ERA for Health
Partnership website: https://era4health.eu/
The Partnership 'Fostering a European Research Area for Health' (ERA4Health) brings the opportunity to increase European transnational collaborative research funding by creating a funding body for joint programming in priority areas addressing European public health needs.
Participation Flanders
The Partnership brings together 33 partners and 27 funding organisations from 22 countries. Among the consortium partners are Research Foundation Flanders (FWO) and Flanders Research Institute for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (ILVO).
Located in Flanders & interested in the Partnership? Consult the dedicated FWO webpage.
Past calls for proposals
- CARDINNOV - Reserach targeting development of innovative therapeutic strategies in cardiovascular disease.
- HealthEquity - Increasing health equity through promoting healthy diets and physical activity.
- NutriBrain - Modulation of brain ageing through nutrition and healthy lifestyle
- NANOTECMEC - Nano and advanced technologies for disease prevention, diagnostic and therapy
You can register to the ERA4Health newsletter to stay informed about upcoming calls for proposals here: Newsletter - ERA4HEALTH
Key documents
- Find out more about the partnership in the partnership proposal (December 2021)
- The finalised Strategic Research & Innovation Agenda underpinning the Partneship was published in January 2022.
Contact
Commission services: RTD-SANTE-HE-HEALTH-CLUSTER@ec.europa.eu
Partnership: Contact - ERA4HEALTH
What are partnerships?
Partnerships group the EC and private and/or public partners, to coordinate and streamline the research & innovation initiatives and funding in some selected key domains.
How to use partnerships?
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orientation
Partnerships publish strategic documents, e.g. outlining the main research and innovation challenges or key focus points. -
networking
Partnerships often organise events, such as info days, brokerage events, etc. Meet potential partners and learn about the nuances that are not visible in the official documents. -
ecosystem analysis
Partnerships typically have an advisory board, and publish impact studies of previous actions. These are good sources of information to uncover the main R&D&I players in the domain. -
steering the agenda
Partnerships collaborate with the EC on outlining the strategy and the future funding opportunities in their domain, based on input from industry, academia, and other stakeholders.
Testimonial
UNCHAIN - Revolutionising urban logistics & space management
The UNCHAIN project, ‘urban logistics and planning: anticipating urban freight generation and demand including digitalisation of urban freight’ obtained funding from the Horizon Europe’s Mobility Cluster. The project focuses on breaking down data silos and promoting public-private data exchange across a unified European mobility data space, enabling more informed decisions and greater efficiency. The City of Mechelen is a partner in the project and takes on the role of ‘follower city’: it will work alongside the primary demonstration sites (in Madrid, Berlin and Florence) to maximize the geographical coverage and replicability of solutions across Europe. Mechelen aims to test 2 concrete solutions in the UNCHAIN project, with the aim to help addressing its current and future challenges in urban freight distribution.
