Detall de la convocatòria

Característiques

Característica
Objectiu de la convocatòria
The 'Birth Day' Prize is an initiative of the European Commission. The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (or the Foundation) and Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp., subsidiary of Merck & Co. Inc., Kenilworth, NJ USA (or MSD) have committed to award prizes to winners following evaluation of entries by the Commission.
Característiques principals
The Horizon Prize on reducing maternal and newborn morbidity and mortality - the Birth Day Prize - will be awarded to the contestants who demonstrate a novel solution to improve the outcome of facility-based deliveries, which might be of clinical, technological or managerial nature, or a combination of these. Any solution must take full account of relevant social factors and have the potential of scaling up rapidly.

The objective is a demonstrated reduction in maternal and/or newborn morbidity and mortality and/or stillbirth during facility-based deliveries.
Lloc de presentació
El personal de l'IMIM i PSMAR que necessiteu més informació adreceu-vos a:
Servei de Recerca. C/ Doctor Aiguader, 88. 08003-Barcelona. Tel.: 93.316.04.00.
Carol Barnwell: cbarnwell@imim.es Ext.1670
Marta López: mlopez4@imim.es, Ext.: 1576
Convocatòria (URL)
http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/portal4/desktop/en/opportunities/h2020/topics/12128-h2020-birthdayprize-2016.html
Requisits
The contest is open to all legal entities (i.e. natural or legal persons, including International organisations) or groups of legal entities regardless of place of establishment.
Please note however that special rules apply for Israeli entities3 and for Crimean legal persons and that entities from non-EU Member States that are covered by Council sanctions are not eligible to participate4 (see General Annex C to the Main Work Programme).
Moreover, contestants that have already received an EU or Euratom prize cannot receive a second prize for the same activities.
Dotació
€ 1 000 000

Arxius

Arxiu
2016-2017 Work programme
Rules for Contests