Private industry is the largest source of biomedical research funding, followed by government, foundations, charities, and individual donors. — Read on www.thebalance.com/who-funds-biomedical-research-2663193
Want to know when the next ERC grant application calls open? Look no further! Call for proposals Publication date Deadline(s) Budget (Estimated number of grants). — Read on erc.europa.eu/news-events/magazine/funding-application-deadlines
UEF secures funding for research on new personalised therapies | Science|Business — Read on sciencebusiness.net/network-news/uef-secures-funding-research-new-personalised-therapies
NearUS will establish the Network of Centres of European Research and Innovation as central contact point for support to EU research and innovation actors (start ups, SMEs, universities) seeking collaboration with and in the US. Read on https://ebn.eu/sharedResources/projects/NEARUS_summary.pdf https://ebn.eu/index.php?lnk=REZ1OWY0NDNuY1o4S0xBd0tCLzBCLzd5alcreGRQUHZ1d0F4b0JodWNRdz0=
The new ‘UKRI Science, Research and Academia’ scheme, which allows non-EEA researchers, scientists and academics to come to the UK for up to 2 years, opens today (Friday 6 July), the Immigration Minister has announced. Read on: www.gov.uk/government/news/new-scheme-for-overseas-researchers-to-come-to-the-uk
CSIRO is offering international Postdoctoral Fellowship in Microbial/Viral Genomics to study in Australia. Scholarship Description: • Applications Deadline: July 15, 2018 • Course Level: Fellowship for Postdoctoral programme • Study Subject: Fellowship is awarded in Microbial/Viral Genomics • Scholarship Award: Fellowship of AU$80K – AU$91K plus up to 15.4% superannuation • Nationality: International students’ are eligible to apply • Scholarship can be taken in Australia Eligibility for the Scholarship: Eligible Countries: International students’ are eligible to apply for this fellowship. Entrance Requirements: • A doctorate (or will shortly satisfy the requirements of a PhD) in a relevant discipline area, such as viral/microbial genomics.…
Funding is harder to find in general, and the current approach favors low-risk research and proposals by older scientists and white men. — Read on mobile.nytimes.com/2018/06/18/upshot/why-the-medical-research-grant-system-could-be-costing-us-great-ideas.html
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/
New steps in Horizon 2020 Current LERU activities for Horizon Programme are published. Read on: https://www.leru.org/news/universities-united-for-the-best-horizon-europe
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