The Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) COFUND 2022 supports new or existing doctoral programmes and postdoctoral fellowship schemes. The aim of the action is to spread the best practices of the MSCA including international, inter-sectoral and interdisciplinary research training, as well as international and cross-sectoral mobility of researchers at all stages of their career. Application deadline February 9, 2023.

The Australian National Health and Medicine Research Council (NHMRC) is calling for applications to the Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF) – 2022 Assessment of High-Cost Gene Treatments and Digital Health Interventions Grant. Minimum data due January 31, 2023.

Grand Challenges Senegal is soliciting proposals from innovators working across Africa and African scientists in the diaspora on interventions to enhance epidemic intelligence, surveillance, and outbreak response. The purpose of Grand Challenges Senegal is to advance the ecosystem for public health innovation in Africa. It will deploy grant funding to test new ideas led by innovators working in the region and African scientists in the diaspora. Application deadline January 31, 2023.

The European Research Council (ERC) is calling for proposals for its Proof of Concept Grants. These grants aim at facilitating exploration of the commercial and social innovation potential of ERC funded research, by funding further work to verify the innovation potential of ideas arising from ERC funded projects. Application deadline January 24, 2023. Future deadlines April 20, 2023 and September 21, 2023.

The Inclusive Health Research awards have been established by Nature Awards in partnership with Takeda to celebrate those who are driving a more inclusive approach to health research and, in doing so, promote a future of greater health equity globally. Application deadline January 6, 2023.

Pfizer requests for proposals for its Global Medical Grants and Stanford Medicine to provide grants to strengthen the capabilities of the patient community by providing mentorship and training on conducting patient-partnered research to facilitate increased opportunities for collaboration between patients and academic-research communities. Proposals deadline December 6, 2022.

The Ramón Areces Foundation calls for applications to the Doctoral Theses in Life Sciences and Matter Completion Grant. The objective is the training of people who wish to start scientific research, financing contracts for the completion of doctoral theses in doctoral programs at universities and other Spanish research centers whose objective is to obtain the title of Doctor from January 2023. Application deadline November 22, 2022.

The Alliance for Health Policy and Systems Research in collaboration with the WHO is calling for proposals for the ¨Health policy analysis for health taxes: Lessons from countries¨ programme. This call for proposals is for up to eight country case studies examining how political economy factors influence the design, adoption and implementation of health taxes at national or sub-national levels. Informed by qualitative data from key country stakeholders, research teams will develop analytical case studies based on a common conceptual framework. Application deadline December 23, 2022.

The Global Grand Challenge is calling for applications to the Pathogen Genomic Surveillance and Immunology in Asia grant. Pathogen Genomic Surveillance (PGS) can provide information about pathogen evolution and insight into the genetic basis of changes in virulence or resistance to interventions. During the COVID-19 pandemic, genomic surveillance for SARS-CoV-2 was established by many countries, including countries in Asia. It may be possible to leverage this capacity for genomic surveillance of priority endemic or epidemic pathogens. Application deadline December 16, 2022.