SMEs go Health

The 3-years initiative, co-financed by the European Commission, is based on the successful project “SMEs go LifeSciences” which was carried out with the focus on Life Science topics in the 6th EU Framework Programme.

“SMEs go Health”  is an initiative designed to support small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) and academic researchers interested in research cooperation and participation in the 7th EU Framework Programme (FP7), particularly in the Health-related area.

SGH focuses on information and training, as well as in consortium building and matchmaking of SMEs and researchers preparing EU project proposals in the “Health” area. The project addresses all researchers, from companies, universities or research organisations, preparing a project proposal or acting as project participants.    

The SMEs go Health database offers both profiles of SMEs and research institutes interested in becoming involved in FP7 research projects as well as partner searches of research consortia looking for SME partners.

An information and training event takes place on the 10th of March in Berlin at the occasion of International World Health Care Congress Europe 2008 . The event provides an overview on the funding opportunities in FP7 and gives furthermore detailed insight on how to successfully acquire grants from this funding programme.

Further information about the project's activities, FP7 issues, useful links, contacts and access to the database can be found at http://www.smesgohealth.org