Building the Europe of Knowledge

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Building the Europe of Knowledge
Health Research The 7th Research Framework
Programme 2007 - 2013

• Dr. Jan Paehler MSc
• European CommissionPublic Health Research

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FP7 Whats new?
New FP7

• Duration increased to seven years

Main elements

• Annual average budget increase
• 4.47 (FP6) to 7.22 billion (FP7)

• Frontier research ( 1.1 billion per year)

• New structure
• Cooperation Ideas People Capacities

• Flexible funding schemes

• Joint Technology initiatives

• Simpler procedures

• Outsourcing

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The EUs Budget
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Research Budget2007 - 2013
Total FP7 54.582 billion
(of which to Health 5.984 billion)
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The 7th Research Framework Programme 2007 2013
Cooperation Collaborative research

• 9 themes (themes with health related research)
• Health
• Food, Agriculture and Biotechnology
• Information and Communication Technologies
• Nanosciences, Nanotechnologies, Materials and new
  Production Technologies
• Energy
• Environment (including Climate Change)
• Transport (including Aeronautics)
• Socio-Economic Sciences and the Humanities
• Security and Space

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HEALTH COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH

• Objective
• Improving the health of European
• citizens
• Increasing the competitiveness of
• European health-related industries
• and businesses
• Addressing global health issues
• including emerging epidemics

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HEALTH COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH

• Activities ? 3 Pillars
• Biotechnology, generic tools and
• technologies for human health
• Translating research for human
• health
• Optimising the delivery of health
• care to European citizens

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HEALTH COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH

• Third Pillar Optimising the delivery
  of health care to European citizens
• Enhanced health promotion and disease
  prevention
• Translating clinical research into clinical
  practice
• Quality, solidarity and sustainability of
  health systems

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HEALTH COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH

• i) Enhanced Health Promotion Disease
  Prevention
• Evidence for best public health measures in
  terms of life style interventions
• Focus on the wider determinants of health and
  how they interact at the individual and
  community level
• Diet, stress, tobacco, physical activity,
  nutrition, inequalities
• Mental health to be addressed in life-course
  perspective

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HEALTH COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH

• ii) Translating clinical research into clinical
  practice
• Better use of medicines, behavioural and
  organisational interventions, health
  technologies focus on patient safety
• to identify the best clinical practice
• to understand decision making in clinical
  settings in primary and specialised care
• to foster evidence-based medicine and patient
  empowerment

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HEALTH COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH

• iii) Quality, solidarity and sustainability of
  health systems
• Basis for countries to adapt their health
  systems taking into account national contexts and
  population characteristics.
• Organizational, financial and regulatory aspects
• Implementation best practice
• Outcomes - effectiveness, efficiency and equity
• Special attention on investment issues and
  human resources
• Opportunities under International Cooperation

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FP7 Timetable
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1st call

• Publication on website December 2006
• Call closure Summer 2007
• Each proposal reviewed by at least 3 independent
  experts (list of experts published at
  www.cordis.europa.eu/lifescihealth/src/evaluation.
  htm )
• Each evaluation reviewed by independent experts
  (report published at www.cordis.europa.eu/fp6/expe
  rts.htm )
• Funding decision based on scientific excellence
  alone no national quota
• Projects to start 1st half of 2008

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1st call

• Rules for Participation
• Proposal needs to address specific topic of the
  work programme (i.e. call text)
• Collaborative Research Projects generally require
  at least 3 participants from at least 3
  participating countries or international partner
  countries
• 34 participating countries all EU members,
  accession and candidate countries plus Iceland,
  Israel, Liechtenstein, Norway, Switzerland

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European Health Research

• How can I get involved?
• Become an Evaluator !
• Register under https//cordis.europa.eu/emmfp6/
• www.cordis.europa.eu
• Information on research programmes and projects
• Email-Alert and newsletters
• Find EU-partner institutions
• Get support from National Contact Point
• Respond to call for proposals

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Thank you for your attention!

• EU Member States (n 27)
• Candidate/Accession countries
• Croatia
• Turkey
• Countries associated with the FP
• Iceland
• Israel
• Norway
• Switzerland