

    112

    92,6 %

    18

    14,9 %

    6

    4,96 %

    Neurosciences

    208

    188

    90,4 %

    18

    8,65 %

    7

    3,37 %

    Infectious diseases

    120

    104

    86,7 %

    18

    15,0 %

    6

    5,0 %

    Oncology

    177

    159

    89,8 %

    18

    10,2 %

    7

    3,95 %

    Enabling technologies

    174

    158

    90,8 %

    18

    10,3 %

    6

    3,45 %

    Total

    800

    721

    90,1 %

    90

    11,3 %

    32

    4,0 %

    Table 2. Percentage of preselected proposals and selected projects with respect to the number of proposals submitted in each thematic area

    PROJECT LEADER

    PROPOSALS SUBMITTED

    ELIGIBLE PROPOSALS

    PRESELECTED PROPOSALS

    SELECTED PROJECTS

    SUCCESS RATE

    Women

    351

    312

    31

    11

    3,13 %

    Men

    442

    404

    58

    21

    4,75 %

    Others

    0

    0

    0

    0

    0,0 %

    Prefer not to say

    7

    5

    1

    0

    0,0 %

    Table 3. Results by gender

Evaluation process

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  • ELIGIBILITY PHASE

    • 800 proposals processed, of which:
       

      • All pass eligibility in form.

      • 78 do not pass content eligibility, after being flagged by AI and confirmed by 2 evaluators, and 1 withdraws from the selection process after being flagged by AI.

    • 721 proposals pass to the evaluation phase.

  • REMOTE EVALUATION PHASE

    • 338 experts, at least 3 per project, evaluated the proposals.

    • The assignment of the proposals to the evaluators was done through an AI-assisted matching process, taking into account the typology of the projects (basic, clinical or translational) and their keywords.

    • The final score for each project was standardised according to the Eligibility and evaluation guidelines of the call.

  • INTERVIEW PHASE

    • The 18 proposals with the highest scores in the remote evaluation in each thematic area have been shortlisted for the interview phase.

    • Five selection committees have been constituted with between 7 and 11 experts chosen according to their scientific excellence and area of expertise.

  • LIST

Summary of selected projects

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CODE

PROJECT TITLE

PROJECT LEADER

HOST ORGANIZATION

PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS

THEMATIC AREA

CATEGORY

BUDGET (€)

HR26-00004

How M. tuberculosis diversity drives immune responses across the spectrum of infection outcomes?

Margarida Saraiva

i3S - Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde da Universidade do Porto - Associação

Agencia Estatal Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, M.P., Francis Crick Institute

Infectious disease

HR Consortium

999.478,00

HR26-00032

Cytoadhesins as therapeutic avenue for animal African trypanosomiasis

Sara Silva Pereira

Universidade Católica Portuguesa

University of York, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de Lisboa, University of Notre Dame

Infectious disease

HR Consortium

999.989,50

HR26-00124

Selective Modulation of NPM1c-Driven Phase Separation as a Novel Therapeutic Modality in AML

Gonçalo Bernardes

Fundación del Sector Público Estatal Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Oncológicas Carlos III

N/A

Oncology

HR Single Organization

499.750,00

HR26-00218

Development of Neurelin 1 as a Therapeutic Candidate for Obesity and Metabolic Liver Disease

Antonio Zorzano

Fundació Institut de Recerca Biomèdica (IRB Barcelona)

Agencia Estatal Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, M.P., Institut d'Investigació Biomèdica de Girona (IDIBGI)

Cardiovascular and associated metabolic diseases

HR Consortium

999.111,30

HR26-00288

Immunothrombosis Mechanisms and Innovative bioengineered model in Portal Vein Thrombosis

Virginia Hernandez

Fundació de Recerca Clínic Barcelona - Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer

Ludwig-Maximilians Universität München, Laboratorio Europeo de Biología Molecular (EMBL)

Cardiovascular and associated metabolic diseases

HR Consortium

998.383,20

HR26-00341

Tracing of γδ-specific T cells using an Evolutionary approach

Klaas van Gisbergen

Fundação D. Anna Sommer Champalimaud e Dr. Carlos Montez Champalimaud

N/A

Infectious disease

HR Single Organization

499.950,00

HR26-00346

The ZINC code in reward and aversion: from neuronal circuits to maladaptive behavior

Ana João Rodrigues

Universidade do Minho

N/A

Neuroscience

HR Single Organization

499.950,90

HR26-00406

Post-Translational Protein Modifications as novel drivers and therapeutic targets in Atherosclerosis

Miguel Angel Del Pozo

Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares Carlos III (F.S.P.)

Karolinska Institutet, Yale University, New Haven, CT

Cardiovascular and associated metabolic diseases

HR Consortium

999.838,00

HR26-00454

Harnessing a novel Albumin-Regulated Metabolic defense pathway to improve Outcome of Mucormycosis

Coral Barbas

Fundación Universitaria San Pablo-CEU

KU Leuven, Universidade do Minho, Foundation for Research and Technology - Hellas, Universidad de Murcia

Infectious disease

HR Consortium

996.078,80

HR26-00476

Tumor endothelium-targeted immunotherapies

Alvaro Teijeira

Fundación para la Investigación Médica Aplicada (FIMA/CIMA)

Fundació Institut de Recerca Contra la Leucèmia Josep Carreras, Complejo Hospitalario de Navarra

Enabling Technologies

HR Consortium

999.931,50

HR26-00524

Deciphering the immune-stromal foundations driving tertiary lymphoid structures in cancer

Ana Martinez

Asociación Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria Biogipuzkoa

N/A

Oncology

HR Single Organization

499.000,00

HR26-00668

Exploring ferroptosis protection by bilirubin in malaria associated acute kidney injury

Miguel Soares

Fundação GIMM - Gulbenkian Institute for Molecular Medicine

Trustees of Indiana University

Infectious disease

HR Consortium

976.112,00

HR26-00705

Targeting the brain: mRNA nanotherapeutics for neurological diseases

Cristina Fornaguera

Universitat Ramon Llull Fundació

Universidad de Santiago de Compostela, Fundació Institut de Bioenginyeria de Catalunya, Children's Hope/Leflore Children Research Fund

Enabling Technologies

HR Consortium

995.968,00

HR26-00723

Decoding autonomic-glutamate control of macrophage immunity in liver cancer

Nabil Djouder

Fundación del Sector Público Estatal Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Oncológicas Carlos III

N/A

Oncology

HR Single Organization

500.000,00

HR26-00757

Local therapy for Safe and Personalized Glioblastoma Therapy

Nuno Neves

Universidade do Minho

CNRS - Centre National Recherche Scientifique

Oncology

HR Consortium

999.184,00

HR26-00782

Fine-tuning neuroglial regulation to treat epileptic and motor symptoms in GNB1 and MIG

Assumpció Bosch

Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB)

Fundación para la Investigación Médica Aplicada (FIMA/CIMA), Fundació Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron - Institut de Recerca (VHIR), The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Research Institute, Fundación San Patricio GNB1, Alliance MIG

Neuroscience

HR Consortium

1.000.000,00

HR26-00837

DISSECTING THE MECHANISMS INVOLVED IN THE EPITHELIAL CANCER - SMOOTH MUSCLE CROSSTALK

Francisco X Real

Fundación del Sector Público Estatal Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Oncológicas Carlos III

Fundació Institut de Bioenginyeria de Catalunya

Oncology

HR Consortium

998.950,00

HR26-00841

Viral Attack on the Lung's First Line of Defense: Mechanisms of Cilia Destruction

Monica Bettencourt-Dias

Fundação Centro de Regulação Genómica (CRG)

Fundació Institut Hospital del Mar d'Investigacions Mèdiques (IMIM), Universidade Católica Portuguesa

Infectious disease

HR Consortium

999.911,00

HR26-00850

Personalized Decoded Neurofeedback to Enhance Emotion Processing in Alexithymia

David Soto

BCBL - Basque Center on Cognition, Brain and Language

N/A

Neuroscience

HR Single Organization

499.850,00

HR26-00866

Enzymatic nanomotors with phenotypic targeting crossing mucus layers for non-clearance in oncology

Samuel Sánchez

Fundació Institut de Bioenginyeria de Catalunya

Fundació privada Institut Investigació Oncologica Vall Hebron (VHIO), Fundación Catalunya La Pedrera, Fundación Copal, Asociación Pectusatum

Enabling Technologies

HR Consortium

999.067,00

HR26-00926

Modulation of ENDOgenous METabolism to Treat Rare Neurometabolic Disorders

Luis Carlos López

Universidad de Granada

Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf, Consorcio Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red, Asociación de enfermos de patologías mitocondriales

Neuroscience

HR Consortium

999.895,00

HR26-00948

Mechanisms of beta-cell dysfunction caused by obesity and fatty acids

Marc Liesa

Agencia Estatal Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, M.P.

N/A

Cardiovascular and associated metabolic diseases

HR Single Organization

499.622,00

HR26-00954

Targeting pathogenic cell interactions in the myeloproliferative neoplasms

Simón Méndez

Fundación para la Gestión de la Investigación en Salud de Sevilla

Inserm 1031

Oncology

HR Consortium

979.575,80

HR26-00971

RNA-Protein Condensate Dynamics Orchestrate Metabolic Aging in space and time

Raúl Méndez

Fundació Institut de Recerca Biomèdica (IRB Barcelona)

University of Münster, Fundació de Recerca Clínic Barcelona - Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer

Cardiovascular and associated metabolic diseases

HR Consortium

999.100,00

HR26-00988

Systematic study of startle response at the organismic level

Marta Moita

Fundação D. Anna Sommer Champalimaud e Dr. Carlos Montez Champalimaud

Universidade Nova de Lisboa

Neuroscience

HR Consortium

907.250,00

HR26-00990

Cartograms of hematopoietic responses to extrinsic perturbations

Alejo Ezequiel Rodriguez

Fundació Institut de Recerca Biomèdica (IRB Barcelona)

N/A

Enabling Technologies

HR Single Organization

499.712,00

HR26-01009

AI-Driven Behavioural Epidemic Models for Intervention Design

Yamir Moreno

Universidad de Zaragoza

Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF), Universidad Carlos III de Madrid

Enabling Technologies

HR Consortium

970.139,00

HR26-01073

IL7R mutational activation at distinct hematopoietic stages: impact on ALL biology and treatment

João Barata

Fundação GIMM - Gulbenkian Institute for Molecular Medicine

N/A

Oncology

HR Single Organization

499.990,00

HR26-01111

Massive scale experimental quantification of variant effects in human tumor suppressor genes

Benjamin Lehner

Fundação Centro de Regulação Genómica (CRG)

Institut de Biomedicina de València (IBV-CSIC), Fundación del Sector Público Estatal Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Oncológicas Carlos III

Enabling Technologies

HR Consortium

999.425,00

HR26-01121

Ions and cilia motility regulation at the base of heart sidedness

Susana Lopes

FCiências.ID - Associação para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento de Ciências

N/A

Cardiovascular and associated metabolic diseases

HR Single Organization

319.617,00

HR26-01212

Adaptive apomorphine infusion based on digital biomarkers in advanced Parkinson's disease

Jorge Hernández

Fundació Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron - Institut de Recerca (VHIR)

Consorci Sanitari de l'Alt Penedès i Garraf, Instituto de Investigación Biomédica (INIBIC) - Hospital A Coruña (CHUAC), Barcelona Supercomputing Center - Centro Nacional de Supercomputación (BSC-CNS), Asociación Parkinson Madrid

Neuroscience

HR Consortium

957.827,00

HR26-01254

Membrane-Encoded Liquidity and Transitions of TDP-43 Assemblies

Miguel Mompeán

Agencia Estatal Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, M.P.

N/A

Neuroscience

HR Single Organization

500.000,00