The DISCOVER-ME consortium came together in Valencia on 7 October 2026 for the project’s kick-off meeting, launching four years of collaborative research into myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME or ME/CFS) funded by the European Union under Horizon Europe. Partners from across the consortium met to agree how the work packages will run, how they connect with each…
DISCOVER-ME has established a European Patient Advisory Group (PAG) to ensure people with experience of living with the effects of ME/CFS are involved in helping to influence the priorities and the decisions in the project, study design and dissemination throughout its four-year duration. The PAG is formed by the European ME Alliance (EMEA) – the…
Representatives from all twenty-one DISCOVER-ME partner organisations met for the project’s pre-launch meeting on 26 May 2026 during the International ME Conference Week in Cambridge, UK, agreeing work package priorities and governance structures for the first reporting period.
A video giving an overview of the project and a welcome message from project lead Professor Dr. Eva Untersmayr-Elsenhuber.
DISCOVER-ME, the first Horizon Europe project dedicated specifically to ME/CFS, has officially begun. Over the next four years, twenty-one partner organisations across twelve countries will work together to identify measurable biological changes in ME/CFS, aiming to improve diagnosis and support the development of targeted treatments. Learn more
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