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 Europe

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

Recent News

• Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, and Ukraine, 2017–2022
  Emerging Infectious Diseases, April 2024
• 25 years of Cancer Research and Care on the Island of Ireland
  National Cancer Institute, Center for Global Health news, March 14, 2024
• US-Sweden Cancer Summit - Bridging the Research to Implementation Gap
  National Cancer Institute, Center for Global Health news, March 13, 2024
• French Public Health Research Leaders Visit NIH
  NIH Record, February 2, 2024
• Notes from the Field: Responding to the Wartime Spread of Antimicrobial-Resistant Organisms — Ukraine, 2022
  Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, December 8, 2023
• Building health research resilience: Fogarty's impact in Eastern Europe and Central Asia
  Fogarty Director’s blog, July 27, 2023

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Featured news: Researchers persevere in Ukraine

• Bringing evidence-based care to Ukrainians suffering from PTSD
  
• Finding a ‘win’ while battles are waged in Ukraine
  
• This researcher wants to normalize mental health care in Ukraine
• Probing the biology of pain during crisis
• Bioethics program perseveres in wartime Ukraine
• Building health research resilience in Eastern Europe and Central Asia

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Funding/Training Opportunities

• Research Council of Finland (RCF) – 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 European 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 April 19, 2024