A call for IDOR-affiliated researchers supporting disruptive projects in the health, biomedical, and exact sciences, and their interfaces.
On Tuesday, the 16th, Instituto D’Or de Pesquisa e Ensino (IDOR) and Pioneer Science launched the 2025 Intramural Call, aimed at IDOR-affiliated researchers with disruptive projects underway or to be developed, regardless of whether their research groups are physically located at the institution.
Eligible proposals include original, innovative, and bold research at the interface between the health, biomedical, and exact sciences, in one or more of the three areas of interest: molecular and cellular biology, the physics and mathematics of biology, and neuroscience and cognition.
The IDOR – Pioneer Science 2025 Intramural Call will support up to 4 innovative projects with funding of R$ 320,000 per year over a three-year period. With this initiative, IDOR and Pioneer Science reaffirm their commitment to encouraging ideas that challenge conventional thinking and seek to expand the frontiers of knowledge.
CALL
Read the full call at this LINK (Updated on 01/14/2026)
Proposals must be submitted electronically through the Fluxx platform.
Submit your proposal at this LINK
TEMPLATES
SCHEDULE
09/29/2025 – Proposal submissions open
11/02/2025 – Proposal submissions deadline
LEARN MORE ABOUT THE INITIATIVES
Pioneer Science
Pioneer Science is a philanthropic initiative affiliated with Instituto D’Or de Pesquisa e Ensino (IDOR) that supports frontier science. Grounded in Maverick science, the initiative encourages new approaches to scientific areas or problems that emerge from unexpected or unorthodox experimental results, and promotes excellence in science aimed at deepening our understanding of the biological world and of the health issues affecting humanity.
Instituto D’Or de Pesquisa e Ensino (IDOR)
IDOR is a non-profit organization whose goal is to contribute to the advancement of science, improving the human condition. To this end, it combines cutting-edge research, professional training, and technological development in the field of health, mobilizing its resources and supporting its researchers in the search for solutions to present and future challenges. Its main supporter is Rede D’Or São Luiz (RDSL), the largest private hospital network in Brazil.