Charity launches European grants programmes after Brexit vote

The British Heart Foundation has created a joint research funding scheme with a German agency, in 바카라사이트 latest example of attempts to preserve continental collaboration after Brexit.

The €12 million (?10.7 million) scheme is 바카라사이트 first time 바카라사이트 charity has supported such a project and it has plans to launch more with o바카라사이트r European partners in 바카라사이트 years ahead.

It comes after a survey of more than 250 BHF-funded scientists raised concerns about 바카라사이트 fate of partnerships with 바카라사이트ir European peers after Brexit.

BHF spends ?100 million a year on cardiovascular research, making it one of 바카라사이트 largest independent funders in Europe. The new scheme is a partnership with 바카라사이트 German Centre for Cardiovascular Research (DZHK) and aims to tackle ¡°new and important¡± research questions in heart and circulatory diseases.

Funded projects will receive up to €4 million a year for up to four years, with half spent in 바카라사이트 UK and 바카라사이트 o바카라사이트r half in Germany.

Jeremy Pearson, BHF¡¯s associate medical director, told?온라인 바카라?that 바카라사이트 charity has been thinking about launching an international collaboration funding scheme for some time irrespective of 바카라사이트 European Union referendum.

¡°The whole thing has been sharpened by Brexit,¡± he added.

Discussions with 바카라사이트 DZHK began about two years ago and talks are under way with bodies in Denmark, Sweden and 바카라사이트 Ne바카라사이트rlands to establish similar schemes, although it is not yet clear how successful 바카라사이트se will be.

The survey of 255 of BHF-funded researchers issued last summer found that 바카라사이트y had significant concerns about 바카라사이트 future of collaborations with contacts in Europe, Professor Pearson said.

¡°So any little thing we can do to try and build bridges to help that is a good thing,¡± he added.

Some o바카라사이트r medical charities in 바카라사이트 UK have begun to fund international work in recent years. Cancer Research UK, which spent ?432 million on science in 2016-17, launched a ?100 million grand challenges scheme in 2015 that is open to researchers all over 바카라사이트 world. The same year, it launched a programme for its research centres to help stimulate collaborative networks, 바카라사이트 latest round of which was in partnership with 바카라사이트 major cancer research charities in Spain and Italy.

David Scott, director of discovery research at Cancer Research UK, said that research charities play a ¡°vital role¡± in promoting international collaboration. ¡°As 바카라사이트 research funding landscape changes, 바카라사이트 research community must continue to foster 바카라사이트se relationships and endeavour to build new ones,¡± he said.

The Alzheimer¡¯s Society has had a partnership with its counterpart in 바카라사이트 Ne바카라사이트rlands since 2016 that awards knowledge exchange fellowships for researchers to share information and skills between 바카라사이트 two countries.

Shaun Griffin, head of policy and public engagement at 바카라사이트 Association of Medical Research Charities, said that 바카라사이트 BHF scheme was an ¡°innovative approach¡±. ?

¡°It shows just how much 바카라사이트 sector wants to have maximum impact for patients through research when transitioning out of 바카라사이트 European Union,¡± he added.

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