For Applicants
Applicants must submit a letter of intent to apply for a research grant via the HFSP application site with a deadline at the end of March, and after review, selected teams will be invited to submit a full proposal.
Link to create an account: ProposalCentral
Step 1 : Letters of Intent
Deadlines
i. Compulsory initiation of a letter of Intent by obtaining an LOI ID number (1XXXXXX) by 18 March 2025 (updated for each cycle)
ii. Submission of Letters of Intent: 27 March 2025 (updated for each cycle)
Please read the guidelines and the document ‘Writing a letter of intent’ carefully to establish whether your project is clearly in tune with the requirements and emphasis of the research grant program. To apply for a grant, you must first submit a Letter of Intent online as described below. The main steps in applying are as follows:
1. The research team must designate one member as Principal Applicant, who will be responsible for final submission of the Letter of Intent. Note the requirement that the Principal Applicant must have his/her primary laboratory in a member country. See the guidelines (Item 3.2. “Principal Applicant”) for more detail.
2. In setting up the team, the Principal Applicant must ensure that no team member is a Principal Applicant or Co-Applicant on another proposal (see Item 3.4."Concurrent Applications" in the guidelines). Failure to ensure this will result in all those applications being withdrawn from the competition.
3. The Principal Applicant must obtain a 2026 application number, LOI ID, on the application site as early as possible, but by 18 March 2025 at latest. To this aim, the Principal Applicant will first have to set up an account (if not already in the HFSP database). This will give access to the online application form and further instructions concerning the online submission (including the addition of the other team members). This applies even to Principal Applicants already listed in the HFSP database (e.g. those re-applying from previous years). It is essential to obtain a 2026 reference number until 18 March. The composition of the team can be modified up to the final submission date.
4. All team members must be designated as co-applicants on the online form and all co-applicants must approve their participation by accessing the online form before the application can be completed and submitted. A brief explanation of the contributions of the different disciplinary expertise should be provided in the summary which will be used in guiding the review process.
5. The letter of intent must be submitted by 27 March 2025. No changes can be made to the letter of intent after final submission.
6. The Principal Applicant will be notified by mid-July on the outcome of the Letter of Intent. The deadline for the full proposal will be around mid - September 2025.
Step 2 : Full Proposals
For information only, see HERE the instructions for submitting full proposals in the 2025 cycle. These are updated each year.
For Awardees
See HERE other helpful resources for Research Grant awardees.
For problems entering ORCID and/or MD/PhD degree or equivalent in the LOI application form, please see the following video:
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The new site for Letter of Intent applications on Proposal Central will open by late January 2025. Please check the instructions below and the guidelines before requesting a LOI ID number.
For questions or assistance, please contact the Research Grant Office at Click here to show mail address.
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