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Environment and Health Area of FP7

Latest indications of the EU research intentions

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The EU has recognised the significant impact that the environment can have on human health and wants to support further research on associated topics. To this end, an open stakeholder consultation was held in Brussels (22nd May 2006) focusing on the Environment and Health priority. At this event the draft Work Programme in the Area: Environment and Health of the EU 7th Framework Programme (FP7), Theme 6: Environment, Activity 1: Climate change, pollution and risks, was presented. Whilst this draft only gives an indication of what to expect in this Area, it does help researchers to prepare their ideas and projects; it is important that they do so as the official Calls (for Proposal) are published just months before the Call deadline. With this caveat in mind, here are details of the three Sub-areas of the «Environment and Health» Area announced in May that could appear in the Year 1 Calls to be published late 2006 or early 2007:
SUB AREA 1: Health effects of exposure to environmental stressors

  1. EUROPEAN COHORT ON AIR POLLUTION Increase knowledge on both short- and long-term health effects caused by air pollution. (Collaborative Project)
  2. DECLINING REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH: ROLE OF ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS Assess environmental influences on human reproductive health taking into account long latencies of effect following exposures at critical time points and interplay between multiple factors. (Collaborative project)
SUB AREA 2: Methods and tools to underpin environment and health research including human biomonitoring
  1. EUROPEAN NETWORK ON HUMAN BIOMONITORING Improve coordinated approach to human bio-monitoring in Europe. Extrapolate bio-monitoring results to health effects (Network of excellence)
  2. INDOOR AIR POLLUTION IN EUROPE: AN EMERGING HEALTH ISSUE - Enrol population samples to perform monitoring of indoor contaminant concentrations e.g. Radon and link them to possible disease manifestations. New models to estimate indoor air pollution and links to health impacts link to possible diseases (Collaborative project)
  3. GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE: HEALTH AND SOCIO-ECONOMIC IMPACTS OF DROUGHT AND DESERTIFICATION Use GIS approaches to identify populations with potential exposure to environmental hazards resulting from drought and water scarcity (including desertification and dust storms). Investigate disease outcomes (Collaborative project)
SUB AREA 3: Delivery of methods and decision support tools for risk analysis and policy development
  1. HIGH-RESOLUTION GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS (GIS) IN SUPPORT FOR ENVIRONMENTAL EPIDEMIOLOGY RESEARCH Stimulate epidemiological and statistical approaches (GIS technology) for elucidating the geographic relationships between environmental exposures, relevant physical measurements, and related diseases (e.g., cancer, infectious diseases) (Collaborative project)
  2. ERA-NET FOR ENVIRONMENT AND HEALTH (E&H) Assemble, evaluate and coordinate national programmes in environment and health research in the EU. Integrate knowledge on different programmes in view of developing joint activities
For further details, do not hesitate to contact Dr. Julian Randall, National Contact Point (NCP) Environment, ,
Author: Julian Randall, Euresearch

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