GSS EU Science Funding Gateway

The topic is divided into two strands of activities, with applicants tackling both in their proposals:

Implementation of innovative HTA methods: EU-funded research projects (e.g. COMED, IMPACT-HTA, HTx, GetReal, EHDEN) developed innovative methods aiming at addressing HTA bodies’ needs.

Advancing HTA expertise across the EU and Associated Countries should be carried out through a training programme tailored to the needs of HTA bodies, which may include twinning activities between HTA bodies/agencies to develop expertise and facilitate knowledge sharing among HTA bodies/agencies in the EU.

The proposals should address all of the following activities:

• Identification of innovative methods and tools, in particular those developed in EU-funded projects able to address HTA bodies’ needs (in different areas: relative effectiveness assessment, cost-effectiveness assessment, etc.)
• Identifications of barriers to the uptake of these methods (and potential associated tools, e.g. open-source software to run cost-effectiveness analyses)
• Use cases (based on the needs identified by HTA bodies) to facilitate the endorsement by HTA bodies of innovative methods
• Development of an implementation plan including supporting tools and training modules (by researchers, alone or in collaboration with HTA bodies, to be delivered to HTA bodies/agencies)
• Recommendations for broader dissemination.