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Submission deadlines:

 

31 May 2022 - Research Challenges [1]

31 August 2022 - Research Grants

 

[1] Notification: According to the Terms and Conditions document, the organizer has the right to amend the deadline. We hereby extend the deadline for applications to participate to 31st May. 

Research Grants and Challenges - 2022 Edition

2022 Call for Research Grants and Challenges

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1.      2022 Research Grants

2.      2022 Research challenges

3.      Process

 

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2022 Research Grants

With the research grants, we are offering a series of research grants to stimulate innovative research in challenging areas of future importance.

The 2022 edition launched in call topics spanning our businesses in  healthcare, life science and electronics..

Grants of 100,000 - 500,000 EUR/ year for up to 3 years with an option to extend are available in the following areas:

  1. Drug Discovery - 3 grants comprising up to 500,000 €/year for 3 years with the option of extension.1
  2. AI for Predictive Diagnostics & Therapeutic Target Discovery grant comprising between 100,000 - 300,000 $/year for 2 years with the option of extension
  3. Innovation within Green Chemistry - 1 grant comprising 100,000 € for 1 year with potential further collaboration
  4.  Sustainability in HealthCare R&D – 1 grant comprising 100,000 € for 1 year with the option of extension
  5. Chemistry in the Cloud– 1 grant comprising 100,000 € for 3 years

Subcategories for the Drug Discovery grant: The following sub-categories are available for the 2022 Research Grants Drug Discovery topic from the submission form depending on the application area of your submission: Cancer Targets, Autoimmune Targets, Fertility, Enabling technologies, Translation into clinical trials, Senescence and Anti-Aging

More information: Official information regarding the 2022 call for Research Grants is provided through our websites.

Applicants from USA/Canada please use our EMDgroup website links:

Applicants from all other countries please use the MERCKgroup website link:

 

2022 Research Challenges

Research challenges are competitions for technology pioneers in areas of high innovation. Winning these renowned prizes shows the superiority of the winning team and also opens new avenues for partnering with us.

 

More information: Official information regarding the 2022 Research Challenges are provided through our websites, spanning our business in  healthcare, life science and electronics.

Applicants from USA/Canada please use our EMDgroup website links:

Applicants from all other countries please use our MERCKgroup website links:

 

Process

First, review the process description on our 2022 call for Research Grants and Challenges websites, including the information provided in the FAQs to prepare your submission and carefully read the information regarding our Terms and conditions .

Applicants from USA/Canada use the process description and Q&A as published on our EMDgroup websites:

Applicants from the rest of the world use the process description and Q&A as published on our MERCKgroup websites:

You can also access our Terms and conditions documents without leaving this submissions platform:

Then, submit your application using this portal.