ECRIN signs Memorandum of Understanding with the Maternal Infant Child and Youth Research Network (MICYRN)

On 27 December 2024 ECRIN and MICYRN signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the intention of better aligning their collaboration and capacity to jointly provide operational support to international trials. This is of particular importance as the Government of Canada and the European Commission signed an agreement in July 2024 authorising enhanced participation of Canada in Pillar 2 of the Horizon Europe Programme. 

The Maternal Infant Child and Youth Research Network (MICYRN) is a federally incorporated, nonprofit charitable society that joins 21 member maternal-child health research organisations with over 25 affiliated practice-based perinatal and paediatric research networks, based at teaching hospitals affiliated with the 18 medical schools across Canada. 

MICYRN’s principal role is to improve the quality and impact of research through the provision of a coordinated infrastructure that supports research teams working across the country. It is well positioned to serve as a central point of contact to connect national and international stakeholders to clinical trial sites and investigators across Canada. 

With the two entities, ECRIN and MICYRN working towards similar goals on opposite sides of the Atlantic, this Memorandum of Understanding will further strengthen the capacity of both parties and open doors to concrete collaboration activities. This marks a very exciting milestone for ECRIN to collaborate beyond its continental borders.