Calls for proposal

New calls

Fonds France-Canada pour la Recherche 2026

Par l’iInstitut des Amériques

Ends on 14 November 2025

Company of Biologists – Research Partnership Kickstart Travel Grants

aim to support junior faculty staff to travel to another institution

Ends on 27 November 2025

The Company of Biologists – ECR Visiting Fellowships

provide funding to junior faculty staff to attract an early-career researcher to undertake a defined research project in their lab for one to three months.

Ends on 27 November 2025

The Gruber Foundation – The Neuroscience Prize

Honors scientists for major discoveries that have advanced the understanding of the nervous system.

Ends on 15 December 2025

AAP – PEPR « O2R : Robotique Organique »

Parmi les thèmes : robotique bio-hybride, incluant notamment les organoïdes.

Ends on 12 December 2025

Children’s Tumor Foundation – Young Investigator Award

provides two-year salary support

Ends on 2 December 2025

Lundbeck Foundation Postdoc Call

The entire grant must be managed by a Danish non-commercial research institution. 

Ends on 20 November 2025

Fondation Pierre Deniker – Prix Desmarest

Troubles neurocognitifs et vieillissement : Vers des approches diagnostiques et thérapeutiques innovantes

Ends on 16 November 2025

AAP – Réseaux de capteurs : apports scientifiques, impacts environnementaux et sociétaux

CNRS Biologie

Ends on 10 November 2025

PEPR MED-OOC – Bourses de mobilité européenne

Organes et organoïdes sur puce

Ends on 15 December 2025

FENS travel grants – Annual Meeting of the Japan Neuroscience Society

Kobe, Japan, from 30 July – 2 August 2026.

Ends on 20 November 2025

JSPS Postdoctoral Fellowships 2026

Japan Society for the Promotion of Science

Ends on 10 November 2025

Wu Tsai Postdoctoral Fellowships

Location: New Haven, CT

Ends on 10 November 2025

Next Generation Psychiatrist Awards

European Psychiatric Association (EPA)

Ends on 10 November 2025

ALS Association – The Hoffman ALS Clinical Trial Awards Program

These grants support early- to mid-stage (phase 1 or 2a) biomarker-driven clinical trials of novel or repurposed therapeutics for ALS (either disease-modifying or symptomatic) or of imaging tracers. 

Ends on 18 November 2025

MIT-France Seed Fund

Seed Fund Supporting new research collaborations between MIT and France

Ends on 16 December 2025

Fondation Individualisée John BOST pour la Recherche – Appel à projets 2026

Améliorer directement le soin et les conditions de vie des personnes en situation de handicap ou porteuses de maladies psychiques

Ends on 1 December 2025

Institut Français de Danemark – IFD SCIENCES Programme et Programme Blåtand

Pour des collaborations au Danemark

Ends on 1 December 2025

American Parkinson Disease Association – Postdoctoral Fellowships

to support post-doctoral trainees at U.S. research institutions

Ends on 28 November 2025

AFTD Pilot Grants (Well-Being in FTD)

Association for Frontotemporal Degeneration

Ends on 17 November 2025

Cure Parkinson’s call for research into combination therapies

for preclinical and clinical projects

Ends on 24 November 2025

Lafayette Fellowship

A new graduate scholarship in France for tomorrow’s leaders

Ends on 30 November 2025

Cognitive Science Society – Jeffrey L. Elman Prize

given to mid-career cognitive scientists

Ends on 18 November 2025

Chan Zuckerberg Initiative – Advancing Technologies for Spatiotemporal Omics in Live Tissue

projects that merge cutting-edge engineering with deep biological inquiry

Ends on 13 November 2025

Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard-Foundation Stipends

female students and postdocs in Germany

Ends on 30 November 2025

Bourses Fulbright France 2026/27 – Programmes “Doctorants” & “Chercheurs”

Pour les États-Unis

Ends on 20 December 2025

Challenge prévention : démontrer la valeur des innovations en vie réelle

Par la BPI

Ends on 31 December 2028

Last days

ATIP-Avenir – Campagne 2026

Partenariat Inserm – CNRS

Ends on 7 November 2025

Next Generation Psychiatrist Awards

European Psychiatric Association (EPA)

Ends on 10 November 2025

Wu Tsai Postdoctoral Fellowships

Location: New Haven, CT

Ends on 10 November 2025

JSPS Postdoctoral Fellowships 2026

Japan Society for the Promotion of Science

Ends on 10 November 2025

AAP – Réseaux de capteurs : apports scientifiques, impacts environnementaux et sociétaux

CNRS Biologie

Ends on 10 November 2025

Chan Zuckerberg Initiative – Advancing Technologies for Spatiotemporal Omics in Live Tissue

projects that merge cutting-edge engineering with deep biological inquiry

Ends on 13 November 2025

Fonds France-Canada pour la Recherche 2026

Par l’iInstitut des Amériques

Ends on 14 November 2025

Fondation Pierre Deniker – Prix Desmarest

Troubles neurocognitifs et vieillissement : Vers des approches diagnostiques et thérapeutiques innovantes

Ends on 16 November 2025

AFTD Pilot Grants (Well-Being in FTD)

Association for Frontotemporal Degeneration

Ends on 17 November 2025

Cognitive Science Society – Jeffrey L. Elman Prize

given to mid-career cognitive scientists

Ends on 18 November 2025

ALS Association – The Hoffman ALS Clinical Trial Awards Program

These grants support early- to mid-stage (phase 1 or 2a) biomarker-driven clinical trials of novel or repurposed therapeutics for ALS (either disease-modifying or symptomatic) or of imaging tracers. 

Ends on 18 November 2025

FENS travel grants – Annual Meeting of the Japan Neuroscience Society

Kobe, Japan, from 30 July – 2 August 2026.

Ends on 20 November 2025

Lundbeck Foundation Postdoc Call

The entire grant must be managed by a Danish non-commercial research institution. 

Ends on 20 November 2025

Cure Parkinson’s call for research into combination therapies

for preclinical and clinical projects

Ends on 24 November 2025

The Company of Biologists – ECR Visiting Fellowships

provide funding to junior faculty staff to attract an early-career researcher to undertake a defined research project in their lab for one to three months.

Ends on 27 November 2025

Company of Biologists – Research Partnership Kickstart Travel Grants

aim to support junior faculty staff to travel to another institution

Ends on 27 November 2025

American Parkinson Disease Association – Postdoctoral Fellowships

to support post-doctoral trainees at U.S. research institutions

Ends on 28 November 2025

Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard-Foundation Stipends

female students and postdocs in Germany

Ends on 30 November 2025

Lafayette Fellowship

A new graduate scholarship in France for tomorrow’s leaders

Ends on 30 November 2025

Institut Français de Danemark – IFD SCIENCES Programme et Programme Blåtand

Pour des collaborations au Danemark

Ends on 1 December 2025

Fondation Individualisée John BOST pour la Recherche – Appel à projets 2026

Améliorer directement le soin et les conditions de vie des personnes en situation de handicap ou porteuses de maladies psychiques

Ends on 1 December 2025

Children’s Tumor Foundation – Young Investigator Award

provides two-year salary support

Ends on 2 December 2025

AAP – PEPR « O2R : Robotique Organique »

Parmi les thèmes : robotique bio-hybride, incluant notamment les organoïdes.

Ends on 12 December 2025

PEPR MED-OOC – Bourses de mobilité européenne

Organes et organoïdes sur puce

Ends on 15 December 2025

The Gruber Foundation – The Neuroscience Prize

Honors scientists for major discoveries that have advanced the understanding of the nervous system.

Ends on 15 December 2025

MIT-France Seed Fund

Seed Fund Supporting new research collaborations between MIT and France

Ends on 16 December 2025

Bourses Fulbright France 2026/27 – Programmes “Doctorants” & “Chercheurs”

Pour les États-Unis

Ends on 20 December 2025

Other ressources

All fundings:
https://itneuro.inserm.fr/index.php?pagendx=2728

International calls:
https://www.open4research.eu/debordeaux

International mobility :
https://college-doctoral.u-bordeaux.fr/

Sur le site de l’Université (Portail des personnels) :
https://personnels.u-bordeaux.fr/Metiers/International/Appels-d-offres

European projects (Université de Bordeaux) :
https://myeuropeanproject.u-bordeaux.fr/en

Secrétariat général pour l’investissement (SGPI – service gouvernemental) :
https://www.gouvernement.fr/les-appels-a-projets-en-cours

 

Permanent calls

France Alzheimer – Bourses de mobilité

Pour permettre à de jeunes chercheurs et médecins de présenter leurs travaux de recherche lors de congrès internationaux. Alzheimer et/ou aux maladies apparentées

Permanent

The Company of Biologists – DMM Conference Travel Grants

aimed at early-career researchers wanting to attend scientific meetings, conferences, workshops and training courses

Ends on 28 February 2025

CNRS – Appels à projets internationaux

International Emerging Actions (IEA), PhD Joint Programmes…

Permanent

SENS Research Foundation Grant

to accelerate the development of rejuvenation biotechnology

Permanent

Friedreich’s Ataxia Research Alliance.

Several calls all year long

Permanent

Boehringer Ingelheim PhD fellowships

To pursue an ambitious PhD project in basic biomedical research.

Permanent

Fondation APICIL

Projets « douleur »

Permanent

EMBO scientific exchange grant

funds research exchanges of up to three months between laboratories in eligible countries.

Permanent

Impact Santé : le nouveau programme de financement de l’Inserm

Campagnes de sélection des projets par le comité scientifique : mi-juillet, mi-octobre, mi-décembre

Permanent

CurePSP – Research Grants

In order to advance understanding of the underlying PSP/CBD fundamental neurobiology and to advance development of therapeutics

Permanent

Parkinson’s Disease Therapeutics Pipeline Program

seeks to advance therapeutic development through pre-clinical and/or clinical testing of approaches addressing unmet needs of people with Parkinson’s disease

Permanent

MotoNeuron Disease Association – Fundings

Several grants and fellowships

Permanent

Critical Path Institute’s (C-Path) Translational Therapeutics Accelerator (TRxA)

Global drug discovery and development program

Permanent

American Psychological Foundation – Scholarships, Grants and Awards

Many Scholarships, Grants and Awards available

Permanent

Visiting Lecturer Bursary Scheme

allows international or British scientists of repute to visit clinical departments or laboratories in the United Kingdom to share information, techniques and experiences.

Permanent

CHDI – Academic proposals

Accelerating therapeutic development for Huntington’s disease

Permanent

The company of biologists – Travelling fellowships

to graduate students and post-doctoral researchers

Permanent

Franco-German University – Scientific events for junior researchers

Promotes events for junior researchers (PhD students and post-docs) aimed at supporting networking among researchers and developing Franco-German and international scientific dialogue.

Permanent

The Company of Biologists – Scientific Meeting Grants

to help finance a range of charitable activities including (but not limited to) meetings, workshops, and conferences in the fields relevant to their journals in order to encourage and support scientific interaction.

Permanent

Morton Cure Paralysis Fund

MCPF supports cutting-edge SCI therapies enabling researchers to gather proof-of-concept data

Permanent

IUBMB Travel Fellowships

International Union of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Permanent

Ligue contre le cancer – Appels à projets

Mobilité Recherche pour les cliniciens, Allocations de recherche doctorales, etc.

Permanent

Parkinson’s Disease Therapeutics Pipeline Program

Michael J. Fox Foundation. Only open to industry and industry-academia collaborations.

Permanent

Alzheimer’s Drug Discovery Foundation – Fundings

therapeutic and biomarker development for Alzheimer’s and related dementias.

Permanent

Cute Parkinson’s Quarterly Research Grant Funding Programme

Primarily funds preclinical and clinical research focused on slowing, stopping, or reversing Parkinson’s.

Permanent

SENS Research Foundation Grant

to accelerate the development of rejuvenation biotechnology

Permanent

FARA’s Research Program

General Research Grant, Postdoctoral Research Award, Postdoctoral Fellowship

Permanent

Children’s Tumor Foundation – Funding opportunities

dedicated to funding research on NF1 and all types of SWN

Permanent

CNRS – PhD Joint Programmes 2023

Plusieurs appels en cours ou à venir

Permanent

Boehringer Ingelheim Fonds – PhD Fellowships

basic biomedical research

Permanent

SENS Research Foundation grant

rejuvenation biotechnology

Permanent

Merck – Healthcare Speed Grant

Pre-clinical researchers in the fields of oncology, immuno-oncology, autoimmune disorders and drug discovery technologies are invited to apply

Permanent

Science & SciLifeLab Prize for Young Scientists

Entrants for the 2023 prize must have received their Ph.D. between January 1, 2021 and December 31, 2022.

Ends on 15 July 2023

Pediatric Brain Tumor Foundation

Funding that will help address key gaps in the research and drug development pipeline to accelerate therapies and ultimately find a cure for all pediatric brain tumors.

Permanent

Fritz Thyssen Foundation support

Funding is basically reserved for projects that are related to the promotion areas of the Foundation and have a clear connection to the German research system

Permanent

Raynor Cerebellum Project

Improving the lives of people suffering from cerebellar disorders

Permanent

Alzheimer’s foundation – ISTAART Grant Program for Conferences and Convenings (IGPCC)

Only ISTAART PIA executive committee members may apply for funding.

Permanent

Company of Biologists – Travelling Fellowships

to graduate students and post-doctoral researchers wishing to make collaborative visits to other laboratories

Permanent

EMBO – Core Facility Fellowships

Supporting training for staff of core facilities, funding international exchanges

Permanent

Programme “Soutien aux réseaux scientifiques européens ou internationaux” (SRSEI) Édition 2022

Pour les proposition ayant pour objet de renforcer un réseau scientifique, menées par une équipe française ayant été invitée à poursuivre sa candidature à la dernière étape d’un appel Européen ou international

Permanent

Appel à projets sur la maladie de Wilson – Association Bernard Pépin pour la maladie de Wilson

Appel à projets de recherche sur la maladie de Wilson

Permanent

Grant for Research in Children’s Brain Tumors – A Kid’s Brain Tumor Cure

For basic and translational research projects

Permanent

Alzheimer drug discovery foundation fundings

Open to researchers and clinicians worldwide.

Permanent

Cherie Levien Quality of Life Fund

Grant application deadlines: January 31, April 30, July 31, October 31

Permanent

Coopérations franco-bavaroises pour la recherche ou l’enseignement

projets de coopération entre établissements d’enseignement supérieur de France et de Bavière

Permanent

Boehringer Ingelheim Fonds – Travel grants

Experimental projects in basic biomedical research

Permanent

EMBO – Scientific Exchange Grants

Supporting international collaborations, enabling transfer of expertise

Permanent

DFG – Initiation of International Collaboration

For projects with german researchers

Permanent

Appel à projets douleur – fondation APICIL

Faire progresser les connaissances, l’évaluation et la prise en charge de la douleur

Permanent

Partenariats Hubert Curien

9 nouveaux appels

Permanent

Bright Focus Foundation: Alzheimer’s Disease Research Program

More details : https://www.brightfocus.org/research/alzheimers-disease-research-program  

Permanent

Bourses d’études canadiennes

Étudiants et chercheurs / Professeurs / Établissements d’enseignement

Permanent

Fondation Bettencourt Schueller

Quatre prix pour encourager les chercheurs en sciences de la vie

Permanent

Fondation fondamental

Développer l’attractivité de la psychiatrie et de la recherche en psychiatrie par la création de bourses et d’allocations de recherche.

Permanent

Appel à projets collaboratifs NEURATRIS

Sur les maladies neurodégénératives

Permanent

Ambassade de France en Allemagne – Bourses

4 programmes différents sont proposés.

Permanent

BIS – Bordeaux international support : Partenariats stratégiques

Le programme Bordeaux International Support (BIS) encourage et accompagne les projets avec plusieurs universités internationales

Permanent

Partenariats Hubert Curien

Pour projet établi conjointement par deux équipes de recherche, l’une française, l’autre étrangère.

Permanent

Ambassade de France en Irlande – Soutien aux projets européens

L’ambassade de France en Irlande soutient les chercheurs français pour la préparation de leur projet européen en finançant des missions pour travailler avec leurs partenaires irlandais.

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