Themes
The Naji Foundation provides funding on a range of themes to promote the public understanding of the strengths and limitations of the scientific process and biases within the system, with a particular focus on health. Some of these themes include:
- Evidence-based medicine
- Communicating the benefits and risks of medicines
- Communication of evidence to support decision-making
- Perceptions of society on scientific evidence
- Conflicts of interest and unconscious bias
- Transparency in research and evidence
- Publication bias and access to trial findings
- The role of the media in public understanding and decision-making
- Public and patient critical appraisal of health claims
Current projects receiving funding from the Naji foundation
| Organisation | Project | Donation | Link |
| Centre for Evidence-based Medicine, University of Oxford | Naji DPhil Scholarship in the Public Understanding of Evidence-Based Medicine | £113,171 | www.phc.ox.ac.uk/study/dphil-and-msc-by-research/naji-dphil |
| Academy of Medical Sciences | How can we all best use evidence to judge the potential benefits and harms of medicines | £30,000 | www.acmedsci.ac.uk/policy/policy-projects/how-can-we-all-best-use-evidence |
| Sense about Science | Support for core activities | £20,000 | www.senseaboutscience.org |
| Science Media Centre | Support for core activities | £10,000 | www.sciencemediacentre.org |
| Norwegian Institute of Public Health | Informed Health Choices | £8,000 | www.informedhealthchoices.org |
| School of Pharmacy, University College Cork | Determinants of vaccination in Ireland: Focusing on Adolescent Vaccination | €8,130 | www.ucc.ie/en/pharmacy/ |
| Teaching EBM course scholarships for Irish professionals (2) | £3,000 | www.cebm.net/teaching-evidence-based-medicine | |
| Sci:Com Conference 2016 | Panel session on ‘Trust in science, scientists and evidence’ | €3,000 | www.scicom.ie |
| Testing Treatments Interactive | User testing of new website | £6990 | www.testingtreatments.org |
| Establishment of Evidence-based Medicine and Healthcare Ireland (EBMI) | €45,000 | ||