General overhaul of the DRG system| Bibliomed Manager

The DRG system has many friends Financing and structural reform are interrelated. But what can be done if the countries do not follow them? The focus is on per-case flat rates. Even though the Institute for the Remuneration System in Hospitals (InEK) adjusts the DRG system annually, the deficiencies remain clearly visible. Hospitals are sometimes penalized for good medicine, for example by charging more minutes of ventilation. The false incentives have attracted harsh criticism from the medical profession, the health insurance funds and politicians. "Same price for same performance - this is the biggest nonsense that has…

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The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation invested

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation invested in Apple, Amazon, and Google last quarter | Markets Insider The investment arm of the world's largest private foundation revealed the new tech bets, valued north of $450 million in total, in a recent financial filing. — Read on www.google.de/amp/s/markets.businessinsider.com/amp/news/gates-foundation-bought-apple-amazon-google-stock-first-quarter-2020-5-1029234223

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ERC Advanced Grant

📢ERC Advanced Grant Call is open! Are you an established, leading principal investigator who wants long-term funding to pursue a ground-breaking, high-risk project? We have €492M for Europe-based projects run by researchers of any field/nationality. - Read on -https://erc.europa.eu/funding/advanced-grants More updates and useful links in our blog at https://medical-grants.com/useful-information-blog

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Funding of German Clinics in the Corona Pandemic

In the current article of the German magazine for physicians “Ärztezeitung” describes issues in the  governmental funding  of the German clinics during corona pandemic. In German: Warum das Krankenhausentlastungsgesetz Unikliniken nicht reicht. — Read on — https://aerztetag.aerztezeitung.de/96-warum-das-krankenhausentlastungsgesetz-unikliniken-nicht-reicht More updates and useful links in our blog at https://medical-grants.com/useful-information-blog

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European Commision: Overview of current funding programmes for healthcare

Funding programmes for healthcare at the moment include: Cohesion fund Competitiveness of enterprises and SMEs (COSME) Connecting Europe Facility Creative Europe Erasmus + Europe for citizens European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (EGF) European neighbourhood instrument (ENI) European Regional Development Fund European Social Fund (ESF) European Structural and Investment Funds European voluntary humanitarian aid corps EU aid volunteers (EUAV) Fund for European Aid to the Most Deprived (FEAD) Guarantee fund for external actions Health for growth Horizon 2020 Humanitarian aid Instrument for emergency support within the Union Interoperability solutions and common frameworks for European public administrations, businesses and citizens…

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EIT Health Idays

The European Institut for Innovation & Technology (EIT) the promotes now health innovation among university students through one-to-two-day programmes Innovation Days (i-Days) held at academic institutions. — Read on eith-idays.com/ More updates and useful links in our blog at https://medical-grants.com/useful-information-blog

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Funding for Health Campaigns

Innovations for Improving the Impact of Health Campaigns (Round 24) is a new funding round of Melinda and Bill Gates Foundation. Innovations in approaches, practices, or tools that: dramatically improve the planning and microplanning, implementation / operations, and monitoring and evaluation that will lead to improved effectiveness of campaigns can be applied in low- and middle-income countries will be supported. GRAND CHALLENGES EXPLORATIONS DATE OPEN: 18 SEP 2019 DEADLINE: 13 NOV 2019 - 11:30AM PST — Read on gcgh.grandchallenges.org/challenge/innovations-improving-impact-health-campaigns-round-24 More updates and useful links in our blog at https://medical-grants.com/useful-information-blog

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Foundations for Medical Research: BMA

BMA Foundation One of the oldest and most generous grant giving organisations in the U.K.  The BMA Foundation for medical research is a charity  that awards over £600,000 in grants for medical research each year. - Read More at: http://www.bmafoundationmr.org.uk

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New annotated model grant agreement (AMGA) for Horizon 2020

An updated version of the annotated model grant agreement (AMGA) for projects financed within the Horizon 2020 framework programme has been published. — Read on at ec.europa.eu/research/participants/data/ref/h2020/grants_manual/amga/h2020-amga_en.pdf More updates and useful links in our blog at https://medical-grants.com/useful-information-blog/

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