Development of cell-free protein synthesis platforms for discovery and/or production of biologicals

Last update: Oct 29, 2026

Details

Location: EU 27

Funding Agency: Horizon Europe (2021 - 2027)

Contracting Authority: Horizon Europe (2021 - 2027)

Contracting Authority Type: Development Institution

Status: Open

Budget: EUR 24,500,000

Award ceiling: 8,000,000

Award floor: 6,000,000

Sector: Health, Research & Innovation

Eligible applicants: Unrestricted / Unspecified

Eligible nationalities: Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Angola, Argentina, Armenia, Aruba, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Belarus, Belgium, Belize, Benin, Bhutan, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Canada, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Colombia, Comoros, Congo, Costa Rica, Cote d'Ivoire, Croatia, Cuba, Curaçao, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Dem. Rep. Congo, Denmark, Djibouti, Dominica, Commonwealth of, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Estonia, Eswatini (Swaziland), Ethiopia, Faroe Islands, Fiji, Finland, France, French Polynesia, French Southern Territory, Gabon, Gambia, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Greenland, Grenada, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Hungary, Iceland, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kiribati, Kosovo, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Latvia, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Malta, Marshall Islands, Mauritania, Mauritius, Micronesia, Moldova, Mongolia, Montenegro, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nepal, Netherlands, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Niue, North Korea, North Macedonia, Norway, Pakistan, Palau, Palestine / West Bank & Gaza, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Rwanda, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Serbia, Sierra Leone, Sint Maarten, Slovakia, Slovenia, Solomon Islands, Somalia, South Africa, South Korea, South Sudan, Spain, Sri Lanka, St. Pierre and Miquelon, Sudan, Suriname, Sweden, Switzerland, Syria, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Togo, Tonga, Tunisia, Türkiye, Turkmenistan, Tuvalu, Uganda, UK, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Vietnam, Wallis and Futuna, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Date posted: Dec 12, 2025

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Objectives:

Objectives

Purpose: Support research and innovation on cell-free protein synthesis platforms for discovery and/or production of peptide- and protein-based bi...

Eligibility criteria:

Eligible applicants: Any legal entity may participate, including entities from non-EU/non-Associated countries, subject to the call and Horizon Europe rules. Beneficiaries and affiliated entities must register in the Participant Register and obtain a PIC; validation is required before grant signature.
Geographic and legal eligibility: Legal entities established in the United States of America are eligible to receive Union funding for this topic. Legal entities established in China are not eligible for this destination, and entities assessed as high-risk suppliers of mobile network communication equipment are also excluded where the communication-network restriction applies. Entities established in Russia, Belar...