Present status and future strategy for medical research in Europe
White Paper from the European Medical Research Councils - 2007
“….to strengthen and improve European medical research, which in turn will result in better healthcare and improved human welfare. If funding for medical research in
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Tool Box: “Best Practice” for medical research in
Primary goals:
• Strong basic research
• Strong clinical research
• Strong translational research: bringing basic research knowledge into clinical practice, and vice versa
-- all three of the above being facilitated by interdisciplinary research and public– private partnerships
Tools to reach these goals: people
• Career track schemes with attractive possibilities for researchers taking advantage of co-funding strategy
• European Medical Scientific Training Programme (EMSTP) for physicians and scientists scaling up existing successful initiatives
• The highest level of research ethics, and no scientific misconduct
Tools to reach these goals: research infrastructure
• Investment in national and European research infrastructure – covering the whole range from laboratory equipment in basic
science labs and research facilities in hospitals, to the largest pan-European infrastructures, as outlined in the ESFRI Roadmap
• Launch a call for proposals to directly support on a highly competitive basis a league of top performing biomedical research
centres of excellence, integrated into regional clusters
• Post-genomic clinical medicine
• Intelligent and coordinated use of Information Technology (IT)
• EC and national regulatory issues for clinical research adapted to facilitate research
Tools to reach these goals: research funding
• Adequate research funding – distributed on the basis of scientific excellence and through peer review
• Common criteria and methods for the evaluation of research outcomes
Tools to reach these goals: societal means
• Globalisation and collaboration: sharing of research and results
• Public engagement about medical research and its possible impacts
• Preparedness for the future
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