Genomics Research: World Survey of Public Funding

Funding Public Agricultural Research

A Survey of Public Funding of Cancer Research in the European Union

I n 2002 cancer accounted for 16.7% of the total burden of disease in the European Union (EU), compared with 25.3% and 17.1% for mental health and cardiovascular diseases, respectively [1]. In the period relevant to this Policy Forum, cancer was the second largest cause of mortality in the EU, accounting for 27.08% of all deaths. With the ageing population and the continuing impact of tobacco-a...

Seed Funding for Innovative Ventures: a Survey of Public Finance

The purpose of this paper is to describe and analyse the mechanisms by which innovative new ventures receive publicly funded financial support. It suggests that ‘soft’ and informal small-scale financing provided to new firms and idea owners are important in encouraging entrepreneurs in the start-up process, especially in gaining additional financing for the business. As governments provide incr...

Community-based participatory research: implications for public health funding.

Community-based participatory research (CBPR) increasingly is being recognized by health scholars and funders as a potent approach to collaboratively studying and acting to address health disparities. Emphasizing action as a critical part of the research process, CBPR is particularly consistent with the goals of "results oriented philanthropy" and of government funders who have become discourag...

Research funding. Politics and funding in the U.S. public biomedical R&D system.

1797 POLICYFORUM F ederal funding for biomedical R&D through the National Institutes of Health has grown from $8.3 billion in FY1984 to $28.7 billion in FY2008 (1, 2). The NIH supports half of all federal nondefense R&D and more than 60% of federally funded research in American universities (3). The agency awards funds to research performers based on " peer review " but the decisions are not in...