conservation-food-health-foundationThe Conservation, Food & Health Foundation intends to financially support health projects to be implemented by NGOs, non-profit organizations, civil society associations and universities in developing countries, particularly in Africa, Asia and Latin America.
The European Innovative Medicines Initiative (IMI-2) is preparing to launch this autumn its 10 call with 8 topics to fund research and innovation projects, particularly in the areas of hypoglycemia, Big Data & prostate cancer, chronic pain or acute, pediatric clinical trial network, autism spectrum disorders and patient voice.
The Council on Health Research for Development (COHRED), the Kenyan Ministry of Higher Education, Science and Technology (MOHEST) and the Spanish Foundation for International Cooperation, Health and Science Policy (FCSAI) are partners in the project CAAST NET Plus.
The European and Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership (EDCTP) annually assigns the “EDCTP Awards,” recognizing the merit of personalities and of African and European research teams in the promotion of scientific research, health and cooperation between Europe and Africa.
The Sociedade das Ciências Médicas de Lisboa and the Pfizer Labs will give two awards, distinguishing the best basic research in Health Sciences and clinical research, prepared by national and foreign researchers, integral or partly carried out in Portuguese institutions.
The European and Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership (EDCTP) announced the opening of 9 calls, totaling € 138.6M, to finance proposals in the area of clinical research and related activities on infectious diseases neglected and poverty-related.
The 8th Forum of the European and Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership (EDCTP) is a biennial forum which will be held this year in Lusaka (Zambia), on 6 – 9 November, on the theme “Defeating poverty-related and neglected in Africa: harnessing research for evidence-informed policies”.
One of the success factors for applications for European funding programs – in particular the Horizon 2020 – is gathering a qualified consortium, with experience in European projects with the resources needed for the project.
It is commonly accepted that one of the companies’ biggest assets are their human resources and that innovation is key to its distinctive response on the market. However, the academic knowledge has not been properly harnessed and incorporated into the modus operandi and companies’ boards.
Antimicrobial resistance, influenza, liver diseases, rheumatic diseases, drug safety and data quality are the areas chosen for funding six research projects under the 9th call of the Innovative Medicines Initiative 2 (IMI-2).
The European Commission and the International Consortium for Personalised Medicine (IC PerMed) will organized on the 1st and 2nd of June the Personalised Medicine Conference 2016 in Brussels. This conference aims to present the state-of-the-art of personalized medicine – one of the main priorities of…
Antimicrobial resistance, influenza, liver diseases, rheumatic diseases, drug safety and data quality are the areas chosen for funding six research projects under the 9th call of the Innovative Medicines Initiative 2 (IMI-2).
Today it is celebrated the World Health Day, this year dedicated to Diabetes.
The Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation is going to organize a development marathon to encourage teams to develop software and hardware tecnological solutions that respond to societal challenges!
The European Innovation Partnership on Active and Healthy Ageing (EIP on AHA) has opened a new Call for Commitments for partners with projects in this area that wish to integrate the biggest European network for promoting, developing and implementing innovations in this knowledge domain, already with 3000 partners.
On the 29th and 30th of March, the Institute of Health Sciences of Universidade Católica Portuguesa (ICS-UCP) will organize in Lisbon a Meeting on Psychiatry and Mental Health, gathering a renowned panel of speakers. This Meeting aims at highlighting new knowledge arising from neurosciences in…
Following the fast dissemination of the Zika virus, the European Commission will open a call to increase research on this subject. The official launch of this topic is expected to the 15th of March 2016, but due to the urgency of this theme, a pre-announcement was published
If your region is leader on innovation for active and healthy ageing and you would like to see it as one of the European Innovation Partnership on Active and Healthy Ageing (EIP on AHA) Reference Sites, submit your application until the 15th of April.
Rare Disease Day is celebrated worldwide on the last day of the rarest month of our calender and aims to highlight these diseases.
The first meeting of the Social Council of CREATING HEALTH – Research and Innovation Funding took place on 22nd February at Universidade Católica Portuguesa.
The European Commission has launched a call for expression of interest in order to renew the eHealth Stakeholder Group, created in 2012 to contribute to the eHealth policy in a multidisciplinary approach, in addition to implement the eHealth Action Plan 2012-2020 and the eHealth Network…
The office CREATING HEALTH – Research and Innovation Funding is going to be launched on the 26th of January at the Universidade Católica Portuguesa (Auditório Cardeal Medeiros). This event is meant to officially present this office which provides support to attract funding for Innovation and…
Rare diseases were recently in the spotlight in a scientific symposium dedicated to this thematic and organized by RARÍSSIMAS – Associação Nacional de Deficiências Mentais e Raras in collaboration with the Institute of Health Sciences of the Universidade Católica Portuguesa and the CREATING HEALTH –…
The information session promoted by GPPQ – Gabinete de Promoção do Programa-Quadro (FCT/ANI) jointly with the CREATING HEALTH – Research and Innovation Funding (UCP/ICS), – which gathered more than 150 participants – had as main merits the announcement of the future financing opportunities on Health…
CREATING HEALTH – Research and Innovation Funding is an office with its doors open to everyone and with a privileged mediator to achieve their goals: the Social Council. In order to enhance the impact of its mission in the society, the Social Council of the…
No dia 26 de janeiro decorre o lançamento do CREATING HEALTH – Research and Innovation Funding, no Auditório Cardeal Medeiros da Universidade Católica Portuguesa, em Lisboa. Este evento, que contará com a presença do Primeiro-Ministro, Dr. Pedro Passos Coelho, destina-se à apresentação pública do gabinete…
