The ‘ambiguity’ of Research and Innovation (R&I) within the present contemporary society triggers increasing manifestations public concerns concerning science. Apart from some implications it has, this mistrust also functions as a stimuli towards integrating view (social) needs into development implementation R&I policies. With reference to European communities, Commission (EC) has prov...

The theme Health under the Seventh Framework Programme of the European Union (2007-2013) is aligned with the fundamental objectives of EU research policies: improving the health of European citizens and increasing competitiveness of European health-related industries and services, as well as addressing the socio-economic dimension of health care and global health issues. Over 6 billion Euros ar...

BACKGROUND Although there is strong scientific, policy, and community support for community-engaged research (CEnR)-including community-based participatory research (CBPR)-the science of CEnR is still developing. OBJECTIVE To describe structural differences in federally funded CEnR projects by type of research (i.e., descriptive, intervention, or dissemination/policy change) and race/ethnicit...

Participatory project planning is a collaborative approach that involves stakeholders in the design and decision-making process of donor-funded projects. It ensures perspectives needs beneficiaries are taken into account, leading to more effective sustainable outcomes. By engaging from outset, participatory promotes transparency, accountability, ownership among all parties involved. This inclus...

BACKGROUND Policy has a tremendous potential to improve population health when informed by research evidence. Such evidence, however, typically plays a suboptimal role in policymaking processes. The field of policy dissemination and implementation research (policy D&I) exists to address this challenge. The purpose of this study was to: (1) determine the extent to which policy D&I was funded by ...

OBJECTIVE To determine the number and dollar amount of federally funded research projects in the area of infant nutrition/breastfeeding/lactation from 1994 to 1996, and the impact of these funded projects on the achievement of our national goals for increasing the rates of breastfeeding initiation and duration. METHODS Data were obtained from the Computer Retrieval of Information on Scientifi...

This European Projects Track is aimed to create an opportunity for researchers to disseminate objectives, deliverables or outcomes of European projects they are involved in, within the field of software maintenance and reengineering. This track does also enable CSMR attendees to get a better overview of research projects that are carried out in Europe. This article introduces the three projects...

This special issue of the ICES Journal of Marine Science is dedicated to Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) and presents a range of papers from the “European Symposium on Marine Protected Areas as Tool for Fisheries Management and Ecosystem Conservation”. This introduction provides a brief overview of key points from presentations, and discussions, and two science-policy roundtable sessions. The sym...

Two scientific European organizations in the field of consultationliaison (C-L) psychiatry and psychosomatic medicine (PM), the European Association of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry and Psychosomatics (EACLPP) and the European Network of Psychosomatic Medicine (ENPM) decided to merge and together create a new society, the European Association of Psychosomatic Medicine (EAPM). The EACLPPwas fo...