European Structural and Investment Funds for health

Very productive workshop ‘Research and Innovation in health’ of the European Structural and Investment Funds (ESI Funds), June 20-21, 2018 Breda, the Netherlands. The purpose of this workshop was to foster knowledge and experience exchange on the challenges facing research and innovation in health and the life sciences and the role the ESI Funds can play in managing these challenges. Read on: http://esifundsforhealth.eu/  

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ICD 11 of the WHO

The 11. Edition of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD 11)  of the World Health Organization (WHO): All World Health Organization Member States are expected to use the most current version of the ICD for reporting death and illness (according to an international treaty, the ‘WHO Nomenclature Regulations’, adopted by the World Health Assembly in 1967). ICD–10 has been translated into 43 languages, and ICD–11 has been available in all 6 official languages since its publication (English, French, Spanish, Russian, Chinese, Arabic). ICD-11 — Read on icd.who.int/

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ERC Advanced Grant

CALL FOR PROPOSALS FOR ERC ADVANCED GRANT Call identifier: ERC-2018-ADG Publication date: 17 May 2018 Advanced Grants are designed to support excellent Principal Investigators at the career stage at which they are already established research leaders with a recognised track record of research achievements. Applicant Principal Investigators must demonstrate the ground-breaking nature, ambition and feasibility of their scientific proposal. Size of ERC Advanced Grants Advanced Grants may be awarded up to a maximum of EUR 2 500 000 for a period of 5 years. The maximum award is reduced pro rata temporis for projects of a shorter…

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Top 10 World Health Research Funding Organizations

Constituting 40% of all public and philanthropic health research spending globally, the 10 largest funding organizations together funded research for $37.1 billion. What they fund and how they distribute their funds was analysed in 2016. Read on: https://health-policy-systems.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12961-015-0074-z

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Horizon 2021-2027

New Horizon trends and perspectives. Science Europe commented the new Horizon Programme for 2021-2027 in the document Science Europe reaction. The new pillars of the Programm were described and compared with the Horizon Programm 2020. Read on: www.scienceeurope.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/20180608-SE_Horizon_Europe_Reaction.pdf

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Erasmus Grants

EU News June 3, 2018 It is proposed to double funding for Erasmus to €30 billion . If approved, 12 million people would have the opportunity to study, volunteer, and train abroad between 2021 and 2027 (up from 4 million between 2014-20). Read on: http://europa.eu/!Db83cX

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