The Netherlands Organization for Health Research and Development

ZonMw funds health research and stimulates use of the knowledge developed to help improve health and healthcare in the Netherlands.

Title of the programme (1): Priority Medicines for Rare Diseases and Orphan Drugs (PM Rare)

Type of the programme: thematic call for proposals that aim to develop therapies for patients with rare diseases. A small part of the programme is dedicated to encourage international networking.

Recurrence of the programme: 2011 - 2014. For more information click: HERE

Title of the programme (2): Orphan Drug Designation Support

Type of the programme: funding of the adimnistrative working time that a Dutch group executed to apply an orphan drug designation at the EMA

Recurrence of the programme: continous application. For more information click: HERE

Title of the programme (3): Efficiency studies: High cost medicines, including orphan drugs

Type of the programme: thematic call for proposals

Recurrence of the programme: yearly. For more information click: HERE

Title of the programme (4): Open programme health research (opprtunities for young researchers and clinicians working in the field of rare diseases) including:

- Agiko

- Stipendia

- Clinical Fellows

- Veni, Vidi and Vici

Type of the programme: non-thematic call for proposals

Recurrence of the programme: dependent on the sub-programme. For more information click: HERE

Title of the programme (5): Good use of medicines in daily life

Type of the programme: non-thematic call for proposals

Recurrence of the programme: starts in 2012. For more details click: HERE