The purpose of the E-Rare calls is to harmonize research programmes in European countries on rare diseases through supporting interdisciplinary projects based on international cooperation and to achieve the objectives of the International Rare Diseases Research Consortium (IRDiRC).

This year’s call to be announced with a foreseen submission deadline of 6 February 2018 and with the participation of the National Research, Development and Innovation Office (NRDIO) will be open to
Transnational research projects on hypothesis-driven use of multi-omic integrated approaches for discovery of disease causes and/or functional validation in the context of rare diseases.

The preliminary announcement and the detailed call for proposals are available on the website of the E-Rare program.