This week’s round up of pandemic preparedness funding calls

16 Sep 2025 | News

Here’s a list of funding opportunities in the EU, the UK, Norway, Africa, South Korea, Canada and the US

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During her annual state of the European Union address on September 10, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen announced the launch of a new Global Health Resilience Initiative. “We are on the brink, or even at the start, of another global health crisis,” she said, before urging Europe to take the lead on preparedness.

The EU provides financial support for pandemic prevention research and development through funding programmes including Horizon Europe.

In particular, as a response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the EU launched the EU4Health Programme. With a budget of €5.3 billion for 2021-27, this is the largest EU health programme ever. On September 15, the Commission held an information…