European Paediatric Translational Research Infrastructure (EPTRI) is a project that arises from the need to find answers to the serious lack of medicines for children in EU and worldwide. It aims to propose developmental models for a future research infrastructure focused on paediatric medicines, integrating technology-driven aspects with clinical trials.

The mission of the European Clinical Research Alliance on Infectious Diseases (ECRAID) Business Plan is to reduce the impact of infectious diseases (IDs) on individual and population health by generating rigorous evidence to improve the diagnosis, prevention and treatment of IDs, and to better respond to ID threats.

This project aimed to create a European-wide network of procurers; define a common innovation procurement roadmap in the short and long term, and define the public procurement of innovation procedure(s) that best meet needs and support the early detection and screening of functional low vision conditions, or would support the provision for low vision services.

Brain research in Europe is a rapidly evolving field, and increasingly at the forefront of science. The complexity of understanding physiological brain functions and brain diseases brings responsibilities to develop novel tools and approaches to advance our understanding of unknown basic brain functions, as well as opportunities to generate novel therapeutic approaches, thus confronting with a major societal challenge in Europe and worldwide.

The CORBEL project aims to establish shared services between the European Strategy Forum on Research Infrastructures Biological and Medical Sciences Research Infrastructures (ESFRI BMS RIs)–which includes ECRIN–for the biomedical research community. CORBEL will achieve this by creating cross-infrastructure scientific workflows. A suite of common services will be developed and dynamically updated in response to specific user and research infrastructure needs. Partnerships with user communities working in European programmes such as Joint Programming Initiatives (JPI) or ERA-NETs (European Research Area Networks) and private-public partnerships such as the Innovative Medicine Initiative (IMI) will be facilitated by single access points and joint services.

This Erasmus+ project aims to tackle the skills gaps and mismatches related to European-level clinical trial professionals through curriculum development and preparation of e-learning material for the career development of biomedical (medical, pharmacy, clinical research master) students.

VACCELERATE will accelerate phase 2 & 3 COVID-19 vaccine trials. VACCELERATE brings together the different stakeholders involved in vaccine development across the continent to develop a platform for trial design and conduct. VACCELERATE will include capacity mapping to identify suitable sites as well as capacity building through the creation of dedicated training. Volunteer registries and access to laboratory sites are also provided within the framework of the project. The project will also ensure the harmonisation of data collection, open data sharing and pooling of data for more robust analysis and data standardisation.

TRANSVAC2 will support innovation for both prophylactic and therapeutic vaccine development based on a disease-overarching and one-health approach, thereby optimising the knowledge and expertise gained during the development of both human and animal vaccines. This will be achieved by bridging the translational gap in biomedical research, and by supporting cooperation between public vaccine R&D institutions of excellence, related initiatives and networks in Europe, and industrial partners.

With TESA III, 15 institutions from 9 African and 3 European countries come together to strengthen and enhance the capacities for clinical research in Southern Africa built during TESA, and to strengthen the collaboration of North-South and South-South networking activities among its members.

TESAII was launched in Maputo, Mozambique from 30–31 October 2017. EDCTP is investing almost €3 million in the Mozambique-based consortium, which is coordinated by Dr Eusebio Macete of Manhiça Foundation-Manhiça Health Research Centre (FM-CISM).