Include EFIC as a partner in your research consortium

Effective communication of results and societal/clinical impact are increasingly emphasised by research funding bodies. EFIC can help your research project achieve this and more through doing the following:

• Communicate your research project results and updates via EFIC’s online communication channels – social media, mailing list, website
• Produce and share video interviews about your research
• Host open webinars on your research
• Connect you to the programme organisers for our scientific meetings, where you may be offered the opportunity to showcase your research
• Provide access to our database of 20,000 clinicians and researchers, including for survey participation.
• Recruit subject matter experts through our ‘Pain Scientist Network’
• Patient and public involvement; Involve = patients and other stakeholders in your research through our strong links with patient organisations and experience in lay-audience communication
• Boost your network through engaging with our established connections with scientific societies, industry, patients’ organisations and policy makers.

If you are applying for a grant or hoping to form a pain research consortium, please contact sam.kynman@efic.org for more information on how EFIC could contribute.

Choose EFIC as a secondment location for your Marie Curie fellowship

EFIC – as a non-academic organisation – provides a wonderful opportunity for young pain researchers to develop important transferable skills, and be exposed to activities, that are generally not a large part of the traditional academic environment. In particular, you have the opportunity to reach individuals in the non-academic sector, such as policy makers, politicians, clinicians, insurance companies and pain advocacy groups in Europe.

In a 3-6 month secondment here, you will have to the opportunity to achieve the following:

• Communicate your research project results via EFIC’s online communication channels
• Play a key role in EFIC’s communications team and guide its science-based communication approach
• Participate in the planning and project management of educational events
• Lead webinars and interviews with renowned pain researchers
• Engage with senior pain researchers to boost your networks
• Participate in advocacy work – understanding the policy process and how to influence it
• Get to know how a non-profit and non-academic organisation is managed

If you are applying for a Marie Curie fellowship and are interested in including a secondment with EFIC, please contact sam.kynman@efic.org for more information.

Read the testimonial of Mary O’Keeffe who completed a secondment with EFIC in 2020 here.

Current Collaborations

Please find more information and updates on our current collaborations below.

Project name: IMI-Pain Care

Project description: IMI-PainCare is a large multi-stakeholder consortium funded via the Innovative Medicines Initiative 2 programme, which receives funding from the European Commission and the pharmaceutical industry. IMI-PainCare aims to develop alignment on patient reported outcomes used in pain research, identification of biomarkers for pain, and the refinement of preclinical models for improved translational pain research.

Project name: Comorbidity of cHronic Pain and mood disorders: breaking the vicious cYcle (HaPpY)

Project description: HaPpY is a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Innovative Training Network funded via the European Commission’s Horizon 2020 budget. HaPpY aims to create an optimal environment for the training of Early Stage Researchers (ESRs) to break the vicious cycle linking chronic pain and mood disorders.

Project name: EIT Health Wild Card 2021 Pain Management call

Project description:EIT Health is a public private partnership funded via the European Commission, bringing together scientists, entrepreneurs, engineers, clinicians and others to foster innovative research and business proposals based on new technologies. The Wildcard programme establishes multidisciplinary teams who are asked to develop a project between them, pitch it to experts and, if chosen, develop a business plan and eventually launch with start-up funding. In 2021 Pain Management was chosen as one of two topics.

Project name: Value of Treatment – Chronic Pain

Project description: The Value of Treatment project is managed by the European Brain Council with financial support from Grunenthal and Pfizer. The project aims to develop a robust health economic assessment of multimodal chronic pain treatment, with input from patients, researchers and clinicians. The project aims to identify the ideal care pathways for various pain types and the socioeconomic impacts of adequate treatment.

Past Collaborations

Please find more information on past collaborations below.