ERDERA has launched its Networking Support Scheme (NSS), a continuously open call designed to knit together researchers, clinicians and patient advocates working on rare diseases and rare cancers.
Under the scheme, applicants can request up to €30 000 per networking event to cover meeting costs, travel costs, hybrid-meeting platforms and other essentials. Rounds will be held every six months until April 2029—or until the dedicated budget is exhausted—providing a response pathway for emerging collaborations of the partnership.
Eligibility is broad: researchers (including early-career investigators), clinicians, research managers and patient advocacy organisations. ERDERA particularly encourages convenors from 18 underrepresented countries—among them Bulgaria, Greece, Poland, Romania and Türkiye—to apply, aiming to widen Europe’s rare disease network and ensure that expertise flows to and from regions that have historically lacked access.
More information, such as guidance notes, evaluation criteria and the full list of eligible countries are available on the ERDERA website.