FRESCOatCNAP · FrontierResearchCompentences@CNAP
Horizon 2020 — Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions
- Duration
- 2017-04-01 → 2022-03-31
- EU contribution
- €627,840
- Participants
- 15
- Scheme
- MSCA-COFUND
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Results in brief
FrontierResearchCompentences@CNAP
Chronic pain is a key societal challenge affecting one out of five adults. It is generally poorly treated, leading to high personal and societal burden. The healthcare costs and loss in productivity associated with chronic pain in European countries are estimated to be a significant proportion of gross domestic products. Despite extensive research into pain mechanisms, we still do not know why acute pain develops into chronic pain, how this transition takes place, and what provokes the development. The long-term perspective of the research conducted within the FrontierRESearchCOmpetences@CNAP (FRESCO@CNAP) programme is to inform and train the next generation of researchers within pain mechanisms and management techniques, thereby helping to reduce the burden of chronic pain both on a personal and a societal level. Apart from the scientific goals, the main objectives of the FRESCO@CNAP programme were to provide Early-Stage Researchers (ESRs) with world-class training in both scientific and transferrable skills, and to promote internationalisation and mobility of researchers. The eight ESRs were recruited from around the world to the Center for Neuroplasticity and Pain (CNAP), Department of Health Science and Technology, Aalborg University, Denmark. CNAP is a Centre of Excellence funded by the Danish National Research Foundation with the purpose of conducting frontline research on novel tools for identifying and modulating key features of human pain mechanisms. It is thus the ideal research environment for new insights and scientific discoveries in the field of pain management. Further objectives of the programme were to guarantee a fair, transparent, merit-based, impartial, supportive, and equitable recruitment procedure; and to give the ESRs interdisciplinary, international, and inter-sectoral experience.
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Project objective
Chronic pain is a key societal challenge affecting one out of five adults and is in general poorly treated. This programme, FrontierResearchCompentences@CNAP (FRESCO@CNAP), aims to install 8 early stage researchers (ESRs) in a Centre-of-Excellence (CNAP) conducting frontline research on novel tools for identifying and modulating human pain mechanisms. CNAP is internationally recognised due to the multidisciplinary approach to the studies of pain. A main objective is to have the best possible research training. It is a clear vision to promote incoming mobility and bringing the best international talents to CNAP. Within the four CNAP interdisciplinary research groups, the ESRs will be trained within biomedical and neural engineering applied in basic and integrative neuroscience.The ESRs will be offered relevant collaborative research training and/or research visits to external research centres, i.a. FRESCO@CNAP partners including clinical and academic institutions (eight countries). Moreover, ESRs will obtain intersectoral exposure via the non-academic partners (six countries) connected to FRESCO@CNAP. The ESRs will receive individual training through research by undertaking PhD projects and PhD courses. PhD courses on transferable skills will be provided. Further, a dedicated workshop will be provided including the FRESCO@CNAP non-academic and academic partners. As a fundamental principle, FRESCO@CNAP will guarantee a fair, efficient, transparent, supportive, and internationally comparable recruitment process. CNAP will make use of international channels for advertising the PhD programme. International independent reviewers with no conflict of interest will conduct competence evaluations and a selection committee will make the final selection of the ESRs. Substantial impact is expected since FRESCO@CNAP will attract, qualify and retain researchers by offering an international, multidisciplinary, intersectoral and scientifically excellent research environment.
Original text from CORDIS.
Participants
- AALBORG UNIVERSITET · AalborgCoordinatorDenmark
- AXONIC · VallaurisFrance
- Dolosys GmbH · BerlinGermany
- INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA SANTE ET DE LA RECHERCHE MEDICALE · ParisFrance
- LINKOPINGS UNIVERSITET · LinkopingSweden
- Nocitech ApS · Aalborg ØDenmark
- OSLO UNIVERSITETSSYKEHUS HF · OsloNorway
- OSPEDALE PEDIATRICO BAMBINO GESU · ROMAItaly
- QMENTA IMAGING, SL · BarcelonaSpain
- SOMEDIC SenseLab AB · HörbySweden
- STICHTING REVALIDATIECENTRUM ROESSINGH · EnschedeNetherlands
- THE UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM · NottinghamUnited Kingdom
- UNIVERSITATSKLINIKUM JENA · JenaGermany
- UNIVERSITE CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN · LOUVAIN LA NEUVEBelgium
- UNIVERSITEIT TWENTE · EnschedeNetherlands
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