Introduction

The IMI2 consortium Coonect4Children (c4c) is pleased to announce the launch of the call for proposals, under the IMI2 Joint Undertaking call 10 initiative, of clinical trials of medicinal products (CTIMPs) that will answer focused research questions to improve understanding of one or more medicine used by neonates, children and young people in Europe. All details of the call are included as an attachment to this message 'c4c_CallText_v1.0'.

In addition to the call text, attached  is information on the Clinical Trials Supplies Advisory Service that c4c offers and templates required for submission.

https://conect4children.org/

Scope

The focus of this initiative is to fund studies that are “proof-of-viability” studies for the new c4c network. Applicants will need to outline how they will utilise the grant to undertake the trial using the infrastructure (e.g. clinical trials network across at least 5 countries) provided by the network, as detailed within the call text.

Successful applicants will be sponsored by one of the Beneficiaries of c4c. The principal investigator may come from other entities, formally linked with the Beneficiary (e.g. part of the national or speciality network coordinated by the Beneficiary).

How to apply

This call follows a single-step procedure, with an early registration of interest.

Each project team will need to register their interest within a month of the publication of the call, no later than COB on 30th September 2018, by email to trial.applications(ELIMINAR)@conect4children.org using the attached letter of intent that accompanies this call. This will include an abstract that describes the background, rationale, objective(s), aim(s) and the methodology of the planned study.

Applications should be submitted to trial.applications(ELIMINAR)@conect4children.org using the template for applications that accompanies this call no later than COB on January 5th 2019.

A summary of each proposal’s evaluation will be made available to the applicant of that proposal.