8th EViR Funders’ Forum meeting September 2019
On September 19 and 20, 2019, the Ensuring Value in Research (EViR) Funders’ Forum held its 7th meeting in Washington, DC, hosted by the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) and co-conveners National Institute for Health Research (NIHR), ZonMw, Health Research Board (HRB) Ireland and Health and Care Research Wales (HCRW). Forum members participated both in person and via webinar.
7th EViR Funders’ Forum meeting March 2019
On March 18 and 19, 2019, the Ensuring Value in Research (EViR) Funders’ Forum held its 6th meeting in Dublin, Ireland, hosted by Health Research Board (HRB) Ireland and co-conveners National Institute for Health Research (NIHR), ZonMw, Health and Care Research Wales (HCRW) and Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI). Forum members participated both in person and via webinar.
6th EViR Funders’ Forum meeting November 2018
On November 29 and 30, 2018, the Ensuring Value in Research (EViR) Funders’ Forum held its 6th meeting in Canberra, Australia, hosted by the National Health and Medical Research Council and co-conveners National Institute for Health Research (NIHR), Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI)ZonMw, Health Research Board (HRB) Ireland and Health and Care Research Wales (HCRW).
5th EViR Funders’ Forum meeting May 2018
On May 16 and 17, 2018, the Ensuring Value in Research (EViR) Funders’ Forum held its 4th meeting in Cardiff, United Kingdom, hosted by Health Care Research Wales (HCRW) and co-conveners National Institute for Health Research (NIHR), Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI), ZonMw and Health Research Board (HRB) Ireland.
4th EViR Funders’ Forum meeting November 2017
On November 2, 2017, the Ensuring Value in Research (EViR) Funders’ Forum held its 4th meeting in Washington DC, USA, hosted by Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) and co-conveners National Institute for Health Research (NIHR), ZonMw, Health Care Research Wales (HCRW) and Health Research Board (HRB) Ireland. The meeting was held in conjunction with PCORI’s third Annual Meeting.
1st EViR Funders’ Forum meeting September 2016
On September 28, 2016, ten funding organisations met virtually and in London, UK, hosted by National Institute for Health Research (NIHR). The meeting was held in conjunction with the AViR NIHR Meeting.
The group met to consider:
- Establishing an informal international funders forum to share solutions that reduce waste or add value in research.
- A proposal for a larger more inclusive meeting in 2017.
- The three to five year vision for avoiding waste/adding value.