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.
Top funders in this domain
Open calls
Novo Nordisk Foundation
CHALLENGE PROGRAMME 2027 – Heat and Hypertension – understanding the mechanisms of interaction
Up to DKK 30–75 million per grant
7 Oct 2026 · 114d
Open to Research Leaders (Established/Prof.) based in Denmark. Focuses on endocrinology & metabolism, bioscience & basic biomedicine, and clinical & translational medicine. Applicants must form a consortium. Supports innovative solutions to major scientific challenges within the heat–hypertension interaction theme.
Fundação "la Caixa"
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.
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.
Fundação "la Caixa"
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 2026
Up to €1,000,000 per project; total pool 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 in Spain or Portugal. Applications must be submitted in English. Budget of non-Spanish/Portuguese partners capped at 30% of total. Companies may not be project team members.
Novo Nordisk Foundation
Challenge Programme 2027 – Heat and Hypertension: Understanding the Mechanisms of Interaction
DKK 30–75 million per grant (ca. EUR 4–10 million); total pool ca. EUR 20 million
Main applicant must be tenured/tenure-track at a European (EU, Schengen Area, or UK) university, hospital, or non-profit research org, employed ≥75%. At least one applicant must be ≥75% employed at a Danish institution. Co-applicants may be global. Industry partners may collaborate but cannot receive funding. Interdisciplinary, human-centric mechanistic research on heat–hypertension interaction; purely in-vitro or purely observational projects are out of scope.
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.