The European Commission has announced that it expecting to launch the first call for proposals under its Health Programme 2008 - 13 at the end of February 2008. The Health Programme is the key support mechanism to
implement the European Commission''s health objectives at European level. These are to improve citizens'' health security; promote health, including the reduction of health inequalities, and to generate and disseminate health information and knowledge. The Second Programme of Community Action in the Field of Health 2008-2013 runs for a 6 year period (from 1 January 2008 to 31 December 2013) and follows the first Programme of Community action in the field of public health (2003-2008) which financed over 300 projects and other actions. The total budget of
the programme is EUR 321,500,000.

http://ec.europa.eu/health/ph_programme/howtoapply/call_for_propal_en.htm