EAU Foundation for Urological Research

The overall objective and mission statement of the EAU Research Foundation is: to stimulate, facilitate, organise and popularise urological research in Europe, both in clinical and basic science, and specific training in these fields through the following activities:

• Network formation by establishing a scientific communication infrastructure between the EAU-Central Research Office (EAU-CRO) and clinical study centres, satellites thereof and basic science laboratories;
• Initiating and organising multi-centric, multi-national cooperation for conducting clinical studies and basic science projects;
• Communicating these activities to European urologists and to public and private sources of funding;
• Initiating, funding and conducting investigator-initiated trials (IIT);
• Identifying and offering opportunities for research scholarships.