Funding programmes, competitions and awards
Webinars on IMI2 – Calls 11 and 12
In July 2017, the Innovative Medicines Initiative (IMI) will hold webinars on:
- IMI2 – Call 11 on the exploitation of IMI project results
- IMI2 – Call 12, with one webinar on the rules and procedures and one webinar for each topic
All webinars on the call topics will feature a presentation by the EFPIA topic coordinator and time for questions and answers. The webinar on IMI’s rules and procedures will also include presentations of IMI’s intellectual property regime and tips on the preparation of proposal submissions. Although IMI2 – Calls 11 and 12 have not yet been launched, preliminary information is available here: www.imi.europa.eu/content/future-topics
Pfizer Healthcare Challenge 2017
You’re a team of researchers, developers, entrepreneurs, innovators or a digital startup in the field of health? Then this competition is for you. The Pfizer Healthcare Hub is
seeking digital solutions designed to solve some of the key challenges faced by patients and their clinicians:
- Patient support during oncology treatment
- Measuring growth in infants and children
- Course of treatment solutions, beyond reminder apps
Participation is open to researchers, developers, entrepreneurs, innovators and digital startups. An expert panel will review your submitted solutions, and
up to three finalists will be invited to Berlin. The winners will receive mentoring, a financial reward of 5,000 € and the opportunity to collaborate with Pfizer.
Further information: www.pfizer.de/challenge
Funding announcements of the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF)
Guidelines for the funding of scientific and technological cooperation (STC) with Costa Rica – published in the Federal Gazette on 19 June 2017
Priority funding areas include:
- Life sciences, including human infectious diseases, bioeconomy and biotechnology
- Environmental research, including climate change, biodiversity and sustainable energy systems
- Information and communication systems
- Material research, including nanotechnology
www.bmbf.de/foerderungen/bekanntmachung-1378.html
Guidelines for the funding of joint bilateral research projects as part of scientific and technological cooperation in marine and polar research with the United Kingdom, under the German Government’s research programme MARE:N – Coastal, Marine and Polar Research for Sustainability – published in the Federal Gazette on 30 May 2017
www.bmbf.de/foerderungen/bekanntmachung-1365.html
Guidelines for the funding of joint international research projects focusing on scientific research cooperation between member states of the European Union and Horizon 2020 associated countries and Russia as part of the European-Russian initiative ERA.Net RUS Plus Call 2017, under the German Government’s strategy for the internationalisation of education, science and research – published in the Federal Gazette on 24 May 2017
Priority funding areas include:
- Environment/climate change
- Impact of climate change and extreme climate events on the environment
- Prevention and remediation of pollution of aquatic systems
- Health
- Regenerative medicine, biomaterials and organ-on-a-chip-systems
- Drug discovery for cancer, cardiovascular and infectious diseases
www.bmbf.de/foerderungen/bekanntmachung-1362.html
Guidelines for the funding of multilateral research and innovation cooperation between Southeast Asia and Europa – published in the Federal Gazette on 16 June 2017
Priority topic: Health research, with the subtopics:
- Subtopic 1: Antimicrobial resistance
- Subtopic 2: Newly emerging infectious diseases
Priority topic: Climate change/environmental research, with the subtopics:
- Subtopic 1: Adaptation/resilience of agricultural production systems
- Subtopic 2: Impact of climate change on ecosystems/biodiversity