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Interdisciplinary research approaches are needed to develop a better understanding of chronic pain, to improve its management and ultimately to alleviate pain for the people affected. The aim of the call is therefore to facilitate multinational, collaborative research projects that will address critical translational and clinical questions using interdisciplinary approaches to improve the knowledge about the neuroscience of pain, bearing the potential to improve the lives of the people affected.
Research areas may cover a broad range of aspects such as biomarkers, clinical phenotyping, intra- and inter-individual differences, the role of neuroplasticity and plasticity in the nociceptive system, neuroinflammation, sensitisation and persistence, genetic, epigenetic and molecular mechanisms (neuronal and non-neuronal) as well as the psychological impact of chronic pain and its management. The development of (multimodal) preventive, diagnostic and/or therapeutic approaches based on pathophysiological mechanisms is within the scope of the call. Pharmacological studies and technological developments, including the integration of artificial intelligence, are also included.
Only transnational projects with three to five (six for partners from countries that are to date underrepresented in this funding scheme, see call text for details) eligible research partners from at least three different participating countries will be funded. No more than two consortium partners can be from the same country. Attention should be paid to respecting gender balance among the partners of a consortium.
The call will be conducted simultaneously by the respective national and regional funding organisations and coordinated centrally by the Joint Call Secretariat. There will be a two-stage procedure for joint proposals: pre-proposals and full proposals. The submission deadline for pre-proposals is 6 March 2025.
The individual research partners in a consortium will be funded by the respective national/regional NEURON funding organisation(s). Research projects from Germany selected for funding will be assigned to the DFG and the BMBF by the management organisations. Applicants from non-university research institutions are strongly advised to follow the BMBF regulations (e.g. regarding the calculation of overheads, see funder specific regulations), whereas applicants from universities should refer to the DFG guidelines.
