Cochrane Stroke Group Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Edinburgh,Western General Hospital, Edinburgh, UK. Telephone: +44 (0)131 537 2273; Fax: +44 (0)131 537 3586; Email: csrg@skull.dcn.ed.ac.uk

Useful Links

Trials, Systematic Reviews and Evidence Based Medicine
Australasian Stroke Trials Network	Coordinating stroke research in the Australasian Pacific region
Cardiosource	From the American College of Cardiology.
The Cochrane Collaboration	Further information on the Cochrane Collaboration.
Cochrane Collaboration Review Groups	A list of all review groups.
CTSU	Clinical Trial Service Unit & Epidemiological Studies Unit, Oxford
Current Controlled Trials	Dedicated to promoting the exchange of information about controlled trials in all areas of healthcare.
ECTU	Edinburgh Clinical Trials Unit
Health Technology Assessment	A national R&D programme for the NHS
Internet Stroke Center	A source of information about stroke care and research intended for health care professionals, patients and family members.
National Electronic Library for Later Life	Iinformation for health care professionals who work with elderly people, also available to the general public.
NHS Scotland Stroke Portal	Part of the NHS Education for Scotland elibrary
TrialsCentral	Information on clinical trials in all areas of healthcare.
Stroke Guidelines and Consensus Statements
New Zealand Guidelines Group	The Group's searchable Guideline Library contains guidelines from all areas of medicine.
Royal College of Physicians	Published by the Royal College of Physicians, search for Guidelines + Stroke Medicine.
The Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network (SIGN)	Develops and publishes evidence-based clinical practice guidelines for use by the health service in Scotland.
SPREAD	Stroke Prevention and Educational Awareness Diffusion (in Italian).
Other Stroke Organisations
Chest Heart and Stroke Scotland	Aims to improve the quality of life for people in Scotland affected by chest, heart and stroke illness through medical research, advice and information, and support in the community.
Different Strokes	A charity set up by younger stroke survivors to support younger stroke survivors.
ESO	The European Stroke Organisation - reducing the Incidence and Impact of Stroke.
National Stroke Foundation	The NSF aims to increase awareness of "Brain Attack" in Australia.
The Stroke Association	Publications and support information.
University of Nottingham, Division of Stroke Medicine	Information on various trials.
Funding Opportunities
Boehringer Ingelheim Fonds	The Boeringer Ingelheim Fonds sponsors postgraduate scholarships for research projects on specific subjects.
Chest, Heart & Stroke Scotland	The CHSS is one of the largest charitably-funded programmes in Scotland.
European Society of Cardiology	A range of grants to help young professionals in the field of cardiology access quality training or research activities throughout Europe.
RDInfo	A centralised database containing up-to-date details of potential health related funding sources and associated grant awards.
Royal Society	The Royal Society aims to provide closer links between researchers in the UK and other European countries.
Royal Society of Edinburgh	Research awards and fellowships.
Wellcome Trust	The Wellcome Trust provides research training to postdoctoral biologists to exploit the principles of mathematics within biomedicine.