ERA NET Collaboration and alignment of national programmes and activities in the area of brain-related diseases and disorders of the nervous system

Specific challenge: The challenges in the areas of brain-related diseases can only be met by an effective cooperation at transnational level avoiding the duplication of efforts, ensuring the availability of critical mass, efficiently using available resources, exchanging knowledge, producing more significant results of higher quality and impact, and sharing data and infrastructures.

Significant progress has been made in this respect by existing initiatives. However there is still the need for better coordination, data sharing and alignment of national programmes and activities in the abovementioned areas.     

Scope: Proposals should coordinate national and regional programmes for research in the area of brain-related diseases by implementing a transnational call with EU co-funding resulting in grants to third parties.

Proposals should also aim at improved collaboration and alignment of national programmes and activities and will provide concrete plans for decreasing