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
Global Infectious Disease Research Training Program (D43) —Read on grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-17-057.html
Brigham and Women's to apply deep learning to medical records and images Hospitals say the AI method is in use today automating things humans do well but don't have the time for – and there's much more to come. Read on: www.healthcareitnews.com/news/mass-general-brigham-and-womens-apply-deep-learning-medical-records-and-images
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
The 2018 Times Higher Education World University Rankings’ table for life sciences The overall World University Ranking highlights the universities that are leading across biological and medical science. — Read on www.timeshighereducation.com/world-university-rankings/2018/subject-ranking/life-sciences
Grants Processes for strategic biomedical research Joint alliances and partnerships for medical grants in strategic clinical research areas were published at https://www.pfizer.com/purpose/medical-grants/process
Call for proposals under the Federal Government’s Strategy for the Internationalization of Education, Science and Research Funding programme for the “Integration of the Central, Eastern and South Eastern European Region in the European Research Area” (Bridge2ERA) Next deadline June 30. Read on: https://www.bmbf.de/files_anncmnt/EN_B2E_Call_for_proposals_BMBF.pdf
Medical Research Scholarship The Dubai Harvard Foundation for Medical Research (DHFMR) is offering a limited number of partial scholarships on the basis of merit and financial need. These scholarships will be funded at 25%-50% of tuition to pursue clinical research training. Scholarship Link
Until May 31, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has open for comment from the public a proposal for precertification of software as a medical device. Its 17-page proposal is located at https://www.fda.gov/downloads/MedicalDevices/DigitalHealth/DigitalHealthPreCertProgram/ucm605685.pdf. Some trade press commentary is at http://www.mobihealthnews.com/content/fdas-pre-cert-plan-takes-shape-worries-emerge-about-overreach. This is part of FDA’s Digital Health Software Precertification (Pre-Cert) Program (https://www.fda.gov/MedicalDevices/DigitalHealth/DigitalHealthPreCertProgram/default.htm). Source: GARY CAPISTRANT, PATH Policy Advisor, Capistrant Consulting
Research and Innovation with EU Funding EU funds for research and innovation are vital. New planets discovered, major advances made in cancer treatment, our future taking shape every day. Our #EUBudget proposal on research and innovation keeps this going further. http://europa.eu/!Bc96nB