GAEU Consulting Supports DISCOVER-ME Consortium in Securing 7.5 Million Euro Horizon Europe Grant
We are pleased to announce that the DISCOVER-ME consortium, led by Medical University of Vienna, has been awarded a HorizonEurope grant of 7.5 million euros to advance the diagnosis and treatment of myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS). GAEU Consulting was responsible for the entire proposal preparation process, from concept development through to submission.
The grant was awarded under call HORIZON-HLTH-2025-01 (Cluster 1 - Health, single stage 2025), topic HORIZON-HLTH-2025-01-DISEASE-07, as a HORIZON Research and Innovation Action (HORIZON-RIA). The funding covers 100 per cent of the eligible project costs over a four-year period.
Please see the press release by MedUni Vienna here: https://lnkd.in/dkmnmpHS
An outstanding evaluation result.
The proposal achieved exceptional results in the European Commission's independent evaluation:
· Excellence: 5.00 / 5.00
· Impact: 5.00 / 5.00
· Quality and efficiency of the implementation: 4.50 / 5.00
For GAEU Consulting, this represents the largest research and development grant secured since the firm was founded, a milestone that reflects both the strength of the consortium and the quality of the proposal development process.
About the DISCOVER-ME project.
ME/CFS is a chronic, severely debilitating multisystemic condition estimated to affect up to 70 million people worldwide, yet it is still diagnosed on clinical criteria alone, with no validated biomarkers available. DISCOVER-ME aims to establish the biological foundations for improved, subgroup-specific diagnostics and for the development of targeted treatment strategies. The consortium brings together leading European and international research institutions, including Imperial College London, Uppsala University, the University of Galway, and the French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS), alongside several specialised European biobanks. The proposal was also supported by InvestinME Research. The project is scheduled to run for four years.
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"Securing this funding with top scores on Excellence and Impact reflects exactly what we set out to deliver for every client: a scientifically compelling, strategically positioned, and impeccably structured proposal," says Tomasz Wąsik, MBA "We are proud to have supported MedUni Vienna and its partners in bringing this important work to life".
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