Where health research funders from around the world come together to advance their practice and increase the value of research

Since 2017, Ensuring Value in Research Funders’ Forum (EViR) offers an international community of shared practice, facilitated learning and agreed standards.

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EViR members work together to advance the practice of health-related research and research funding, in order to increase the value of health-related research

The Ensuring Value in Research (EViR) Funders’ Forum started in 2017, with meetings in London, Den Haag and Washington DC.

Making a bigger difference with health-related research

Organisations that fund health-related research or set funding policy have a responsibility not only to advance knowledge but also the practices of health-related research. Health research funders play an important role in:

  • setting research agendas,
  • selecting which studies to fund,
  • ensuring the quality of the research conducted and disseminated.

Benefits of membership include access to this community, resources and expertise developed, as well as active participation in and influence on the future priorities and direction of the Forum.

Membership

Upcoming Event

March 2023
May 2023
Wednesday
17
May

EViR Webinar on Animal-free Science

Members will have the opportunity to discuss what health funders (can) do to promote animal-free innovations and more human-relevant science, and how funders and regulators can engage as stakeholders to stimulate acceptance and implementation of animal-testing-free innovations.

This meeting is for EViR members only, please contact the secretariat if you would like to discuss your membership.

14.00pm—15.20pm
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July 2023
Thursday
6
Jul

EViR Webinar – Core Outcome Sets in Medical Research

Core outcome sets helps researchers to measure a consistent set of outcomes in studies of a health condition. This webinar will allow members to learn more and discussion about the need for core outcome sets.

Presenter – Paula Williamson (MRC-NIHR Trials Methodology Research Partnership, Department of Health Data Science, University of Liverpool, UK)

More information to follow.

This meeting is for EViR members only, please contact the secretariat if you would like to discuss your membership.

14.00pm—15.00pm
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September 2023
3 Days
26-28
Sep
Sep

Autumn 2023 EViR Roundtable Meeting

We are excited to announce the 2023 Autumn EViR Round Table meeting live in The Hague The Netherlands September 27th and 28th 2023. The programme is currently under development and subject to input from the spring meeting but we urge you to save the dates and prepare to join us in the Hague during this time. Further details on travel and hotels will be communicated this spring, along with the programme of the meeting.

We will be hosted by ZonMw, The Netherlands, that this year celebrates its 25th anniversary. In addition to the round table ZonMw will host a symposium on September 26th specifically focussed on 25 years of Implementation Science and Practice to which you are also cordially invited. This is of special interest to EViR member colleagues working in Dissemination and Implementation and we recommend asking those within your organisation to attend. We hope to meet you in good health in September in the Netherlands: Welkom!

The Hague, The Netherlands12.00pm—14.00pm
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Ensuring value in health-related research

The Ensuring Value in Research (EViR) Funders’ Forum developed in June 2017 a Consensus Statement and Guiding Principles to reduce the loss of any research because of it asks the wrong questions, lacks robust research design, is not published or reports are not usable or accessible.

Together, we have agreed on some Guiding Principles to help funders increase the value of health-related research

View our Guiding PrinciplesView Consensus Statement