The Queen Elisabeth Medical Foundation (QEMF) is a Belgiannon-profit organization, founded in 1926 by Elisabeth of Bavaria, wife of Albert I.[1] She founded the organization, based on her experience with the wounded from the front-line during the First World War. The foundation wants to encourage laboratory research and contacts between researchers and clinical practitioners,[1] with a particular focus on neurosciences. The QEMF supports seventeen university teams throughout Belgium.
^ abHalleux, Robert; Xhayet, Geneviève (2007). La liberté de chercher: histoire du Fonds national belge de la recherche scientifique [The freedom to research: history of the Belgian National Fund for Scientific Research] (in French). Editions de l'Université de Liège. p. 50. ISBN9782874560385.
