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Prevention and mitigation of misuse of synthetic biology for bioterrorism purposes
European Commission · The funder's page →
Money per project€3,000,000
Deadline5 Nov 20266 days left
How they chooseCompetition
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1Does it fit you
6 conditions
What this call funds: research
Countries that may apply: European Union — any member state, Albania, Armenia, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Canada, Egypt, Faroe Islands, Georgia, Iceland, Israel, Japan, Kosovo, Moldova, Montenegro, New Zealand, North Macedonia, Norway, Serbia, South Korea, Switzerland, Tunisia, Türkiye, Ukraine, United Kingdom
Consortium: a consortium is required — You need at least 3 participants in total, including you, from 3 different countries
Who may apply: a commercial company may apply
Sector of the call: Research
Field of work, in the funder’s own words: synthetic biology, bioterrorism prevention, genetic engineering, biosecurity
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2Money and deadline
€3,000,000
Deadline 5 Nov 2026 · 6 days left. One deadline for everyone — all applications are compared with each other.
How applications are chosen: competitive
3What you will need to give
10 short checks · about 5 minutes
10 short checks · about 5 minutes
· Does your organisation have a Gender Equality Plan?
· Does your work involve any of these?
· Are there any other ethics issues worth mentioning?
· Has your project changed substantially since the stage-1 proposal?
· Do you have a patent, an application or your own technology?
· Do you already have paying customers?
4The application
16 questions
«For topics using lump sum funding, the limit for ‘Research and Innovation’ actions and ‘Innovation’ actions is 45 pages and the limit for ‘Coordination and support’ action is 28 pages.»
Limit taken from Call page — HORIZON-CL3-2026-01-FCT-06
5After you get the money
1 condition
«"The granting authority may, up to 4 years after the end of the action, object to a transfer of ownership or to the exclusive licensing of results, as set out in the specific provision of Annex 5."»