Thirty-five applications for Innovation Funding of healthcare research projects were accepted by the G-BA Innovation Committee in Germany

On April 5, 2023, the Innovation Committee at the Federal Joint Committee (G-BA) announced the selection of thirty-five applications for Innovation Funding of healthcare research projects were accepted. A total of 231 applications were received in response to the funding announcement of June 27, 2022 (changed on September 20, 2022), and thirty-five of them were accepted.

The thirty-five applications that were accepted concerned the following topics:

• Health in climate change: 7;
• Digitization and networking of quality-assured guideline knowledge and further development of the methodology: 2;
• Health services research to improve the situation of affected people in the provision of medical aids: 3;
• Improving specialist medical and dental care in inpatient healthcare facilities: 1;
• Prerequisites for the development and requirements for the implementation of eHealth in patient care: 7;
• Health services research on aftercare and discharge management: 6;
• Drug therapy: implications of switching from best supportive care or off-label use to indication-specific drugs: 2;
• Open topic: 7.

The initial overview of the new projects is expected to be published on the Innovation Committee's website in June 2023.

The full details in German can be found here.

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