Deadline: 21-Apr-22
The European Commission (EC) is offering grants under “Support for the functioning of the Global Research Collaboration for Infectious Disease Preparedness (GloPID-R)”.
The COVID-19 pandemic has been a confronting reality-check of the potential extent of threats posed by new or emerging infectious diseases. The pandemic overwhelmingly confirmed that to fight such international challenges, global collaboration and coordination is crucial.
The Global Research Collaboration for Infectious Disease Preparedness (GloPID-R) was established in 2013 for this reason, in response to a request for coordination by the Heads of International Research Organizations. Years on, GloPID-R now provides a widely recognized platform for infectious disease research funders to work together to better tackle severe epidemics such as Ebola or Zika, as well as global pandemics such as COVID-19.
Activities
Proposals should foresee administrative and technical support through a secretariat to maintain, but above all to support GloPID-R’s continuous evolution for an optimal value added.
Proposals are expected to cover all of the following activities:
- Provide administrative and organizational support to the Chair and Vice Chairs of GloPID-R, in close collaboration with the European Commission;
- Provide strong scientific support on topics requested by the GloPID-R Chairs, scientific advisors or (working) groups;
- Facilitate the work of the scientific advisors, ISG and GloPID-R working groups, using earlier experience in research preparedness and response to infectious disease outbreaks;
- Manage information dissemination and communication between the Chairs, Members, Scientific Advisors, Industry Stakeholder Group (ISG), working groups, inquiries, and outside stakeholders;
- Reinforce GloPID-R’s external communications activities, such as the website and newsletter, as requested by the Chairs;
- Submit an annual work plan to the Commission each year following the annual meeting of GloPID-R, taking into account the conclusions of the annual meeting.
- Ensure a high level of adaptability to respond to rapidly evolving situations, following the guidance of the Chairs of GloPID-R.
Funding Information
The check will normally be done for the coordinator if the requested grant amount is equal to or greater than EUR 500,000, except for:
- public bodies (entities established as a public body under national law, including local, regional or national authorities) or international organisations; and
- cases where the individual requested grant amount is not more than EUR 60,000 (lowvalue grant).
Outcomes
Proposals under this topic should aim for delivering results that are directed, tailored towards and contributing to some of the following expected outcomes:
- International research funders are supported by a dynamic and efficient secretariat in their coordination efforts for a rapid research response when a pandemic or a severe epidemic strikes.
- International research funders can rely on a tested framework underpinning a rapid and effective research response, and as such ensure stronger research preparedness and response for public health emergencies, including in cross-cutting areas such as data sharing, social science, clinical trial networks and others .
- Research funders, policy makers and the research community are well informed of the activities of GloPID-R members, both as a group and individually.
Eligibility Criteria
To be eligible for funding, applicants must be established in one of the eligible countries, ie:
- the Member States of the European Union, including their outermost regions;
- the Overseas Countries and Territories (OCTs) linked to the Member States;
- eligible non-EU countries:
- countries associated with Horizon Europe
- low- and middle-income countries.
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