The German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) and the Dutch organisation for knowledge and innovation in health, healthcare and well-being (ZonMw) launched a joint call for interdisciplinary research projects with a focus on method validation to further strengthen this field in Europe and to foster and consolidate a sustainable research cooperation between Germany and the Netherlands. This call aims to validate new approach methods in a regulatory context, with the ultimate goal to implement new animal-free, human relevant methods as OECD guidelines or establish qualified models to be used in efficacy testings for new pharmaceuticals. 

In this regard, projects are expected to increase in technology readiness levels during the duration of the project, thus enabeling them to prepare documentation for a timely (2-3 years post project finalisation) regulatory evaluation and approval, if feasible. 

This submission will be open soon.

Please use the ValNAM_template_new WORD-document provided on the ValNAM.eu-Homepage to prepare your proposal. Please note that some information has to be provided within the uploaded pdf file as well as in the online submission tool (e.g. contact details, budgets etc.).