Dean of Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Charitéplatz 1, Berlin, Germany.
European Society of Cardiology, Brussels Office, 29 Square de Meeûs, Brussels, Belgium.
Eur Heart J. 2018 Jul 1;39(25):2423-2430. doi: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehx106.
The burden of cardiovascular disease is increasing worldwide, which has to be reflected by cardiovascular (CV) research in Europe. CardioScape, a FP7 funded project initiated by the European Society of Cardiology (ESC), identified where CV research is performed, how it is funded and by whom. It could be transformed into an on-line and up-to-date resource of great relevance for researchers, funding bodies and policymakers and could be a role model for mapping CV research funding in Europe and beyond.
Relevant funding bodies in 28 European Union (EU) countries were identified by a multistep process involving experts in each country. Projects above a funding threshold of 100 k€ during the period 2010-2012 were included using a standard questionnaire. Results were classified by experts and an adaptive text analysis software to a CV-research taxonomy, integrating existing schemes from ESC journals and congresses. An on-line query portal was set up to allow different users to interrogate the database according to their specific viewpoints.
CV-research funding varies strongly between different nations with the EU providing 37% of total available project funding and clear geographical gradients exist. Data allow in depth comparison of funding for different research areas and led to a number of recommendations by the consortium. CardioScape can support CV research by aiding researchers, funding agencies and policy makers in their strategic decisions thus improving research quality if CardioScape strategy and technology becomes the basis of a continuously updated and expanded European wide publicly accessible database.
心血管疾病的负担在全球范围内不断增加，这在欧洲的心血管（CV）研究中必须得到体现。CardioScape 是由欧洲心脏病学会（ESC）发起的一个 FP7 资助项目，该项目确定了 CV 研究的地点、资金来源和资金提供方。它可以转化为一个在线的、最新的资源，对研究人员、资助机构和政策制定者都具有重要意义，并且可以成为在欧洲及其他地区绘制 CV 研究资金地图的典范。
通过涉及每个国家专家的多步骤过程，确定了 28 个欧盟（EU）国家的相关资助机构。使用标准问卷，纳入了 2010-2012 年期间资助门槛超过 10 万欧元的项目。结果由专家和一个自适应文本分析软件按照 CV 研究分类法进行分类，该分类法整合了 ESC 期刊和大会的现有方案。建立了一个在线查询门户，允许不同的用户根据自己的特定观点查询数据库。
不同国家的 CV 研究资金差异很大，欧盟提供了总项目资金的 37%，并且存在明显的地理梯度。这些数据可以深入比较不同研究领域的资金情况，并为联盟提出了一些建议。CardioScape 可以通过帮助研究人员、资助机构和政策制定者做出战略决策来支持 CV 研究，从而提高研究质量，如果 CardioScape 的策略和技术成为一个不断更新和扩展的、全欧范围内公共可访问的数据库的基础。
