HORIZON-JU-GH-EDCTP3-2026-03

Training and innovation networks for sustained capacity development related to ethics, regulatory, pharmacovigilance, and related digital regulatory platforms General conditions 1. Admissibility Conditions: Proposal page limit and layout described in Annex A and Annex E of the Horizon Europe Work Programme General Annexes. Proposal page limits and layout: described in Part B of the Application Form available in the Submission System. 2. Eligible Countries 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. 3. Other Eligible Conditions The conditions are described in General Annex B except for the specific conditions for the Global Health EDCTP3 JU funding as regards entities eligible for funding and consortium composition, the specific rule for countries where the coordinator may be established and the obligation to designate a scientific project leader as below. Specific conditions replacing the relevant sections in General Annex B to the Horizon Europe Work Programmes A. Entities eligible for funding This section applies to both Research and Innovation Actions (RIA) and Coordination and Support Actions (CSA). To become a beneficiary, legal entities must be eligible for funding. To be eligible for funding, applicants must be established in one of the following countries: The Member States of the European Union, including their outermost regions: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden; The Overseas Countries and Territories (OCTs) linked to the Member States: Aruba (NL), Bonaire (NL), Curação (NL), French Polynesia (FR), French Southern and Antarctic Territories (FR), Greenland (DK), New Caledonia (FR), Saba (NL), Saint Barthélemy (FR), Sint Eustatius (NL), Sint Maarten (NL), St. Pierre and Miquelon (FR), Wallis and Futuna Islands (FR); Countries associated to Horizon Europe[[The list is correct at the time of adoption of this work programme. Please see the Horizon Europe List of Participating Countries on the Funding & Tenders Portal for up-to-date information on the current list and on the position for Associated Countries: https://ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders/opportunities/docs/2021-2027/common/guidance/list-3rd-country-participation_horizon-euratom_en.pdf]]: Albania, Armenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Canada (associated to Pillar II 'Global Challenges and European Industrial Competitiveness', including for the institutionalised European partnerships, and for award procedures implementing Union budget for the year 2024 and onwards), Faroe Islands, Georgia, Iceland, Israel, Kosovo[[This designation is without prejudice to positions on status and is in line with UNSCR 1244/1999 and the ICJ Opinion on the Kosovo declaration of independence.]], Moldova, Montenegro, New Zealand (associated to Pillar II 'Global Challenges and European Industrial Competitiveness' as from the Work Programmes 2023 onwards, including for the institutionalised European partnerships), North Macedonia, Norway, Serbia, Republic of Korea (Pillar II only), Switzerland, Tunisia, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom; Until association agreements start producing legal effects either through provisional application or their entry into force, transitional arrangements apply. The transitional arrangements apply, at the time of the adoption of this Work Programme, with regard to the following countries and legal entities established in these countries, with which association negotiations are being processed or where association is imminent): Egypt, Morocco, . The following countries which are constituent states of the EDCTP Association[[The list is correct at the time of adoption of this work programme. For an update, please check the EDCTP Association website www.edctp.org.]]: Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Côte d’Ivoire, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Eswatini, Gabon, The Gambia, Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea-Conakry, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe. Legal entities which are established in countries not listed above (including in low-and middle-income countries that are not members of the EDCTP Association) will be eligible for funding if provided for in the specific call topic conditions, or if their participation is considered essential for implementing the action by the granting authority. B. Consortium composition Unless otherwise provided for in the specific call conditions, for all actions, due to the policy objectives of Global Health EDCTP3, legal entities forming a consortium are eligible to participate in actions under the programme provided that the consortium includes as beneficiaries: At least three legal entities independent from each other and each established in a different country, where legal entities are eligible to receive funding; At least one independent legal entity established in a Member State, or in an associated country to Horizon Europe that is a member of the EDCTP Association; and At least one independent legal entity established in a sub-Saharan African country that is a member of the EDCTP Association. This condition applies to both Research and Innovation Actions (RIA) and Coordination and Support Actions (CSA). For the two CSA (2) topics under call HORIZON-JU-GH-EDCTP3-2026-03 in case the applicant consortia opt for including the EDCTP Association as coordinator, the EDCTP Association must not be counted as one of the three independent legal entities…