Clinical Research Partnership with Developing Countries - Seed Money now

The Swiss Academy for Medical Sciences and the Velux Foundation offer seed money to establish partnership and co-operations for clinical research projects with developing Countries.

Seed money up to CHF 15’000 per project can be spent for:
  • Feasability studies and joint planning meetings
  • Establishment of a project draft
  • Travel of project partners

All seed money proposals will undergo peer-review with regard to relevance, scientific merit and potential of mid- to longterm partnership


Conditions
  • Equal partnership between partners from North and South (according to the 11 principles laid down in the KFPE guidelines)
  • Make use of indiviual strength
  • Win-win situation for all partners
  • Common funding; a major part of project funds should be invested in the South


Time Frame
  • Deadline to submit proposals: October 1, 2005
  • Evaluation by Peers: December 1, 2005
  • Communication of Decision: January 10, 2006

The proposal should include:
  • project description (max 5 pages)
  • statement of commitments of partners from the South
  • CV’s of principal investigators from North and South
  • Budget outline



Please send your proposal until October 1, 2005 to the

Contact Adress:

Swiss Academy of Medical Sciences
Petersplatz 13
4051 Basel
Switzerland


E-Mail: info@samw.ch