Table 1 List of participating funding organisations
Organisation | Country | Funding basis |
|---|---|---|
National Institutes of Health* (NIH) | USA | Government |
Canadian Institutes of Health Research* | Canada | Government and small amount of support from donations; additional funds through partnerships with private and public sector agencies |
Vetenskapsradet-Medicine (Swedish Research Council) | Sweden | Government |
Fonds voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek (FWO) | Belgium | Private foundation and research council |
The Health Foundation | UK | Independent foundation |
Health Research Board of Ireland | Ireland | Government |
The Netherlands Organisation of Health Research and Development (ZonMw), also on behalf of the Netherlands Organisation of Scientific Research (NWO) | The Netherlands | Government |
Swiss National Science Foundation | Switzerland | Private foundation |
NETSCC, part of National Institute for Health Research (NIHR), in England | UK | Government |
Estonian Science Foundation | Estonia | Government |
The Research Council of Norway | Norway | Government (all the ministries) |
Robert Bosch Stiftung | Germany | Private foundation |
Foundation for Polish Science | Poland | Private foundation |
Fondation Fournier Majoie pour l'Innovation | Belgium | Private foundation |
National Institute for Health Research Central Commissioning Facility, which runs four grant funding schemes on behalf of NIHR: Research for Patient Benefit, Invention for Innovation and Research for Innovation, Speculation and Creativity (all project grants) and Programme Grants for Applied Research | UK | Government |
The Wellcome Trust* | UK | Charity |
National Health And Medical Research Council (of Australia)* | Australia | Government |
Fondazione Cariplo Milano | Italy | Private foundation |
Telethon Foundation Italy | Italy | Charity |
Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation | USA | Charity |
Health Research Council of New Zealand | New Zealand | Government |
Medical Research Council, UK* | UK | Government |
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft* (DFG) | Germany | Government and private foundation |
Hungarian Scientific Research Fund (OTKA) | Hungary | Government |
Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic. Grant Agency of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic | Czech Republic | Government |
Lundbeck Foundation, Copenhagen | Denmark | Charity, private foundation, commercial foundation |
Fondation Mérieux | France | Private foundation |
Fonds National de la Recherche Scientifique | Belgium | Private foundation |
The Danish Medical Research Council | Denmark | Government |