Addressing disabilities through the life course to support independent living and inclusion
Overview
The Horizon Europe call, HORIZON-HLTH-2027-01-STAYHLTH-01, focuses on "Addressing disabilities through the life course to support independent living and inclusion." This is a forthcoming funding opportunity intended for research and innovation actions under the Horizon Europe programme, specifically targeting health-related issues surrounding disabilities. The call is scheduled to open on February 10, 2027, with a submission deadline on April 13, 2027.
Eligible applicants for this grant include research organizations, universities, health service providers, disability organizations, and other relevant legal entities from EU Member States, associated countries, and the USA. The primary funding mechanism is a lump-sum grant, with project funding ranging from €6 million to €8 million, reflecting an overall budget of €39.3 million for the call, aiming to fund around five projects.
A consortium comprising multiple organizations is required for this funding. This is to ensure a broad range of expertise and capabilities to address complex issues surrounding independent living for persons with disabilities. Geographic eligibility covers the EU and EEA countries, along with partnerships that include specific third countries.
The targeted sectors include healthcare, assistive technologies, social care, and related research areas. The projects must aim to address at least three thematic areas, such as facilitating independent living, enhancing access to habilitation and rehabilitation services, and improving the quality of life for individuals with disabilities.
The application procedure is single-stage, with a focus on comprehensive proposals that align with evaluation criteria of excellence, impact, and implementation. While specific success rates for this opportunity have not been detailed, overall success rates in Horizon Europe are typically between 10% and 20%, suggesting competitive funding dynamics.
Co-funding is not a requirement but is encouraged for enhancing project impact. The framework emphasizes the involvement of social sciences and humanities in research, promoting a participatory approach that includes persons with disabilities as active research contributors.
This call aims to create innovative, collaborative solutions for supporting individuals with disabilities throughout their lives, integrating health and social dimensions, and aligning with broader EU initiatives to foster an inclusive society. The expected outcomes include advancements in independent living for persons with disabilities and improved awareness among stakeholders regarding best practices and research findings.
Overall, the HORIZON-HLTH-2027-01-STAYHLTH-01 call presents significant opportunities for impactful research that promotes both social inclusion and equitable access to necessary support services for individuals with disabilities across Europe.
Eligible applicants for this grant include research organizations, universities, health service providers, disability organizations, and other relevant legal entities from EU Member States, associated countries, and the USA. The primary funding mechanism is a lump-sum grant, with project funding ranging from €6 million to €8 million, reflecting an overall budget of €39.3 million for the call, aiming to fund around five projects.
A consortium comprising multiple organizations is required for this funding. This is to ensure a broad range of expertise and capabilities to address complex issues surrounding independent living for persons with disabilities. Geographic eligibility covers the EU and EEA countries, along with partnerships that include specific third countries.
The targeted sectors include healthcare, assistive technologies, social care, and related research areas. The projects must aim to address at least three thematic areas, such as facilitating independent living, enhancing access to habilitation and rehabilitation services, and improving the quality of life for individuals with disabilities.
The application procedure is single-stage, with a focus on comprehensive proposals that align with evaluation criteria of excellence, impact, and implementation. While specific success rates for this opportunity have not been detailed, overall success rates in Horizon Europe are typically between 10% and 20%, suggesting competitive funding dynamics.
Co-funding is not a requirement but is encouraged for enhancing project impact. The framework emphasizes the involvement of social sciences and humanities in research, promoting a participatory approach that includes persons with disabilities as active research contributors.
This call aims to create innovative, collaborative solutions for supporting individuals with disabilities throughout their lives, integrating health and social dimensions, and aligning with broader EU initiatives to foster an inclusive society. The expected outcomes include advancements in independent living for persons with disabilities and improved awareness among stakeholders regarding best practices and research findings.
Overall, the HORIZON-HLTH-2027-01-STAYHLTH-01 call presents significant opportunities for impactful research that promotes both social inclusion and equitable access to necessary support services for individuals with disabilities across Europe.
Detail
This is a Horizon Europe (HORIZON) call under Cluster 1 Health (Single stage 2027/1) with the topic "Addressing disabilities through the life course to support independent living and inclusion" with topic ID HORIZON-HLTH-2027-01-STAYHLTH-01. It is a forthcoming call for proposals for HORIZON Research and Innovation Actions (HORIZON-RIA) using the HORIZON Lump Sum Grant [HORIZON-AG-LS] Model Grant Agreement. The deadline model is single-stage. The planned opening date is 10 February 2027 and the deadline date is 13 April 2027 at 17:00:00 Brussels time.
The expected outcomes of this topic are:
1. Persons with disabilities are empowered and can enjoy their rights to live independently, participate in society and be included in the community on an equal basis with others.
2. The scientific community develops innovative solutions with a focus on removing barriers faced by persons with disabilities to live independently and they are provided with community support services where they live in the community.
3. Policymakers, health and care services, social and service providers, disability organisations, funders, the scientific community, and other relevant bodies are informed of the research advances and best practices addressing the health and needs of persons with disabilities to support them living independently and being included in society.
The scope of this topic is human-centred on persons with long-term disabilities physical, mental, intellectual or sensory aiming at supporting independent living across the life-course from a health perspective. Persons with disabilities have an equal right to live independently and be included in the community. Independent living requires a differentiated landscape of quality, accessible, person-centred and affordable, community- and family-based services comprising personal assistance, medical and social care and interventions by social workers, thereby facilitating everyday activities and providing choice to persons with disabilities and their families. The objective of this topic is to explore new ways to promote independent living and inclusion in society of persons with disabilities, reducing to the maximum possible the impact of barriers faced in their daily lives, and supporting the transition from institutions to living in the community while addressing all-encompassing aspects of personal support, such as community transformation, service provision, assistive and accessible technologies and environments.
Research actions under this topic should address at least three of the following areas:
1. Health related research addressing disabilities that stem from health conditions and health conditions associated to disabilities. Thus, research may look into finding the causes of the disease(s) leading to the disability and/or disease treatment with the purpose of supporting independent living. Innovative solutions could also include among others diagnoses, medicines, treatments, protocols, technologies, digital tools, low-tech solutions, etc. helping to improve the autonomy of persons with disabilities.
2. Children with disabilities from the perinatal period, and/or young people with disabilities transitioning to adulthood, and/or older persons. Proposals should foster ways to improve autonomy and quality of life.
3. Access to habilitation and rehabilitation services, including psychological rehabilitation and innovative rehabilitation with assistive technologies when appropriate, to increase, maintain, substitute or improve functional capabilities of persons with disabilities or for, alleviation and compensation of impairments, activity limitations or participation restrictions contributing to increasing independence.
4. Prevention of disabilities through the life-course. Different aspects that could have an impact on persons with disabilities may be addressed, such as gender, age, socio-economic background, ethnicity, detection of risks factors leading to a loss of autonomy, the risk of overweight/obesity and related co-morbidities (e.g. diabetes, cardiovascular diseases), hospitalisation, nutrition (e.g. mother and child nutrition from pregnancy), high level of inactivity/sedentary lifestyle and related co-morbidities (e.g. frailty), physical activity/sports, screen-time dependency, smoking, drug use, alcohol use, stress, psychiatric and somatic diseases, loneliness and/or isolation, etc.
5. Conditions for a successful transition from institutions to living in the community, including different tools to achieve it, such as needs assessments, service provision, budget and resources, management plans, monitoring, quality control, etc. Community support services to live independently may include personal assistance or support for decision-making, and/or disability inclusive and accessible community-based services -medical, technological, digital or other supportive initiatives- ensuring prevention of isolation or segregation and supporting deinstitutionalisation. Special attention is to be paid to children and young people transitioning to adulthood and older persons to facilitate they remain living at their homes.
6. Innovative solutions, care models and strategies for high quality person-centred, accessible and targeted social and healthcare services to prevent barriers and to support independent living, including if possible, self-care to empower persons with disabilities, as well as different choices of care across the life-course. For many persons with disabilities, the lack of support and care services and insufficient support for families and unavailability of personal assistance undermines their independence and inclusion in the community.
Data collection is essential to understand the living situation of persons with disabilities and remains a challenge to collect data disaggregated per type of disability, sex, and age. In addition, data collected often lacks comparability as it follows different definitions in each Member State and Associated Country. Thus, applicants are encouraged to ensure harmonised data collection by using Eurostat standards and existing international sets of questions in their areas of research.
Persons with disabilities should be involved in the research through their representative organisations as actors in the research process. Research can also involve their families, friends, colleagues, supporters and carers and other service providers. Policymakers and public authorities, social services, and civil society organisations, could also be considered.
The relevant European research infrastructures in the area of health may be exploited for available digital tools and services for dataset creation, standardisation, data discovery, secure access, management, visualization, harmonization, analysis and other functions as appropriate.
This topic requires the effective contribution of social sciences and humanities (SSH) disciplines and the involvement of SSH experts, organisations as well as the inclusion of relevant SSH expertise, in order to produce meaningful and significant effects enhancing the societal impact of the related research activities.
Projects are also encouraged to explore potential complementarities with projects funded under topic HORIZON-CL2-2025-01-TRANSFO-09: “Good practices for increased autonomy of persons with disabilities, including physical, mental, intellectual and sensory disabilities” and topic HORIZON-HLTH-2025-03-STAYHLTH-01-two-stage: “Improving the quality of life of persons with intellectual disabilities and their families”.
Applicants envisaging to include clinical studies should provide details of their clinical studies in the dedicated annex using the template provided in the submission system.
The admissibility conditions are described in Annex A and Annex E of the Horizon Europe Work Programme General Annexes. The proposal page limits and layout are described in Part B of the Application Form available in the Submission System. Eligible countries are described in Annex B of the Work Programme General Annexes. A number of non-EU/non-Associated Countries that are not automatically eligible for funding have made specific provisions for making funding available for their participants in Horizon Europe projects. See the information in the Horizon Europe Programme Guide. In recognition of the opening of the US National Institutes of Health’s programmes to European researchers, any legal entity established in the United States of America is eligible to receive Union funding. If projects use satellite-based earth observation, positioning, navigation and/or related timing data and services, beneficiaries must make use of Copernicus and/or Galileo/EGNOS (other data and services may additionally be used), subject to restrictions for the protection of European communication networks. Other eligibility conditions are described in Annex B of the Work Programme General Annexes. Financial and operational capacity and exclusion are described in Annex C of the Work Programme General Annexes. Award criteria, scoring and thresholds are described in Annex D of the Work Programme General Annexes. The thresholds for each criterion will be 4 (Excellence), 4 (Impact) and 4 (Implementation). The cumulative threshold will be 12. Submission and evaluation processes are described in Annex F of the Work Programme General Annexes and the Online Manual. The indicative timeline for evaluation and grant agreement are described in Annex F of the Work Programme General Annexes. The granting authority may, up to 4 years after the end of the action, object to a transfer of ownership or to the exclusive licensing of results, as set out in the specific provision of Annex 5. Eligible costs will take the form of a lump sum as defined in the Decision of 7 July 2021 authorising the use of lump sum contributions under the Horizon Europe Programme – the Framework Programme for Research and Innovation (2021-2027) – and in actions under the Research and Training Programme of the European Atomic Energy Community (2021-2025). Legal and financial set-up of the grants are described in Annex G of the Work Programme General Annexes. Specific conditions are described in the specific topic of the Work Programme.
The standard application form (HE RIA, IA) is available in the Submission System. The standard evaluation form (HE RIA, IA) will be used with the necessary adaptations. Guidance is provided in the HE Programme Guide, Model Grant Agreement (MGA), Lump Sum MGA, and call-specific instructions. Additional documents include Information on clinical studies (HE), a detailed budget table (HE LS), and guidance on "Lump sums - what do I need to know?". Further documentation includes the HE Main Work Programme 2026-2027 – 1. General Introduction, HE Main Work Programme 2026-2027 – 4. Health, HE Main Work Programme 2026-2027 – 15. General Annexes, HE Programme Guide, HE Framework Programme 2021/695, HE Specific Programme Decision 2021/764, EU Financial Regulation 2024/2509, Decision authorising the use of lump sum contributions under the Horizon Europe Programme, Rules for Legal Entity Validation, LEAR Appointment and Financial Capacity Assessment, EU Grants AGA — Annotated Model Grant Agreement, Funding & Tenders Portal Online Manual, Funding & Tenders Portal Terms and Conditions, and Funding & Tenders Portal Privacy Statement.
The budget overview for the year 2027 includes several topics:
HORIZON-HLTH-2027-01-CARE-02 - HORIZON-RIA with a budget of EUR 38,000,000, contributions ranging from EUR 8,000,000 to EUR 10,000,000, and an indicative number of 4 grants.
HORIZON-HLTH-2027-01-DISEASE-05 - HORIZON-RIA with a budget of EUR 44,200,000, contributions ranging from EUR 9,000,000 to EUR 11,000,000, and an indicative number of 5 grants.
HORIZON-HLTH-2027-01-DISEASE-06 - HORIZON-RIA with a budget of EUR 37,300,000, contributions ranging from EUR 9,000,000 to EUR 10,000,000, and an indicative number of 4 grants.
HORIZON-HLTH-2027-01-DISEASE-07 - HORIZON-RIA with a budget of EUR 37,300,000, contributions ranging from EUR 9,000,000 to EUR 10,000,000, and an indicative number of 4 grants.
HORIZON-HLTH-2027-01-DISEASE-08 - HORIZON-RIA with a budget of EUR 44,200,000, contributions ranging from EUR 8,000,000 to EUR 10,000,000, and an indicative number of 5 grants.
HORIZON-HLTH-2027-01-DISEASE-10 - HORIZON-RIA with a budget of EUR 11,800,000, contributions ranging from EUR 3,000,000 to EUR 4,000,000, and an indicative number of 3 grants.
HORIZON-HLTH-2027-01-ENVHLTH-02 - HORIZON-RIA with a budget of EUR 45,000,000, contributions ranging from EUR 10,000,000 to EUR 11,000,000, and an indicative number of 4 grants.
HORIZON-HLTH-2027-01-ENVHLTH-MISSCLIMA-03 - HORIZON-PCP with a budget of EUR 20,000,000, contributions ranging from EUR 4,000,000 to EUR 5,000,000, and an indicative number of 4 grants.
HORIZON-HLTH-2027-01-IND-01 - HORIZON-RIA with a budget of EUR 24,500,000, contributions ranging from EUR 6,000,000 to EUR 8,000,000, and an indicative number of 4 grants.
HORIZON-HLTH-2027-01-STAYHLTH-01 - HORIZON-RIA with a budget of EUR 39,300,000, contributions ranging from EUR 6,000,000 to EUR 8,000,000, and an indicative number of 5 grants.
Partner search announcements are available for those looking to collaborate on this topic. LEARs, Account Administrators, or self-registrants can publish partner requests. The submission system is planned to open on the date stated on the topic header.
This Horizon Europe call aims to improve the lives of individuals with disabilities by funding research and innovation projects that promote independent living and social inclusion. The call encourages projects to address various aspects of disability, including healthcare, rehabilitation, prevention, and community support. By fostering collaboration between researchers, disability organizations, and policymakers, the EU seeks to create a more equitable and inclusive society for people with disabilities, empowering them to fully participate in all aspects of life. The funding mechanism is based on lump sum grants, and the call encourages the use of European research infrastructures and the involvement of social sciences and humanities disciplines.
The expected outcomes of this topic are:
1. Persons with disabilities are empowered and can enjoy their rights to live independently, participate in society and be included in the community on an equal basis with others.
2. The scientific community develops innovative solutions with a focus on removing barriers faced by persons with disabilities to live independently and they are provided with community support services where they live in the community.
3. Policymakers, health and care services, social and service providers, disability organisations, funders, the scientific community, and other relevant bodies are informed of the research advances and best practices addressing the health and needs of persons with disabilities to support them living independently and being included in society.
The scope of this topic is human-centred on persons with long-term disabilities physical, mental, intellectual or sensory aiming at supporting independent living across the life-course from a health perspective. Persons with disabilities have an equal right to live independently and be included in the community. Independent living requires a differentiated landscape of quality, accessible, person-centred and affordable, community- and family-based services comprising personal assistance, medical and social care and interventions by social workers, thereby facilitating everyday activities and providing choice to persons with disabilities and their families. The objective of this topic is to explore new ways to promote independent living and inclusion in society of persons with disabilities, reducing to the maximum possible the impact of barriers faced in their daily lives, and supporting the transition from institutions to living in the community while addressing all-encompassing aspects of personal support, such as community transformation, service provision, assistive and accessible technologies and environments.
Research actions under this topic should address at least three of the following areas:
1. Health related research addressing disabilities that stem from health conditions and health conditions associated to disabilities. Thus, research may look into finding the causes of the disease(s) leading to the disability and/or disease treatment with the purpose of supporting independent living. Innovative solutions could also include among others diagnoses, medicines, treatments, protocols, technologies, digital tools, low-tech solutions, etc. helping to improve the autonomy of persons with disabilities.
2. Children with disabilities from the perinatal period, and/or young people with disabilities transitioning to adulthood, and/or older persons. Proposals should foster ways to improve autonomy and quality of life.
3. Access to habilitation and rehabilitation services, including psychological rehabilitation and innovative rehabilitation with assistive technologies when appropriate, to increase, maintain, substitute or improve functional capabilities of persons with disabilities or for, alleviation and compensation of impairments, activity limitations or participation restrictions contributing to increasing independence.
4. Prevention of disabilities through the life-course. Different aspects that could have an impact on persons with disabilities may be addressed, such as gender, age, socio-economic background, ethnicity, detection of risks factors leading to a loss of autonomy, the risk of overweight/obesity and related co-morbidities (e.g. diabetes, cardiovascular diseases), hospitalisation, nutrition (e.g. mother and child nutrition from pregnancy), high level of inactivity/sedentary lifestyle and related co-morbidities (e.g. frailty), physical activity/sports, screen-time dependency, smoking, drug use, alcohol use, stress, psychiatric and somatic diseases, loneliness and/or isolation, etc.
5. Conditions for a successful transition from institutions to living in the community, including different tools to achieve it, such as needs assessments, service provision, budget and resources, management plans, monitoring, quality control, etc. Community support services to live independently may include personal assistance or support for decision-making, and/or disability inclusive and accessible community-based services -medical, technological, digital or other supportive initiatives- ensuring prevention of isolation or segregation and supporting deinstitutionalisation. Special attention is to be paid to children and young people transitioning to adulthood and older persons to facilitate they remain living at their homes.
6. Innovative solutions, care models and strategies for high quality person-centred, accessible and targeted social and healthcare services to prevent barriers and to support independent living, including if possible, self-care to empower persons with disabilities, as well as different choices of care across the life-course. For many persons with disabilities, the lack of support and care services and insufficient support for families and unavailability of personal assistance undermines their independence and inclusion in the community.
Data collection is essential to understand the living situation of persons with disabilities and remains a challenge to collect data disaggregated per type of disability, sex, and age. In addition, data collected often lacks comparability as it follows different definitions in each Member State and Associated Country. Thus, applicants are encouraged to ensure harmonised data collection by using Eurostat standards and existing international sets of questions in their areas of research.
Persons with disabilities should be involved in the research through their representative organisations as actors in the research process. Research can also involve their families, friends, colleagues, supporters and carers and other service providers. Policymakers and public authorities, social services, and civil society organisations, could also be considered.
The relevant European research infrastructures in the area of health may be exploited for available digital tools and services for dataset creation, standardisation, data discovery, secure access, management, visualization, harmonization, analysis and other functions as appropriate.
This topic requires the effective contribution of social sciences and humanities (SSH) disciplines and the involvement of SSH experts, organisations as well as the inclusion of relevant SSH expertise, in order to produce meaningful and significant effects enhancing the societal impact of the related research activities.
Projects are also encouraged to explore potential complementarities with projects funded under topic HORIZON-CL2-2025-01-TRANSFO-09: “Good practices for increased autonomy of persons with disabilities, including physical, mental, intellectual and sensory disabilities” and topic HORIZON-HLTH-2025-03-STAYHLTH-01-two-stage: “Improving the quality of life of persons with intellectual disabilities and their families”.
Applicants envisaging to include clinical studies should provide details of their clinical studies in the dedicated annex using the template provided in the submission system.
The admissibility conditions are described in Annex A and Annex E of the Horizon Europe Work Programme General Annexes. The proposal page limits and layout are described in Part B of the Application Form available in the Submission System. Eligible countries are described in Annex B of the Work Programme General Annexes. A number of non-EU/non-Associated Countries that are not automatically eligible for funding have made specific provisions for making funding available for their participants in Horizon Europe projects. See the information in the Horizon Europe Programme Guide. In recognition of the opening of the US National Institutes of Health’s programmes to European researchers, any legal entity established in the United States of America is eligible to receive Union funding. If projects use satellite-based earth observation, positioning, navigation and/or related timing data and services, beneficiaries must make use of Copernicus and/or Galileo/EGNOS (other data and services may additionally be used), subject to restrictions for the protection of European communication networks. Other eligibility conditions are described in Annex B of the Work Programme General Annexes. Financial and operational capacity and exclusion are described in Annex C of the Work Programme General Annexes. Award criteria, scoring and thresholds are described in Annex D of the Work Programme General Annexes. The thresholds for each criterion will be 4 (Excellence), 4 (Impact) and 4 (Implementation). The cumulative threshold will be 12. Submission and evaluation processes are described in Annex F of the Work Programme General Annexes and the Online Manual. The indicative timeline for evaluation and grant agreement are described in Annex F of the Work Programme General Annexes. The granting authority may, up to 4 years after the end of the action, object to a transfer of ownership or to the exclusive licensing of results, as set out in the specific provision of Annex 5. Eligible costs will take the form of a lump sum as defined in the Decision of 7 July 2021 authorising the use of lump sum contributions under the Horizon Europe Programme – the Framework Programme for Research and Innovation (2021-2027) – and in actions under the Research and Training Programme of the European Atomic Energy Community (2021-2025). Legal and financial set-up of the grants are described in Annex G of the Work Programme General Annexes. Specific conditions are described in the specific topic of the Work Programme.
The standard application form (HE RIA, IA) is available in the Submission System. The standard evaluation form (HE RIA, IA) will be used with the necessary adaptations. Guidance is provided in the HE Programme Guide, Model Grant Agreement (MGA), Lump Sum MGA, and call-specific instructions. Additional documents include Information on clinical studies (HE), a detailed budget table (HE LS), and guidance on "Lump sums - what do I need to know?". Further documentation includes the HE Main Work Programme 2026-2027 – 1. General Introduction, HE Main Work Programme 2026-2027 – 4. Health, HE Main Work Programme 2026-2027 – 15. General Annexes, HE Programme Guide, HE Framework Programme 2021/695, HE Specific Programme Decision 2021/764, EU Financial Regulation 2024/2509, Decision authorising the use of lump sum contributions under the Horizon Europe Programme, Rules for Legal Entity Validation, LEAR Appointment and Financial Capacity Assessment, EU Grants AGA — Annotated Model Grant Agreement, Funding & Tenders Portal Online Manual, Funding & Tenders Portal Terms and Conditions, and Funding & Tenders Portal Privacy Statement.
The budget overview for the year 2027 includes several topics:
HORIZON-HLTH-2027-01-CARE-02 - HORIZON-RIA with a budget of EUR 38,000,000, contributions ranging from EUR 8,000,000 to EUR 10,000,000, and an indicative number of 4 grants.
HORIZON-HLTH-2027-01-DISEASE-05 - HORIZON-RIA with a budget of EUR 44,200,000, contributions ranging from EUR 9,000,000 to EUR 11,000,000, and an indicative number of 5 grants.
HORIZON-HLTH-2027-01-DISEASE-06 - HORIZON-RIA with a budget of EUR 37,300,000, contributions ranging from EUR 9,000,000 to EUR 10,000,000, and an indicative number of 4 grants.
HORIZON-HLTH-2027-01-DISEASE-07 - HORIZON-RIA with a budget of EUR 37,300,000, contributions ranging from EUR 9,000,000 to EUR 10,000,000, and an indicative number of 4 grants.
HORIZON-HLTH-2027-01-DISEASE-08 - HORIZON-RIA with a budget of EUR 44,200,000, contributions ranging from EUR 8,000,000 to EUR 10,000,000, and an indicative number of 5 grants.
HORIZON-HLTH-2027-01-DISEASE-10 - HORIZON-RIA with a budget of EUR 11,800,000, contributions ranging from EUR 3,000,000 to EUR 4,000,000, and an indicative number of 3 grants.
HORIZON-HLTH-2027-01-ENVHLTH-02 - HORIZON-RIA with a budget of EUR 45,000,000, contributions ranging from EUR 10,000,000 to EUR 11,000,000, and an indicative number of 4 grants.
HORIZON-HLTH-2027-01-ENVHLTH-MISSCLIMA-03 - HORIZON-PCP with a budget of EUR 20,000,000, contributions ranging from EUR 4,000,000 to EUR 5,000,000, and an indicative number of 4 grants.
HORIZON-HLTH-2027-01-IND-01 - HORIZON-RIA with a budget of EUR 24,500,000, contributions ranging from EUR 6,000,000 to EUR 8,000,000, and an indicative number of 4 grants.
HORIZON-HLTH-2027-01-STAYHLTH-01 - HORIZON-RIA with a budget of EUR 39,300,000, contributions ranging from EUR 6,000,000 to EUR 8,000,000, and an indicative number of 5 grants.
Partner search announcements are available for those looking to collaborate on this topic. LEARs, Account Administrators, or self-registrants can publish partner requests. The submission system is planned to open on the date stated on the topic header.
This Horizon Europe call aims to improve the lives of individuals with disabilities by funding research and innovation projects that promote independent living and social inclusion. The call encourages projects to address various aspects of disability, including healthcare, rehabilitation, prevention, and community support. By fostering collaboration between researchers, disability organizations, and policymakers, the EU seeks to create a more equitable and inclusive society for people with disabilities, empowering them to fully participate in all aspects of life. The funding mechanism is based on lump sum grants, and the call encourages the use of European research infrastructures and the involvement of social sciences and humanities disciplines.
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Eligible Applicant Types: The eligible applicant types are not explicitly stated but can be inferred from the context. The call is open to legal entities such as universities, research institutes, policymakers, health and care services, social and service providers, disability organisations, funders, the scientific community, civil society organisations, and public authorities. The inclusion of clinical studies suggests that hospitals and healthcare providers are also eligible. Furthermore, the mention of SMEs via the Enterprise Europe Network suggests that SMEs are also eligible. Any legal entity established in the United States of America is also eligible to receive Union funding.
Funding Type: The funding type is a grant, specifically a HORIZON Research and Innovation Action (HORIZON-RIA) and HORIZON Pre-commercial Procurement (HORIZON-PCP) under the Horizon Europe Programme. The Model Grant Agreement (MGA) is a HORIZON Lump Sum Grant.
Consortium Requirement: The opportunity appears to require a consortium, as it encourages partner searches and involves multiple areas of research and stakeholders. While not explicitly stated that a consortium is mandatory, the nature of the research actions suggests that a consortium of multiple applicants is expected.
Beneficiary Scope (Geographic Eligibility): Eligible countries are described in Annex B of the Work Programme General Annexes. A number of non-EU/non-Associated Countries that are not automatically eligible for funding have made specific provisions for making funding available for their participants in Horizon Europe projects. Any legal entity established in the United States of America is eligible to receive Union funding.
Target Sector: The target sector is health, specifically focusing on disabilities, healthcare services, assistive technologies, social care, and related research and innovation. It also involves social sciences and humanities (SSH).
Mentioned Countries: United States of America, Member States and Associated Countries.
Project Stage: The project stage is research and innovation actions, which include activities ranging from research to demonstration and validation. The call also mentions clinical studies, suggesting that projects can be in the development or validation stage.
Funding Amount: The funding amounts vary depending on the specific topic within the call, ranging from €3,000,000 to €11,000,000. The indicative number of grants for each topic also varies, typically between 3 and 5.
HORIZON-HLTH-2027-01-CARE-02: €8,000,000 to €10,000,000 (4 grants)
HORIZON-HLTH-2027-01-DISEASE-05: €9,000,000 to €11,000,000 (5 grants)
HORIZON-HLTH-2027-01-DISEASE-06: €9,000,000 to €10,000,000 (4 grants)
HORIZON-HLTH-2027-01-DISEASE-07: €9,000,000 to €10,000,000 (4 grants)
HORIZON-HLTH-2027-01-DISEASE-08: €8,000,000 to €10,000,000 (5 grants)
HORIZON-HLTH-2027-01-DISEASE-10: €3,000,000 to €4,000,000 (3 grants)
HORIZON-HLTH-2027-01-ENVHLTH-02: €10,000,000 to €11,000,000 (4 grants)
HORIZON-HLTH-2027-01-ENVHLTH-MISSCLIMA-03: €4,000,000 to €5,000,000 (4 grants)
HORIZON-HLTH-2027-01-IND-01: €6,000,000 to €8,000,000 (4 grants)
HORIZON-HLTH-2027-01-STAYHLTH-01: €6,000,000 to €8,000,000 (5 grants)
Application Type: The application type is an open call with a single-stage submission process.
Nature of Support: Beneficiaries will receive money in the form of a lump sum grant.
Application Stages: The application process involves a single stage.
Success Rates: Success rates are not explicitly mentioned, but the indicative number of grants for each topic suggests that the success rate is likely to be in the 10 to 39% range.
Co-funding Requirement: The need for co-funding is not explicitly mentioned.
Summary: This Horizon Europe call, HORIZON-HLTH-2027-01-STAYHLTH-01, focuses on "Addressing disabilities through the life course to support independent living and inclusion." It aims to empower persons with disabilities, promote innovative solutions, and inform policymakers and service providers about best practices. The call invites research and innovation actions (RIA) that address at least three specific areas related to disabilities, such as health-related research, improving autonomy and quality of life for children, young people, and older persons with disabilities, access to habilitation and rehabilitation services, prevention of disabilities, conditions for successful transition from institutions to community living, and innovative care models. The call encourages the involvement of persons with disabilities, their families, and relevant stakeholders in the research process. It also emphasizes the importance of data collection and the contribution of social sciences and humanities. Eligible applicants include universities, research institutes, policymakers, healthcare providers, disability organizations, and other relevant legal entities from EU member states, associated countries, and the United States. The funding is provided as a lump sum grant, with individual projects receiving between €3,000,000 and €11,000,000, depending on the specific topic. The application process is a single-stage open call with a deadline of April 13, 2027.
Funding Type: The funding type is a grant, specifically a HORIZON Research and Innovation Action (HORIZON-RIA) and HORIZON Pre-commercial Procurement (HORIZON-PCP) under the Horizon Europe Programme. The Model Grant Agreement (MGA) is a HORIZON Lump Sum Grant.
Consortium Requirement: The opportunity appears to require a consortium, as it encourages partner searches and involves multiple areas of research and stakeholders. While not explicitly stated that a consortium is mandatory, the nature of the research actions suggests that a consortium of multiple applicants is expected.
Beneficiary Scope (Geographic Eligibility): Eligible countries are described in Annex B of the Work Programme General Annexes. A number of non-EU/non-Associated Countries that are not automatically eligible for funding have made specific provisions for making funding available for their participants in Horizon Europe projects. Any legal entity established in the United States of America is eligible to receive Union funding.
Target Sector: The target sector is health, specifically focusing on disabilities, healthcare services, assistive technologies, social care, and related research and innovation. It also involves social sciences and humanities (SSH).
Mentioned Countries: United States of America, Member States and Associated Countries.
Project Stage: The project stage is research and innovation actions, which include activities ranging from research to demonstration and validation. The call also mentions clinical studies, suggesting that projects can be in the development or validation stage.
Funding Amount: The funding amounts vary depending on the specific topic within the call, ranging from €3,000,000 to €11,000,000. The indicative number of grants for each topic also varies, typically between 3 and 5.
HORIZON-HLTH-2027-01-CARE-02: €8,000,000 to €10,000,000 (4 grants)
HORIZON-HLTH-2027-01-DISEASE-05: €9,000,000 to €11,000,000 (5 grants)
HORIZON-HLTH-2027-01-DISEASE-06: €9,000,000 to €10,000,000 (4 grants)
HORIZON-HLTH-2027-01-DISEASE-07: €9,000,000 to €10,000,000 (4 grants)
HORIZON-HLTH-2027-01-DISEASE-08: €8,000,000 to €10,000,000 (5 grants)
HORIZON-HLTH-2027-01-DISEASE-10: €3,000,000 to €4,000,000 (3 grants)
HORIZON-HLTH-2027-01-ENVHLTH-02: €10,000,000 to €11,000,000 (4 grants)
HORIZON-HLTH-2027-01-ENVHLTH-MISSCLIMA-03: €4,000,000 to €5,000,000 (4 grants)
HORIZON-HLTH-2027-01-IND-01: €6,000,000 to €8,000,000 (4 grants)
HORIZON-HLTH-2027-01-STAYHLTH-01: €6,000,000 to €8,000,000 (5 grants)
Application Type: The application type is an open call with a single-stage submission process.
Nature of Support: Beneficiaries will receive money in the form of a lump sum grant.
Application Stages: The application process involves a single stage.
Success Rates: Success rates are not explicitly mentioned, but the indicative number of grants for each topic suggests that the success rate is likely to be in the 10 to 39% range.
Co-funding Requirement: The need for co-funding is not explicitly mentioned.
Summary: This Horizon Europe call, HORIZON-HLTH-2027-01-STAYHLTH-01, focuses on "Addressing disabilities through the life course to support independent living and inclusion." It aims to empower persons with disabilities, promote innovative solutions, and inform policymakers and service providers about best practices. The call invites research and innovation actions (RIA) that address at least three specific areas related to disabilities, such as health-related research, improving autonomy and quality of life for children, young people, and older persons with disabilities, access to habilitation and rehabilitation services, prevention of disabilities, conditions for successful transition from institutions to community living, and innovative care models. The call encourages the involvement of persons with disabilities, their families, and relevant stakeholders in the research process. It also emphasizes the importance of data collection and the contribution of social sciences and humanities. Eligible applicants include universities, research institutes, policymakers, healthcare providers, disability organizations, and other relevant legal entities from EU member states, associated countries, and the United States. The funding is provided as a lump sum grant, with individual projects receiving between €3,000,000 and €11,000,000, depending on the specific topic. The application process is a single-stage open call with a deadline of April 13, 2027.
Short Summary
Impact The funding aims to empower persons with disabilities to live independently and participate fully in society, addressing barriers they face throughout their life course. | Impact | The funding aims to empower persons with disabilities to live independently and participate fully in society, addressing barriers they face throughout their life course. |
Applicant Applicants should have expertise in health sciences, social sciences, humanities, disability studies, or related fields, and must be capable of conducting collaborative research and innovation actions. | Applicant | Applicants should have expertise in health sciences, social sciences, humanities, disability studies, or related fields, and must be capable of conducting collaborative research and innovation actions. |
Developments The funding will support research and innovation actions focused on improving independent living and inclusion for persons with disabilities, covering areas such as health-related research, rehabilitation services, and innovative care models. | Developments | The funding will support research and innovation actions focused on improving independent living and inclusion for persons with disabilities, covering areas such as health-related research, rehabilitation services, and innovative care models. |
Applicant Type This funding is designed for research organizations, universities, healthcare providers, disability organizations, and other relevant legal entities from EU member states, associated countries, and the United States. | Applicant Type | This funding is designed for research organizations, universities, healthcare providers, disability organizations, and other relevant legal entities from EU member states, associated countries, and the United States. |
Consortium Consortium participation is required, involving multiple organizations with complementary expertise to address the complex challenges faced by persons with disabilities. | Consortium | Consortium participation is required, involving multiple organizations with complementary expertise to address the complex challenges faced by persons with disabilities. |
Funding Amount Funding amounts range from €6,000,000 to €8,000,000 per project, with an overall budget of €39,300,000 for the call. | Funding Amount | Funding amounts range from €6,000,000 to €8,000,000 per project, with an overall budget of €39,300,000 for the call. |
Countries Eligible countries include EU member states, EEA countries, associated countries, and the United States, reflecting a commitment to international research collaboration. | Countries | Eligible countries include EU member states, EEA countries, associated countries, and the United States, reflecting a commitment to international research collaboration. |
Industry This funding targets the health sector, specifically focusing on disabilities and independent living, under the Horizon Europe Health Cluster. | Industry | This funding targets the health sector, specifically focusing on disabilities and independent living, under the Horizon Europe Health Cluster. |
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