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H2020COFUND2017–2023

BITRECS · Biomedicine international training research programme for excellent clinician-scientists

Horizon 2020 — Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions

Duration
2017-10-01 → 2023-06-30
EU contribution
€1,062,000
Participants
19
Scheme
MSCA-COFUND

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Results in brief

Biomedicine international training research programme for excellent clinician-scientists

Clinician-scientists provide invaluable help in translating research results “from bench to bedside” thanks to their deep understanding of medical problems and their hands-on experience with patients and diseases. Unfortunately, their recruitment and retention has become more and more difficult due to the lack of appropriate funding opportunities, the high clinical workload during the economic crisis and, maybe, because of a change in the culture of the new generations who may not value research. The “Biomedicine international training research programme for excellent clinician-scientists” (BITRECS) is a 69-months innovative project aimed at recruiting young, international, excellent post-doctoral researchers, provide them with the opportunity to work full-time on the completion of a 36-months research proposal, support their professional growth as clinician-scientists and help them progress along their career path. The BITRECS project is promoted by the Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS) and receives funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under the MSCA grant agreement 754550 and “La Caixa” Foundation (ID 100010434), under the agreement LCF / PR / GN18 / 50310006. The conclusions reached at the end of the project is that BITRECS fellows have been able to have a positive impact on the understanding and management of different diseases and to progress in terms of career development.

Data: CORDIS, © European Union

Project objective

Significant advances in clinical practice cannot be made without a thorough understanding of the disease mechanisms from laboratory benches combined with good clinical observation and knowledge of disease management from the bed side.Clinician-scientists are the only professionals who can bridge these two worlds. The clinician-scientist role started decades ago within hospitals driven by the desire to understand and cure. However, a decrease in these vocations is now threatening progress and improvement of healthcare, thereby impacting on economic competiveness worldwide. IDIBAPS, the leading biomedical research institute of Hospital Clinic of Barcelona (Spain) as pioneer in fostering clinician scientists, proposes a 60-month innovative fellowship programme called BITRECS, Biomedicine international training research programme for excellent clinician-scientists, based on excellence only. Through 2 international peer-reviewed calls, it invites 10 fellows to implement a 36-month bottom-up research project through an outgoing phase (12-18 months at any worldwide institution outside Spain) and a return phase (18-24 months at IDIBAPS), helping to make a lasting impact within the European Research Area and put the European Union ahead of the game in this crucial area of human health. BITRECS is an international, intersectorial and interdisciplinary programme. This transnational mobility scheme will boost the fellows’ professional growth through: 1) continuous career support (scientific supervision, career mentoring and support for exploiting/disseminating the results); 2) participation in scientific and non-scientific training/networking activities linked to both sectors (academic and non-academic); and, 3) sharing experiences with peers from different disciplines.IDIBAPS, with its HRS4R strategy aligned to the European Charter and Code and a strong background in other human resources programmes guarantees a successful implementation.

Original text from CORDIS.

Participants

  • FUNDACIO DE RECERCA CLINIC BARCELONA-INSTITUT D INVESTIGACIONS BIOMEDIQUES AUGUST PI I SUNYER · BarcelonaCoordinatorSpain
  • AGENCIA DE GESTIO D'AJUTS UNIVERSITARIS I DE RECERCA · BarcelonaSpain
  • Associacio Catalana d'Empreses de Biotecnologia · BarcelonaSpain
  • BIOCAT LA FUNDACIO BIOREGIO DE CATALUNYA · BarcelonaSpain
  • CAREERS RESEARCH AND ADVISORY CENTRE (CRAC) LIMITED (THE) · CAMBRIDGEUnited Kingdom
  • Centre Cívic Urgell · A CORU�Unknown Region
  • DEPARTAMENT DE SALUT - GENERALITAT DE CATALUNYA · BarcelonaSpain
  • ECRIN EUROPEAN CLINICAL RESEARCH INFRASTRUCTURE NETWORK · ParisFrance
  • FUNDACIO CATALANA PER A LA RECERCA I LA INNOVACIO · BarcelonaSpain
  • FUNDACIO INSTITUCIO DELS CENTRES DE RECERCA DE CATALUNYA · BarcelonaSpain
  • Generalitat de Catalunya. Direcció General d'Afers Religiosos · BarcelonaSpain
  • HOSPITAL CLINIC DE BARCELONA · BarcelonaSpain
  • INSTITUT PASTEUR DE TUNIS · TunisTunisia
  • KING'S COLLEGE HOSPITAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST · LondonUnited Kingdom
  • MULTIMEDICA SPA · MilanoItaly
  • TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK · New YorkUnited States
  • UNIVERSIDADE NOVA DE LISBOA · LisboaPortugal
  • UNIVERSITAT DE BARCELONA · BarcelonaSpain
  • UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY · Calgary AlbertaCanada

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Data: CORDIS, © European Union