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: **

• Relevant changes related to SOPs paragraph 4 (PUBLISH)

(modification as of January 2025 further to the launch of EULAR's new open-access journal EULAR Rheumatology Open (ERO) (official press release) see in detail).  

        - 4.2.2 Main manuscript and SLR

        - 4.2.3 Additional publications

• The budget for the Task Forces meetings has been updated to 30.000 € and this will apply to projects submitted from 1 November 2025 (SOPs modification of June 2025).

• SOPs paragraph 2.2 Project evaluation – Step #1
  
  The convenor should submit the full proposal, a lay version, and a short abstract via the link to the online platform that will be published on this webpage from the end of January 2026 
  (modification of  December 2025)
  
  
• SOPs paragraph   3.3.9 Prioritisation of recommendations and implementability (modification of  December 2025)
  
  
• SOPs paragraph  3.3.11 Table of quality indicators (modification of  December 2025)
  
  
• Item nr. 14. additional funding has been inserted in the full proposal template (modification of  December 2025)
  
  
• The list of recommended methodologists has been updated with new approved methodologists and as well the guidelines to apply.

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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