“The European Science Foundation’s (ESF) membership organisation for all medical research councils in Europe, the EMRC (http://www.esf.org/emrc), has released an ESF-EMRC Science Policy Briefing (SPB) highlighting the need to utilise the Health and Research Classification System (HRCS) as the common categorisation system for health research in Europe and beyond.”

“The HRCS is a system, open and freely sourced, that allows for the organisation and analysis of biomedical and health research funding. Its crucial role is to facilitate research management by answering strategic questions about portfolios and investment.”

“The HRCS is an approach which is gaining greater acceptance among research organisations that support health and health-related research. The HRCS is now in use in the UK (where over 20 research organisations have used it), Ireland, Sweden, Norway and outside of Europe in Singapore and Canada.”

The ESF-EMRC SPB report ‘Health Research Classification Systems – Current Approaches and Future Recommendations’ is available online at:  http://www.esf.org/index.php?eID=tx_ccdamdl_file&p[file]=38516&p[dl]=1&p[pid]=279&p[site]=European%20Science%20Foundation&p[t]=1323343036&hash=b3f9ea2f83cf77f7ce28192d2d0bc700&l=en  

[Source: ESF news: http://www.esf.org/media-centre/ext-single-news/article/the-european-science-foundations-emrc-calls-for-the-common-use-of-the-health-research-classificat.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+esf%2FGlobal_News+%28ESF+-++Global+News%29&utm_content=Google+Reader ]

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