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Subject: New EU e-health funding will focus on integration
10 Nov 2004 |
A new call for proposals for the European Union's e-health programme is due
to be launched next week. Around €75m are available in total for
successful projects submitted in this fourth round of awards. Researchers and company representatives gathered at a workshop in London had
a preview of the theme for the new round from Gerard Comyn, the EU's head of
e-health. He said the focus would be on the research and development of
ICT-based systems that process and integrate biomedical information from
different levels and different places. Support will go to the best projects that improve health knowledge and
processes related to prevention, diagnosis, treatment and the personalisation of
healthcare. The meeting also heard a call from one of the delegates for greater
commitment from the Department of Health (DH) to EU e-health research. He
remarked that the absence of any representative involved in DH policy making was
'very scary'. "I just wish we could get better involvement from national
governments," said the speaker, who asked not to be named. Department of Trade and Industry representative, Alun German, said the DH had
been invited, but had not been able to send anyone along. The workshop heard from three successful bidders from previous calls for
proposals: The call for proposals starts on 16 November 2004 and runs until 22 March
2005. A fifth round opens in May 2005 and closes next September. Further
information is available at the links below or by email at is@fpuk.co.uk.
Links
FP6 UK
EU
Information Society Technologies
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