EULAR welcomes project applications from rheumatologists or HPR across Europe, designed for developing EULAR recommendations, EULAR Criteria, EULAR Points to Consider or similar projects.
 
Convenors are asked to submit a full proposal including an abstract (a short description without the convenor’s and methodologist’s name) and a lay summary. 

Please carefully read EULAR's Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for Task Forces to familiarise yourself with the application criteria, evaluation processes and conduct of EULAR Task Forces.

​EULAR SOPs

** IMPORTANT UPDATE: **

As of January 2025 the updated version of the SOPs for Task Forces will apply further to the launch of EULAR's new open-access journal EULAR Rheumatology Open (ERO) (official press release).  

Please have a look at the relevant changes related to Chapter 4 (PUBLISH) of the SOPs:

• 4.2.2 Main manuscript and SLR
• 4.2.3 Additional publications

An updated full proposal template with bullet nr.10 has been published from 25 March 2025 (download the template here below or from our SOPs). 

The budget for the Task Forces meetings has been updated in June 2025 to 30.000 € and this will apply to projects submitted from 1 November 2025.

The list of recommended methodologists has been updated with new approved methodologists.

Minor text adjustments have been done in paragraphs 2.1 Who can apply, when, and for what? and in the 3.1 Task force composition (4 weeks).

Recommendations / Points to consider (Task Forces) project applications 

Convenors are asked to submit a full proposal including an abstract (a short description without the convenor’s and methodologist’s name) and a lay summary to taskforces@eular.org.

Annual submission deadlines: 
- 01 November (for the March Council meeting)  
- 01 April (for the September Council meeting)

Additional information on implementation can be found here:   
EPI023 " Implementation of recommendations in rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases: considerations for development and uptake "  

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