Programmes in preparation
Title | Duration | Leading Unit |
Functional genomic variation in the epilepsies (EuroEPINOMICS) | 2011 -2014 | Medical Sciences Unit (EMRC) |
EuroEPINOMICS aims to identify new therapies by providing high-resolution maps of genetic risk factors for common epilepsy syndromes, dissecting genetic determinants of the response to antiepileptic drugs, and elucidating the mechanisms of epileptic episodes.
Current Programmes
Title | Duration | Leading Unit |
Stress and Mental Health (EuroSTRESS) | 2008 -2011 | Medical Sciences Unit (EMRC) |
Pan-European Clinical Trials (ECT) | 2005 -2011 | Medical Sciences Unit (EMRC) |
EuroSTRESS is a pan-European multidisciplinary effort targeting the issue of the important societal and economic burden that depressive disorders will represent by the year 2020, ranking just behind cardiovascular diseases.
ECT is a unique EUROCORES Programme that aims at coordinating funding for two pan-European investigator-driven clinical trials on rare diseases and pediatrics: EURAMOS (European and American Osteosarcoma Study Group) and PROFIDYS. This was done in parallel and somewhat slowed down by the EU Clinical Trials Directive 2001/20/EC. ECT is linked to a Forward Look on Investigator-Driven Clinical Trials.
Completed Programmes
Title | Duration | Leading Unit |
Development of a Stem Cell Tool Box (EuroSTELLS) | 2005 - 2008 | Medical Sciences Unit (EMRC) |
Science of Protein Production for Functional and Structural Analysis (EuroSCOPE) | 2006 - 2009 | Life, Earth & Environmental Sciences Unit (LESC) |
EuroSTELLS is the best example of interconnection and interdependency between the various ESF instruments (EUROCORES, Research Networking Programmes, Science Policy Briefings). It also shows the international impact ESF activities can have in medical and scientific fields.
EuroSCOPE - Science of Protein Production for Functional and Structural Analysis enhances research into overproduction of complex proteins to enable characterisation of structure and function of the building blocks of living organisms.
ESF provides the scientific, administrative and technical secretariat for COST (European Cooperation in Science and Technology).