New calls coming soon, plus IMI’s impact on vaccines

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Just published! Draft topics for IHI calls 6 and 7

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We plan to launch call 6 (two-stage) and call 7 (single-stage) in early 2024. We publish the draft topics ahead of the call launch to give you extra time to prepare your proposal and form your consortium.
Find out more 
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Coming soon: the IHI call 4 deadline
The deadline for submitting short proposals for IHI call 4 is 8 November at 17:00 Brussels time. Don’t wait until the final seconds to submit your proposal!
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Find partners for your consortium via the IHI Call Days platform
You can still use the IHI Call Days brokerage platform to find partners interested in the topics for IHI calls 4 and 5, and we’ve just added the draft topics for calls 6 and 7 as well.
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IHI call 5 - open for applications until 16 January
IHI call 5 is a single-stage call with topics on the 3Rs, theranostics, stroke management and synthetic data.
Deadline for full proposals: 16 January 2024
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Catch up on our event for contributing partners
Catching up on this webinar is a must for anyone thinking about becoming an IHI contributing partner! The slides and recording are available online now.

Sign up for our event on IMI’s impact on vaccines

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How do IMI projects facilitate innovations in vaccine development and effectiveness assessment? Find out at our online event on 10 November.
Register here 
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New agreement gives patients more control over their data
Patients who sign the agreement, developed by IMI project H2O, can both measure their own outcomes and control how their data is used for research.
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Research shows the hidden biases in cardiovascular disease data
Findings from IMI project BigData@Heart underscore the importance of accounting for sex-based differences in medical research.
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Creating sub-types of childhood asthma could lead to more targeted treatments
Analysing the microbiome composition of sputum samples led to the definition of four specific groups, which could lead to better treatments and predictions of future attacks.
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New IHI project CLAIMS takes a holistic view of people with MS
CLAIMS will develop an AI-based platform for multiple sclerosis (MS) patients that would help to predict the course of the disease and identify the best treatments for them.
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Meet IHI at BIO-Europe in Munich
Want to meet the IHI team? Find us at booth 274 at the exhibition of BIO-Europe, which runs from 6 to 8 November in Munich, Germany.
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In conversation with… iConsensus event now online
Missed our event on how IMI project iConsensus set out to improve the development and manufacture of biopharmaceuticals? Catch up online.