Abstract

One way that the World Health Organization Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean (EMRO) promotes the important area of health research is by providing research grants within the Region. A desk review of 2 of the EMRO-supported research grant schemes was done to assess: the selection process ofthe research proposals, the priority areas, country data and information on the principal investigator. The 2 schemes were: EMRO grant for Research in Priority Areas of Public Health, started in 2002, and the EMRO and Organization of Islamic Conference Standing Committee for Science and Technological Cooperation Grant for Research in Applied Biotechnology & Genomics in Health, started in 2004. The paper proposes the following recommendations to enhance benefit from the grant process: create a critical mass of researchers through joint collaboration in proposals and mentoring; instigate a more rigorous process to disseminate the call for proposals more widely and effectively; and include relevant stakeholders in the identification of priority areas for research and overall monitoring of the process.

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Authors

Shideed O, Al-Gasseer N

Institution

Research Policy and Cooperation Unit, World Health Organization, Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean, Cairo, Egypt.

Source

Eastern Mediterranean health journal = La revue de santé de la Méditerranée orientale = al-Majallah al-ṣiḥḥīyah li-sharq al-mutawassiṭ 18:5 2012 May pg 515-21

MeSH

Adult
Africa
Aged
Asia, Western
Authorship
Decision Making
Female
Humans
Information Dissemination
Male
Mediterranean Region
Middle Aged
Peer Review, Research
Research Design
Research Support as Topic
World Health Organization

Pub Type(s)

Journal Article

Language

eng

PubMed ID

22764440