Phire – Public Health Innovation & Research in Europe

Table 10 - Calls or programmes on non-specified and other non-communicable chronic diseases (Public health research / Disease control / Non-communicable chronic diseases) opened in 2010, by country, code of call, commissioning agency and objectives (continuation).

Disease control /Non-communicable chronic diseases / Non-specified and other non-communicable chronic diseases
Country	Commissioning agency	Name of the program/call	Overall objective of the program/call
Lithuania	Research Council of Lithuania (Lithuanian Budged subsidies)	Chronic non-infectious diseases	To clarify the impact of non-infectious diseases in population’s risks and develop a theoretical framework for a new health strategy for the country. The program aims to acquire new knowledge necessary to reduce incidence, prevalence, mortality and disability of the Lithuanian population from prevalent NCD (cardiovascular disease, malignant neoplasm, diabetes mellitus, neurodegenerative, allergies and autoimmune diseases, mental and behavioural disorders); to develop strategic principles for prevention of these diseases; to create improved diagnostics and prevention methods.
United Kingdom	National Prevention Research Initiative (UK-wide, funded by government departments, research councils and medical charities)		To support research into chronic non-communicable disease prevention. Research, both inside and outside of the NHS setting, by addressing health behaviours at the level of the individual, community or population, and with consideration of environmental factors. Relevant behaviours include physical activity, diet, alcohol misuse and tobacco use.

Table 11 - Calls or programmes on other or non-specified diseases (Public health research / Disease control) opened in 2010, by country, code of call, commissioning agency and objectives.

Disease control /Other or non-specified diseases
Country	Commissioning agency	Name of the program/call	Overall objective of the program/call
France	Agence Nationale de la Recherche (ANR) / National Research Agency	E-Rare-2 Call for Proposals 2011 for "European Research Projects on Rare Diseases”	Rare diseases (not more than five in 10.000 persons) in the European Community, excluding infectious diseases, cancers and adverse drug events in treatments of common diseases. Interventional clinical trials are also excluded. Part of the programme includes collaborative research using patient databases, epidemiological studies, natural history of diseases, development of innovative screening systems.
France	Agence de la biomedecine / Biomedicine Agency	Call for proposals Research and Transplant 2011	To get better knowledge of organs, tissues and cells transplant. Includes: 1) Human and social sciences, Economics : study in public health or/and ethics; ... 5) Terminal organ insufficiency: studies in epidemiology, public health, healthcare demand and offer; ... 7) Prevention of sanitary risks for sampling and transplant.
Germany	Federal Ministry of Education and research (BMBF)	Transnational projects on rare diseases	ERA-NET "E-Rare" has been established to coordinate the research activities of the participating European countries in the field of rare diseases. To gain better knowledge about the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of rare diseases.

Table 12 - Calls or programmes on communicable Disease (Public health research / Disease control) opened in 2010, by country, code of call, commissioning agency and objectives.

Disease control / Communicable Disease
Country	Commissioning agency	Name of the program/call	Overall objective of the program/call
Belgium	French Community – Health Directorate	Prevention and prophylaxis of the infectious diseases in French Community	To improve the monitoring of infectious diseases being of interest in public health, including the diseases targeted by vaccination and to detect the emergent phenomena. To optimize the obligatory system of declarations of the infectious diseases and to reinforce its use.
France	Association Sidaction	Call for scientific and medical research programmes	Medical and public health research on AIDS. Basic, applied and clinical research on HIV/AIDS (virology, immunology, preventive vaccines, treatments). Human and social sciences, epidemiology and public health research on HIV/AIDS. Co-infections and HIV/AIDS associated pathologies, if relevant for HIV/AIDS research and care.
Netherlands	The Netherlands Organization for Health Research and Development	Q Fever	To contribute to the reduction of the number of people suffering from C. burnetii. Research areas 1: Development and evaluation of interventions directed toward prevention or reduction of sources of contamination. Or interventions directed towards prevention of spread of the disease between animals and humans; 2. Improvement of diagnosis of the disease in animals and humans; 3. Improving the treatment of infected humans.
Romania	Center for Policies and Health services	Operational research in TB field – Round 2	The program is focused to develop models of good practice in TB management and control.

Table 13 - Calls or programmes on environmental and occupational health (Public health research / Health promotion) opened in 2010, by country, code of call, commissioning agency and objectives (to be continued).

Health promotion /Environmental, occupational
Country	Commissioning agency	Name of the program/call	Overall objective of the program/call
Belgium	French Community – Health Directorate	Environmental health – scientific pole of expert testimony	To ensure the scientific role of pole expert testimony in environmental health in accordance with the June 13 2008 decree
Denmark	Danish Council for Strategic Research	Strategic research in health, food and welfare/ Foods including biological manufacturing	The research is seeking to document the health promoting effects or nutritional qualities of bioactive substances. Requirements for the strictest standards of food safety and traceability are key competitive parameters for the food industry, since they will enable Denmark to market safe and healthy foods. The research focus on preventing and combating infections and the spread of resistant microorganisms and for the purposes of extending expertise in biological preparedness.
France	Ministry of ecology, energy and sustainable development	National research program on environmental and health risks linked to genetically modified organisms	Environment, health and genetically modified organisms Methodological surveillance of GMO Issues related to food safety including economical, ethical and social dimensions
France	Ministry of work	Occupational risk (SUMER survey)	Identification of occupational risks and of actions that can be implemented to tackle these problems

Table 13 - Calls or programmes on environmental and occupational health (Public health research / Health promotion) opened in 2010, by country, code of call, commissioning agency and objectives (to be continued).

Health promotion /Environmental, occupational
Country	Commissioning agency	Name of the program/call	Overall objective of the program/call
France	Ministry of ecology and sustainable development	Call for research proposals «national research program on endocrine disruptors»	To understand better the endocrine disruptors mechanisms a) Assessment of endocrine disruptors exposure; b) Development of tools and strategies to improve the endocrine disruptors risks assessment; e) Health risk assessment and costs analysis of endocrine disruptors exposure; f) Management of the endocrine disruptors issue in public policies; g) Endocrine disruptors and scientific practice.
France	Agence Nationale de la Recherche (ANR) / National Research Agency	Pollutants and Environments : metrology, health, adaptability, behaviours and uses (CESA)	To bring better fundamental knowledge on contaminants in order to identify adapted preventive measures to reduce their potentially harmful effects on ecosystems and human, animal and vegetal health. (…) To understand better environmental exposures (nature, sources), their effects on health, diseases associated with contaminations and methods for detecting and preventing them; To develop use and combination/coupling of environment and health data bases, from existing or future information systems; To promote surveillance methods; To evaluate risk perceptions on populations and societies, including contamination modes and behaviours and uses towards pollutants;
France	Agence Nationale de la Recherche (ANR) / National Research Agency	Program Global Environmental Changes and Society (CEP&S)	Strengthening comprehension of processes (evolution of production, economic, social, ecological systems) related to Global Environmental Changes for a better governance of these changes

Table 13 - Calls or programmes on environmental and occupational health (Public health research / Health promotion) opened in 2010, by country, code of call, commissioning agency and objectives (continuation).

Health promotion /Environmental, occupational
Country	Commissioning agency	Name of the program/call	Overall objective of the program/call
France	AFSSET Collaboration of ADEME and INCA	National program of Research Environmental and Occupational Health, Call for proposals 2010	Evaluation and analysis of environmental risks for human health, general population and occupational health
France	Conseil Régional Nord Pas de Calais / Nord Pas de Calais Region	Research in Environmental Health	To strengthen knowledge about the relationships between environment and health. To identify preventive actions, recommendations and structure networks of actors from the prevention and public decision making fields.
Netherlands	The Netherlands Organization for Health Research and Development	Program Prevention 4 Participation and health (occupational health)	Research program on the development of interventions (development, evaluation of (cost)effectiveness and implementation) of interventions to improve health in work environment Two main priorities in two calls that go together : 1. Interventions that promote life time employability; 2. Projects that promote the knowledge on implementation and strategies for implementation of interventions in work areas (organizations) and effects of implementation of these interventions on the health and quality of life of employees.
Norway	Norwegian Research Council	Environmental Exposures and Health Outcomes (MILGENHEL programme)	To generate new research-based knowledge on the interplay between the environment and health. Research projects must incorporate both environmental and health perspectives. The programme encompasses research into all aspects of exposure to environmental factors, and addresses basic as well as applied research questions. As a general rule, research on the working environment is not included under this programme

Table 14 - Calls or programmes on Health promotion, in general (Public health research / Health promotion) opened in 2010, by country, code of call, commissioning agency and objectives (to be continued).

Health promotion (in general)
Country	Commissioning agency	Name of the program/call	Overall objective of the program/call
Denmark	Danish Council for Strategic Research	Strategic research in health, food and welfare/ Connection between food, health and lifestyle	The connection between diet and lifestyle, including factors determined by changes in professional and private life; the interaction between diet and genes; and for the development of dietary recommendations which will contribute to an improvement in health. Funding is available for research within projects concerning environmental, health and ethical related issues applying new technology in the crossing of health, food and life style.
Finland	Ministry of Social Affairs and Health	Health promotion - grant	To support current and feasible development and research projects related to health promotion, where results are useful in practice.
France	Institut de recherches scientifiques sur les boissons, IREB / Institute on Drinking Research	Research on Alcohol 2011	Research on alcohol in the field of social studies: -Alcohol consumption: epidemiology, social use, interactions between genetic and environmental factors, psychopathological aspects, social consequences, vulnerability, interpersonal relationships -Predictive factors of overuse and dependency -Alcohol and society: history, culture, creativity, art and literature, policy, ethics, economics
France	Institut veille sanitaire, InVS / National Surveillance Institute	Call for proposals for the analysis of National Study on Nutrition and Health (ENNS) data	To use data bases of the ENNS study to carry out different analyses than those which have already been conducted, in order to have a wider scope of use of these data.

Table 14 - Calls or programmes on health promotion, in general (Public health research / Health promotion) opened in 2010, by country, code of call, commissioning agency and objectives (continuation).

Health promotion (in general)
Country	Commissioning agency	Name of the program/call	Overall objective of the program/call
Iceland	Ministry of Health and Directorate of Health	Prevention fund	Evaluation of implemented public health programmes in primary health care, target group children in elementary schools; research/surveys focusing on population health such as: alcohol/drug consumptions, tobacco, mental health, nutrition and physical activity, targets group is children in elementary and secondary schools.
Netherlands	The Netherlands Organization for Health Research and Development	Sexual Health of Youth	Research on proven intervention strategies to prevent the transmission of STD’s and AIDS, and to prevent unwanted pregnancy, to develop. Interventions where gaps in knowledge exist, and to disseminate at least one intervention method for each age category.
Switzerland	Swiss Federal Office of Public Health (Ministry of health)	Tobacco prevention fund	To finance preventive measures to prevent the onset of tobacco use, promote its decision and to protect people from passive smoking. One of the goals of the programme is to promote research.
United Kingdom	Economic and Social Research Council	Health and wellbeing	ESRC provides social science funding for cross-council projects a) Addictions b) Dietary Decisions in the 21st Century

Table 15 - Calls or programmes on health services, statistics, information, screening, organization (Public health research / Health services) opened in 2010, by country, code of call, commissioning agency and objectives (to be continued).

Health services / Health services, statistics, information, screening, organization
Country	Commissioning agency	Name of the program/call	Overall objective of the program/call
Denmark	Danish Council for Strategic Research	Strategic research in individuals, disease and society/ Clinical Research	Funding may be granted to clinical research projects concerning patient-centred research, intervention research and health-service research.
Denmark	Danish Council for Strategic Research	Strategic research in individuals, disease and society/ Rehabilitation	The aim is to promote research that documents the effects of methods in treatment, retraining and nursing from a holistic perspective on the citizen, with the involvement of professional expertise in the projects. These would include interventions and professional teams in disciplines such as clinical medicine, nursing, occupational therapy, physiotherapy, social work and psychology.
Finland	The Social Insurance Institution of Finland	Funding for research and development projects focused on rehabilitation, health promotion, and health insurance	Objective is to support current and feasible research related to social security/health insurance, where results are useful in practice.
France	Conseil Général des Alpes Maritimes / Alpes Maritime Department	Support to Department medical and scientific teams for technical innovations in health	To support innovative projects, developed by department teams, aiming at improving health, prevention, screening, diagnosis or management of pathologies: Technical or technological innovations; Cancer: at the department level but in accordance with the National Response to Cancer; Alzheimer disease.
Germany	Federal Ministry of education and research (BMBF)	Research Networks on Health Economics	To finance “Studies in health services research" using different methodological approaches
Italy	Ministry of Health	Program for health research 2009 – targeted research	Financing of clinical and healthcare-related research project and of translational biomedical research. “Targeted research” is for competitive proposals.

Table 15 - Calls or programmes on health services, statistics, information, screening, organization (Public health research / Health services) opened in 2010, by country, code of call, commissioning agency and objectives (to be continued).

Health services / Health services, statistics, information, screening, organization
Country	Commissioning agency	Name of the program/call	Overall objective of the program/call
Netherlands	The Netherlands Organization for Health Research and Development	Program Prevention 4 Screening and (medical) preventive interventions in (primary) health care	New methods of screening: research on the (long term) (cost)effectiveness of already existing screening programmes; research on ethical aspects of screening; research on methods to inform and counsel. Preventive interventions in health care: research on the development, evaluation and implementation of preventive interventions in health care. All research has to take into account social economic health differences.
Norway	Norwegian Research Council	Research Programme on Health and Care Services (HELSEOMSORG)	To identify the most effective methods of organising, managing, financing and delivering high-quality health and care services, lowering the incidence of undesirable incidents, minimising differences in people’s access to health services, and providing better security for the individual patient and user.
United Kingdom	Medical Research Council	Patient Reported Outcome Measures (PROMs)	PROMs are an assessment of health status and health-related quality of life that comes directly from the patient. The focus of the call is improving the generation, validation, interpretation and evaluation of PROMs.

Table 15 - Calls or programmes on health services, statistics, information, screening and organization (Public health research / Health services) opened in 2010, by country, code of call, commissioning agency and objectives (continuation).

Health services / Health services, statistics, information, screening, organization
Country	Commissioning agency	Name of the program/call	Overall objective of the program/call
United Kingdom	NIHR - National Institute for health Research	Health Technology Assessment	Health Technology … covers any method used by those working in health services to promote health, prevent and treat disease and improve rehabilitation and long-term care. Includes effectiveness, costs and broader impact of healthcare treatments and tests. NHS-funded interventions mentioned include: screening programmes; interventions delivered by midwives, health visitors or community pharmacists; research involving prison health services; smoking cessation services.
United Kingdom	NIHR - National Institute for health Research	Research for patient benefit	“Response-mode” programme to generate high quality research for the benefit of users of the NHS in England. It funds regionally-derived applied research projects in health services and social care. While clinical trials form the largest single category, there is also qualitative work in mixed methods studies, in pilots, and in other health interventions.
United Kingdom	NIHR - National Institute for health Research	Service Delivery and Organisation	To identify, prioritise and refine the research needs of the NHS management community; to commission research that will be of great value to that community in shaping, influencing and contributing to decision-making; and in promoting the more effective use of research evidence alongside other forms of knowledge in their work.

Table 16 - Calls or programmes on other health services (Public health research / Health services) opened in 2010, by country, code of call, commissioning agency and objectives.

Health services / Other
Country	Commissioning agency	Name of the program/call	Overall objective of the program/call
France	Caisse Nationale de Solidarité pour l’Autonomie (CNSA) and Mission « Research » of the Direction of Research, Studies, Evaluation and Statistics	Permanent call for research about handicap and autonomy loss	Strengthening research field dealing with handicap and autonomy loss by individual and collective supports Focus on populations and their needs, on infrastructures, services, and public policies and programmes.
United Kingdom	Department of health	Policy Research Programme	Heads of the main policy groups in the Department of Health submit requests for research directly to the PRP. Research is not commissioned in response to unsolicited proposals. “The primary objective of the PRP is to assist colleagues in DH who are formulating developing or evaluating policy by: providing evidence to inform policy development and implementation in timely and accessible ways, including assessment of its potential impact and cost-effectiveness; evaluating existing policies or experimental pilots before policies are fully implemented; commissioning research evidence for policy making over the longer-term.”

Table 17 - Call or program on youth (Public health research / Target groups) opened in 2010, by country, code of call, commissioning agency and objectives.

Target groups / Youth
Country	Commissioning agency	Name of the program/call	Overall objective of the program/call
France	Wyeth (Pfizer) Foundation for child and adolescent’s health	6th call for research proposals on adolescents and health	Youth health risks

Table 18 - Call or program on ageing (Public health research / Target groups) opened in 2010, by country, code of call, commissioning agency and objectives.

Target groups / Ageing
Country	Commissioning agency	Name of the program/call	Overall objective of the program/call
United Kingdom	Medical Research Council	Lifelong health and wellbeing	Supporting multidisciplinary research, to build and sustain existing and emerging areas of ageing-related research and strengthen the UK ageing research community. Specific focus included: self-management of chronic pain, independence during rehabilitation, promoting health postretirement; major determinants of health and wellbeing in later life; Identify and develop effective interventions; Inform policy and practice including the development of services and technologies for independent living.

Table 20 - Additional information provided by countries.

Country	Complementary information provided	Exclusion criteria
Cyprus	Call/Program Commissioning agency: Cyprus Research Promotion Foundation; Name of the funding program/call for projects: Pillar 1: Strategic Multithematic Research, Programme Health and Biological Sciences, Action Public Health Overall objective of the program/call: Production of New Knowledge at international level in scientific matters related to Public Health; Enforcement of initiatives for new strategies and policies in the Public Health Sphere, the provision of statistics and data on the development of various diseases and the protection and promotion of good mental health; Promotion of development of new health systems which will contribute to the promotion of quality in public health services. Specific focus of the program/call: Epidemiological studies on various chronic or infectious diseases; Epidemiological studies on rare diseases; Epidemiological studies on population groups such as the children, the elderly, pregnant women, communities, etc.; Epidemiology as a tool for public health policy promotion; Physical activity, sports and health promotion; Health and safety at work; Child health and risk factors; Sunlight and related consequences on health; Health risk factors; Health systems, hospital management, more effective health care and health care improvement; Development of Home Care	Cal was not announced in 2010 (call has been open /been communicated to the researchers between June and September 2009)
Germany a)	Information on the “Framework Programme of the Federal Government on Health Research” from the Federal Ministry for Education and Science, adopted in December 2010. Objective of the program: to improve the application of clinical research; research on population diseases and individualized therapy. Includes research on population diseases, on prevention and nutrition, on health care; on economic perspectives of the health care sector. The strategic document "Health Research Framework Programme of the Federal Government", was available in July 2011 at http://www.bmbf.de/pub/health_research_framework_programme.pdf. No information on amounts available or application mechanisms was provided.	No specific information on public health research calls opened during 2010

Table 20 - Additional information provided by countries (continuation).

Country	Complementary information provided	Exclusion criteria
Germany b)	Call/Program Commissioning agency: Federal Ministry of education and research, association of private health insurance funds, German pension insurance and Federal Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs, since 2006. Name of the funding program: Patient-Oriented Research - Patient Orientation and Chronic Diseases Objective of the program: Area of Health Care Research from the Health research programme from the Ministry of education and research. It establishes research oriented comprehensive care. The "Patient-oriented Research" funding priority thus contributes to a more effective and clearer presentation of the complex care system for patients with chronic diseases. Patients are more actively involved in their own health care”; “Among other things, scientists are looking into ways to evaluate training concepts for rehabilitation, innovative patient information schemes in hospitals, and how to integrate the wishes of patients into the work of general practitioners. Numerous projects are also dealing with patient-oriented healthcare which overcomes the barriers between and links the different care sectors”; http://www.bmbf.de/en/6647.php	Not possible to know if the program opened calls during 2010
Greece a)	Research center Information on a research center under the General Secretariat for Research and Technology (Ministry of Education, Lifelong Learning and Religious affairs) “The National Hellenic Research Foundation (NHRF; www.eie.gr) is a national research Centre funded by the General Secretariat for Research and Technology. It comprises a number of research institutes, including the Institute of Biological Research and Biotechnology, within which operate a number of long-term research Programmes of relevance to public health. The Programme of Chemical Carcinogenesis and Genetic Toxicology is one of these programmes with closest relevance to public health, focussing on the conduct of research in the area of the environmental aetiology of cancer, identification of biomarkers of cancer risk and individual susceptibility, and mechanism-based cancer risk assessment. The Programme conducts its research in the form of specific projects, funded through the Centre’s regular budget as well as by extramural sources (mostly EU-funded projects).”	Information on a programme developed inside an organization: The National Hellenic Research Foundation, funded by the Ministry. It is not a competitive funding that was open to other applicants. It is a direct financing from the ministry to a research centre.

Table 20 - Additional information provided by countries (continuation).

Country	Complementary information provided	Exclusion criteria
Greece b)	Call/Program Information on a call on public health research opened in 2009 Commissioning agency: Ministry of Health Name of the funding program/call for projects: Development of a diagnostic assay for hepcidin, the iron-regulatory hormone implicated in the anaemia of chronic disease and in hemochromatosis. Objective of the program: The aim of the proposal is the development of diagnostic tools for the detection of hepcidin.	Call was not announced in 2010 Thematic not on public health research
Greece c)	Call/Program Information on a call on PHR opened in 2009 Commissioning agency: Ministry of Health, Ministry of Education Name of the funding program/call for projects: Differentiation and Gene Flow among strains belonging to the Leishmania donovani complex in Eastern Mediterranean Objective of the program: The general objective is to contribute to the establishment of a surveillance system in this region and to promote trans-border control strategies.	Call was not announced in 2010
Ireland	PHIRE Supplemental Information – Ireland (Appendix 10) Ireland provided supplemental information on governmental support to public health research development.	public health research financed in other ways then programmes and calls opened in 2010
Italy a)	Call/Program Commissioning agency: Ministry of Education, University and Research. Name of the funding program/call for projects: Program “Future in Research” 2010 (Bando “Futuro in ricerca” 2010) within the Fund for Investment in Basic Research (FIRB, Fondo per gli Investimenti in Ricerca di Base) Objective of the program/call: To promote generational turnover and to support emerging scientific excellences, by allocating adequate resources to the financing of fundamental research projects proposed by young researchers.	Thematic not considered on public health research

Table 20 - Additional information provided by countries (continuation).

Country	Complementary information provided	Exclusion criteria
Italy b)	Call/Program Commissioning agency: Ministry of Education, University and Research. Name of the funding program/call for projects: Research Projects of National Interest 2009 (PRIN, Progetti di Ricerca di Interesse Nazionale). Objective of the program/call: Financing of projects that, by complexity or nature, require the cooperation of more scientists or financial resources that exceed the normal capabilities or single institutions. The research projects can belong to one of 14 disciplines that have been specified by a previous law (Ministerial Decree n. 175/2000); those relevant to the field of public health are “Medical sciences”, “Agrarian and veterinarian sciences”, “Biological sciences”, “Chemical sciences”, “Economic and statistical sciences”, “Political and social sciences”.	Thematic not considered on public health research
Italy c)	Call/Program Commissioning agency: Italian Drug Agency (AIFA, Agenzia Italiana del Farmaco), the Government Agency supervising research, approval and surveillance of drugs in Italy. Name of the funding program/call for projects: 2009 call for independent research on drugs (Bando 2009 per la ricerca indipendente sui farmaci). Objective of the program/call: The AIFA calls on independent research on drugs is targeted at promoting the production of knowledge with features of “excellence” which can contribute to improving public health in research areas that would otherwise remain marginal because of their low commercial interest. AIFA, the Italian Drug Agency, was the first European national drug agency that included among its duties the promotion of independent drug research, so as to give more opportunities to research areas that would have otherwise been overlooked by private research because of their low commercial value.	Thematic not considered on public health research

Table 20 - Additional information provided by countries (continuation).

Country	Complementary information provided	Exclusion criteria
Latvia	Call/Program Commissioning agency: Ministry of Education and Science Following the recommendations from EU and initiatives of the Ministry of Health, the Ministry of Science and Educations agreed that the research strategy in clinical and public health research will be developed by the Ministry of Health. The deadline for the Ministry of Health to develop the next research strategy was set to be June, 2011 Name of the funding program/call for projects: State research program 2010 – 2013 "New prevention, treatment, diagnostic tools and methods, biomedical technologies to improve public health" priority direction of science "Public health (prevention, treatment, diagnostic tools and methods, biomedical technology)" (hereinafter - the priority research areas "Public Health"). Objective of the program/call: The main objective of the program is with methods of clinical medicine, molecular genetics and cell biology, as well as medical chemical and pharmaceutical methods in framework of multidisciplinary research consortium to create new personalized medicine technologies and treatments in order to improve public health. Program includes 3 main areas: 1) Cardiovascular and metabolic diseases; 2) Cancer; 3) Children and infectious diseases. More about the program http://stradini.lv/page.php?id=1578. Comment from respondent: “Despite the name the program, it has very little relation with public health. Biomedical researches are granted under the label of “public health research”. There is no separate allocated budget for public health research in Latvia. The call for state programmes is every fourth year”.	Call was not announced in 2010 Call not specific for public health research
Malta	National public health funding "The national public health funding in 2010 was limited to scholarships, training and postdoctoral awards. The National Research and Innovation Programme, due to funding constraints, funded only 3 projects starting in 2010. None of them were Public Health projects, however."	Calls were not announced in 2010

Table 20 - Additional information provided by countries (continuation).

Country	Complementary information provided	Exclusion criteria
Norway	Call/Program Commissioning agency: Norwegian Research Council Name of the funding program/call for projects: Research Programme on Clinical Research Objective of the program/call: The primary objective of the KLINISKFORSKNING programme is to enhance the knowledge base for preventive measures, diagnostic methods, and treatment and rehabilitation measures through clinical trials.	Thematic not considered on public health research
Poland	List of Programmes from Ministry of Health National Public Health Association was not able to find information on areas of research that were financed through calls in 2010. A list of programmes from the ministry of health was provided (below). Within those programmes many research are being made, but it is not clear whether it was conducted in 2010 and whether the calls were in 2010. National Health Programmes of Ministry of Health in Poland in 2010 1. New-borns Screening Programme in Poland in 2009-2014; 2. Providing Self-sufficiency of Poland in blood and blood products in 2009-2014; 3. National Programme of Haemophilia Treatment in 2005-2011; 4. National Programme of Cancer Fighting in 2010; 5. National Programme of Transplantation Medicine POLGRAFT in 2010-2014; 6. National Programme of Antibiotics Protection in Poland in 2006-2010, including Module I – Monitoring of Nosocomial Infections and Invasive Bacterial Infections; for Epidemiological and Preventive Purposes and for Treatment in 2009-2013; 7. Psychiatric Health Care in 2009-2013; 8. Antiretroviral Treatment of people infected with HIV in Poland in 2010-2011; 9. Programme of elimination of iodine deficiency in Poland in 2009-2011 10. Programme of Complex Diagnosis and Intrauterine Therapy in Developmental Defects and Fetus Illness Prevention – as a part of Fetus’ and Newborns’ Health Status Improvement in 2009-2013; 11. National Programme of Overweight, Obesity and Chronic Non-Infectious Diseases Prevention through Nutrition and Physical Activity Improvement in 2007-2011 POL-HEALTH; 12. National Programme of Reduction the Inequity in Cardiovascular Diseases Prevention and Treatment in 2010-2012 POLKARD; 13. National Programme of Lifestyle Diseases Prevention: Module I – Programme of Overweight, Obesity and Chronic Non-Infectious Diseases Prevention through Nutrition and Physical Activity Improvement in 2007-2011 Module II – Programme of Diabetes Prevention and Treatment in Poland in 2010-2011 Module III – Programme of Elimination of Iodine Deficiency in Poland in 2009-2011	Information on whether calls were opened in 2010 was not possible to find

Table 20 - Additional information provided by countries (continuation).

Country	Complementary information provided	Exclusion criteria
Portugal	Information on activities of the Science and Technology Foundation, Ministry of Science The FCT’ mission is mainly accomplished through the funding, subsequent to the evaluation of the merit, of proposals presented by institutions, research teams or individuals in public open calls, and also through cooperation agreements and other forms of support in partnership with universities and other public or private institutions. The FCT, Science and Technology Foundation has held Calls for Projects in all scientific domains every 2 years since 2000 and every year since 2008. Some research on Public Health was financed but through scholarships, seminars, scientific conferences, or postdoctoral awards. However no specific call on any thematic area of Public health was open. (Source: http://alfa.fct.mctes.pt/fct.phtml.en) Information on research financing activities from Ministry of Health The Ministry of health opens, on a non-regular basis, calls for support of research. At present, for example, in 2011, INSA, National Institute of Health Doctor Ricardo Jorge held a call for research on health services research/primary health care services reform. The deadline for responding to the call was end of March and the research projects approved will be completed on the next three years. Comment from respondent: “However no calls or programmes on public health research were opened on 2010”.	Calls were not announced in 2010

Table 20 - Additional information provided by countries (continuation).

Country	Complementary information provided	Exclusion criteria
Romania a)	Call Name of the commissioning agency : National Authority for Scientific Research , Ministry of Economy, Trade And Business Environment – Authority for Management of Operational Sectorial Program “Increasing Economic Competitiveness” Name of the funding program/call for projects: Operational Sectorial Program “Increasing Economic Competitiveness”; Priority Axis 2 –Research, Technological Development and Innovation for Competitiveness; Key areas of intervention 2.1 – R&D partnerships between universities/research institutes, and enterprises for generating results directly applicable in economy Objective of the program/call: The enhancement of the R&D cooperation between research institutes/universities, and enterprises for increasing the R&D activities in the benefit of enterprises; promoting technological transfer especially in key fields that are European or national priorities; generating results of economic interest and transferring the research results and knowledge through the economic environment; R&D partnerships with R&D organizations that will generate results directly applicable in economy with the aim of creating new or improved products, technologies and services of high added-value; Increasing the level of the technological development of the enterprises; the program is focused to research activities based on new technologies Comment from respondent: “This program is not specific for public health, but it has “HEALTH” as one major fields of intervention. Public health calls are eligible as they could be classified as Health related projects.”	Call not specific for public health research
Romania b)	Call Commissioning agency: National Authority for Scientific Research and Ministry of Economy, Trade And Business Environment – Authority for Management of Operational Sectorial Program “Increasing Economic Competitiveness” Name of the funding program/call for projects: Operational Sectorial Program “Increasing Economic Competitiveness”; Priority Axis 2 –Research, Technological Development and Innovation for Competitiveness; Key areas of intervention 2.3 – Supporting ICT use and creating new working places Objective of the program/call: The program is focused to develop the research capacity of the enterprises in order to increase their innovation and competitiveness; increasing the number of working places in R&D activities is also an objective (Modernising the existing infrastructure through purchasing new equipment; Building new establishments for creating new research centres or laboratories). The health field is eligible Comment from respondent: “The call is not specific for public health, but public health research activities could be eligible as part of modernizing projects in the health fields. Private universities, hospitals and private clinics are not accepted, but SME in public health field are eligible.”	Call was not announced in 2010 Call not specific for public health research

Table 20 - Additional information provided by countries (continuation).

Country	Complementary information provided	Exclusion criteria
Romania c)	Call Commissioning agency: Ministry of Internal Affairs Name of the funding program/call for projects: Operational Program “Administrative Capacity Development”; Priority Axis 1 – Structural and process improvements of the public policy management Cycle; Key area of intervention: Improvement the political – administrative decision-making process. Objective of the program/call: Conceptual, horizontal issues in the areas of decision making system, aiming at increasing the quality of decisions within public administration by developing mechanisms for substantiating policy initiatives, increasing the effectiveness of organisational structures through better planning, and strengthening the accountability framework. The specific objective is to develop capacity in policy formulation, better regulation, strategic planning and inter-institutional partnership working. Activities under Priority Axis 1 concern the system for all central and local administration, including the health sector that was considered a priority. Comment from respondent: “This program is not specific for public health, but the health system was defined as a priority sector. Public health research calls are eligible if they are focused to the improvement of the policy process at the administrative level.”	Call not specific for public health research
Romania d)	Call Commissioning agency: Ministry of Internal Affairs Name of the funding program/call for projects: Operational Program “Administrative Capacity Development”; Priority Axis 1 – Structural and process improvements of the public policy management cycle; Key area of intervention: Improving the CSOs effectiveness in supporting the reform in public administration. Objective of the program/call: Improving the effectiveness of CSOs in collaborating with the public institutions at least in the following fields: involving CSOs in the decision-making process at central and local level (including the definition of the public policies); involving the CSOs in the provision of social, educational and health services; developing the fund-raising capacity for CSOs; developing the CSOs capacity to be involved in national programmes or projects implemented by the public administration; involving CSOs in advisory boards of the public administration institutions. Comment from respondent: “This program is not specific for public health, but the health system was defined as a priority sector. Public health research activities can be eligible if they are related to the main goal of improving the effectiveness of CSOs in relation to the public administration”.	Call not specific for public health research

Table 20 - Additional information provided by countries (continuation).

Country	Complementary information provided	Exclusion criteria
Slovakia a)	Call Commissioning agency: Slovak Research and Development Agency (APVV) Name of the funding program/call for projects: General Calls – Verejná výzva; General call for projects on research and development in particular subdivisions of science and technology fields. Objective of the call: This call has not limitation referring focus of projects. The project’s focus, objectives and scope of research and development is determined by applicant. The agency wants to increase research quality through competition of all applicants in competitive environment. In project proposal, applicant itself indicates scientific field as well as project theme. Comment from respondent: “these kind of calls are also (potentially) related to public health research field but in fact they are not open on some specific public health theme or topic.”	Call not specific for public health research
Slovakia b)	Call Commissioning agency: Scientific Grant Agency of the Ministry of Education of the SR (VEGA) Name of the funding program/call for projects: Call on VEGA grant projects with start in 2011 Objective of the call: Overall objective is to support quality improvement of basic research in particular subdivisions of research and development fields and to strengthen competitiveness of Slovakia through R&D. Public health subdivision belongs to medical sciences field. From all 136 applications, 18 were excluded before evaluation. Based on project title, no new project is public health research project. Comment from respondent: “these kind of calls are also (potentially) related to public health research field but in fact they are not open on some specific public health theme or topic.”	Call not specific for public health research

Table 20 - Additional information provided by countries (continuation).

Country	Complementary information provided	Exclusion criteria
Slovakia c)	Call Commissioning agency: Cultural and Educational Grant Agency (KEGA) Name of the funding program/call for projects: Call on KEGA grant projects with start in 2011 Objective of the call: Overall objective is to donate projects on applied research focused on support of new pedagogical educational models, new technologies, forms and methods within school education system and beyond it. Agency is also aimed at empowering research and development projects in the education field, which are initiated by researchers and Ministry of Education in particular groups of research and development fields and financial support of projects related to creative art. Comment from respondent: “these kind of calls are also (potentially) related to public health research field but in fact they are not open on some specific public health theme or topic.”	Call not specific for public health research
Slovenia	Call Commissioning agency: The Slovenian Research Agency Name of the funding program/call for projects: Public call for financing the research projects for 2011 – call in 2010 - Medicine Objective of the call: Medicine in general: each applicant defines their own theme for the project.	Call not specific for public health research