European region news, resources and funding for global health researchers

U.S.-European cooperation has been a strong and vital component of the NIH research agenda. While a few activities take place under the auspices of bilateral programs, the majority of collaborations are initiated and carried out without the assistance of formal agreements. Together with NIH, a number of other European governmental organizations carry out the bulk of the world's publicly funded biomedical research, supporting scientific investigations of practically every aspect of human health.

Countries in Region

Albania, Andorra, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, European Union including the European Commission, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Kosovo, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Luxemburg, Lithuania, Malta, Monaco, Montenegro, Netherlands, North Macedonia, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, San Marino, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom, Vatican City.

NIH Funded Research Impacting Sub-Saharan Africa

• Through grant funding to U.S. universities, NIH facilitates international collaboration in Europe in all areas of the biomedical and behavioral sciences.

Fogarty/NIH News

• Building health research resilience: Fogarty's impact in Eastern Europe and Central Asia
  Fogarty Director’s blog, July 27, 2023
• Social distance and stigma towards persons with serious mental illness among medical students in five European Central Asia countries, Fogarty grantee Kerim Munir lead author
  Psychiatry Research, January 24, 2022
• NCI, Cancer Research UK launch Cancer Grand Challenges partnership to support bold new ideas for cancer
  NCI/NIH news, August 27, 2020
• Vaginal ring for HIV prevention receives positive opinion from European regulator marks important step toward expanding number of biomedical HIV prevention options available to women in sub-Saharan Africa
  NIAID/NIH news, July 24, 2020

Funding/Training Opportunities

• Academy of Finland (AKA) - National Institutes of Health (NIH) Partnership Program
• Initiative for Collaborative Research Between Investigators in the USA and in Norway
  
• U.S.-Israel Binational Science Foundation (BSF): A grant-awarding institution that promotes research cooperation between scientists from the United States and Israel
• U.S.-Ireland R&D Partnership Program [PDF]
  

U.S. Government Resources

• Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Europe/Eurasia Office
• National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID): Global Research in Europe
• U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) on Europe and Eurasia
• U.S. Mission to the European Union
  

Other Resources

• Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation report: The Global Burden of Disease: Generating Evidence, Guiding Policy - Europe and Central Asia Regional Edition
• Council on Europe
  
• Euroscience Association for the Promotion of Science and Technology
• European Commission on Research and Innovation
  
• European Union
  
• Human Frontiers Science Program (HFSP)
• North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) on Science for Peace and Security
• Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)

Fogarty Contact

Sarah Scharf, MPA
Regional Program Director for the Europen Region
Division of International Relations
Fogarty International Center
National Institutes of Health
Building 31 Room B2C11
Bethesda, MD 20892-2220
Telephone: 301-496-1415
Fax: 301-480-3414
Email: sarah.scharf@nih.gov

Updated July 28, 2023