Introduction
TRANSCAN-3 launched its third Joint Transnational Call (JTC) for research proposals in May 2023 (JTC 2023). In the framework of this call, 19 funding organizations from 16 countries, together with the EC, joined forces to fund the best collaborative transnational research projects under the topic of “Translational research on cancer epigenetics ". Ultimately, in a competitive evaluation process, the 13 most promising transnational consortia were selected to receive around 16.75 million euros of funding in total for three years.
JTC 2023 Call statistics
The table below shows the number of countries and research groups for submitted pre-proposals, full proposals and funded projects. The overall success rate between the pre-proposals and the funded projects is 16% and the success rate referred to the full proposals is 32%.
The graph below shows the gender distribution of coordinators for the funded projects. The gender distribution considering all research groups participating in the consortia shows a different result, with 41% females and 59% males.
The graph below displays the geographical distribution of the coordinators and partners in the funded projects. As depicted, coordinators come from 5 different countries, the partners come from 16 different countries, and there is 1 research group that will participate in a funded project that will not receive funding from the consortium.
The following graph presents the budget dedicated (M€) for the funded projects by funding organisations. The total budget requested for this call is 16.75 M€.
