Research domain
Cardiovascular grants
Grants for cardiac biology, atherosclerosis, heart failure, and vascular disease
7 open calls matched
Cardiovascular funding comes from dedicated heart foundations (Dutch Heart Foundation, British Heart Foundation, AHA), broad medical research funders (Wellcome, NWO, DFG), and EU programmes (Horizon Europe Health). Project scopes include basic cardiac biology, atherosclerosis mechanisms, heart-failure biology and therapy, vascular disease, and clinical trials. This page lists every open call matching cardiovascular keywords.
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Open calls
Novo Nordisk Foundation
Challenge Programme 2027 – Heat and Hypertension – understanding the mechanisms of interaction
DKK 30–75 million per grant
7 Oct 2026 · 70d
Funds research into the mechanisms of interaction between heat and hypertension. Open to Research Leaders (Established/Prof.) based in Denmark. Focus areas: Endocrinology and Metabolism, Bioscience and Basic Biomedicine, Clinical and Translational Medicine.
la Caixa Foundation
CaixaResearch de Investigação em Saúde 2026 — Projetos Individuais
Up to €500,000
Individual projects submitted by a single non-profit research organisation based in Spain or Portugal. Thematic areas: neurosciences, oncology, cardiovascular and associated metabolic diseases, infectious diseases, and enabling technologies in those areas. Applications must be submitted via the official online platform; other channels not accepted.
la Caixa Foundation
Concurso CaixaResearch de Investigação em Saúde 2026
Up to €500k (individual); up to €1M (consortium)
Open to researchers at non-profit research organisations based in Spain or Portugal. Thematic areas: neurosciences, oncology, cardiovascular and metabolic diseases, infectious diseases, and enabling technologies. Individual projects up to €500k; consortium projects (2–5 organisations) up to €1M. Submissions via the dedicated online platform only.
la Caixa Foundation
Health Research Call
Up to €500,000 (individual); up to €1,000,000 (consortium); total call budget up to €21.5M
Biomedical and health research (basic, clinical, translational) in neuroscience, oncology, cardiovascular/metabolic disease, infectious diseases, and enabling technologies. Host Organization must be a non-profit research institution based in Spain or Portugal. Applications must be submitted in English. Budget of non-Spanish/Portuguese partners may not exceed 30% of total project budget.
Novo Nordisk Foundation
Female Heart Clinical Mechanistic Research Grants
DKK 10M–15M per grant (total pool up to DKK 75M)
Main applicant must be an established researcher at a university, hospital, or non-profit in a Nordic country (DK, SE, NO, FI, IS) with guaranteed salary for the full project period. At least one co-applicant must be based outside the main applicant's country, at an EEA/UK/Swiss non-profit. Co-applicants must receive a significant share of the budget. Grants of DKK 10M–15M for 3–5 year projects.
Novo Nordisk Foundation
Female Heart Clinical Research Grants
DKK 10M–15M per grant (total pool up to DKK 75M)
Main applicant must be an established researcher at a university, hospital, or non-profit research institution in a Nordic country (DK, SE, NO, FI, IS) with guaranteed salary for the full project period. At least one co-applicant must be based outside the main applicant's country. Co-applicants may be worldwide. Clinical research focus on female heart disease.
Novo Nordisk Foundation
Challenge Programme
DKK 30–75M (ca. EUR 4–10M) per grant; total budget up to DKK 150M (ca. EUR 20M)
2027 theme: heat and hypertension — mechanistic, interdisciplinary, human-centric research on heat-CVD interaction. Main applicant must be tenured/tenure-track at a European (EU/Schengen/UK) university, hospital, or non-profit, ≥75% employed there. At least one applicant must be ≥75% employed at a Danish institution. Industry collaboration allowed but industrial partners cannot receive funding. Single-discipline or purely observational projects are out of scope.
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