How to integrate patient and carer perspectives, methodological rigor, and ethics into biomedical research funding

Hella Lichtenberg; Christina Mueller; Henk Lindeman; Leila Ali; Anja Minheere; Monique van den Eijnden; Ulrich Dirnagl

doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.3003551

How to integrate patient and carer perspectives, methodological rigor, and ethics into biomedical research funding

Hella Lichtenberg
, Christina Mueller
, Henk Lindeman
, Leila Ali
, Anja Minheere
, Monique van den Eijnden
, Ulrich Dirnagl

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Abstract

Patient and carer perspectives, methodological rigor, and ethical considerations can all be successfully integrated into the biomedical funding process. Drawing on experiences with ERA-NET NEURON, we present a structured, scalable, and transferable model for funders to follow.

Original language	English
Article number	e3003551
Number of pages	6
Journal	Plos Biology
Volume	23
Issue number	12
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3003551
Publication status	Published - 5 Dec 2025

Keywords

Biomedical Research/economics
Caregivers
Humans
Research Support as Topic/ethics

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