Objective Research with animals is considered necessary to obtain certain vital knowledge for advancing health research and innovation, but the harm such research may cause animals is ethically problematic. The European legislation regulating animal experimentation is based on the need to balance the two important interests at stake: advancing research and protecting animal welfare. The public sensitivity of the issue is evidenced by the exceptional participation in the legislative process leading to a revised European legislation. Directive 2010/63/EU (presently under transposition into Member State legislation) will bring about substantial changes compared to the previous directive dating from 1986. One of the main objectives of revising this legislation is to create a greater harmonization of the governance of the use of animals in scientific (including medical) research for the European research area. The transposition is being accompanied by European Commission initiatives to promote a common interpretation of the legislation. However, major determinants of how research in Europe will be affected remain largely uncharted, in that little is published about how legal, ethical and scientific decisions about research will be made and how regulation will influence these decisions. A multidisciplinary team of academic researchers from different EU Member States will use literature reviews, questionnaires, interviews, and focus groups to provide a deeper understanding of how the regulation interacts with research and innovation through the new common legal framework for animal experimentation in the EU. ANIMPACT will address the effectiveness of the new Directive and the current law in relation to other established norms in ethics, law, and scientific research, with focus on its interaction with ethics review and project licensing processes. The project will further consider the impact of the Directive on academic and commercial competitiveness as well as on animal welfare. Fields of science social sciencessociologygovernancesocial scienceslaw Programme(s) FP7-HEALTH - Specific Programme "Cooperation": Health Topic(s) HEALTH.2013.4.1-2 - Interactions between EU legislation and health research and/or innovation and the effects of its application and implementation on health research and/or innovation Call for proposal FP7-HEALTH-2013-INNOVATION-1 See other projects for this call Funding Scheme CSA-SA - Support actions Coordinator INSTITUTO DE BIOLOGIA MOLECULAR E CELULAR-IBMC EU contribution € 136 975,00 Address RUA ALFREDO ALLEN 208 4200 135 Porto Portugal See on map Region Continente Norte Área Metropolitana do Porto Activity type Research Organisations Administrative Contact Claudia Ferreira (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data Participants (5) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITA Italy EU contribution € 70 620,00 Address Viale Regina Elena 299 00161 Roma See on map Region Centro (IT) Lazio Roma Activity type Research Organisations Administrative Contact Rosa Martoccia (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data KOBENHAVNS UNIVERSITET Denmark EU contribution € 82 497,00 Address NORREGADE 10 1165 Kobenhavn See on map Region Danmark Hovedstaden Byen København Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Bjarne Friis Ploumark (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data LUDWIG-MAXIMILIANS-UNIVERSITAET MUENCHEN Germany EU contribution € 87 330,00 Address GESCHWISTER SCHOLL PLATZ 1 80539 Muenchen See on map Region Bayern Oberbayern München, Kreisfreie Stadt Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Anna-Caroline Wöhr (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data THE UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD United Kingdom EU contribution € 42 372,00 Address FIRTH COURT WESTERN BANK S10 2TN Sheffield See on map Region Yorkshire and the Humber South Yorkshire Sheffield Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Joanne Watson (Mrs.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data UNIVERSITEIT MAASTRICHT Netherlands EU contribution € 78 761,00 Address MINDERBROEDERSBERG 4 6200 MD Maastricht See on map Region Zuid-Nederland Limburg (NL) Zuid-Limburg Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Sabina Bulic (Mrs.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data