Deadline: 1 August 2016
The WHO Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean and the Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases (TDR) is currently inviting applications for its Joint EMRO/TDR Small Grants Scheme for Implementation Research in Infectious Diseases of Poverty.
The goal of the TDR strategy is to foster research on infectious diseases of poverty that lead to health improvement, strengthen the research capacity of the individuals and institutions in developing countries, and develop implementation strategies and solutions that respond to the health needs of these countries. It also aims at translating research results into policy and practice by improving health and promoting the engagement of individuals and communities in using research evidence to reduce the disease burden in their respective countries.
Priority Areas
- Testing approaches/interventions to retain a robust TB surveillance system among migrant and internally displaced populations
- Innovative approaches, at country level, to increase HIV detection among TB patients
- Cost–effectiveness of new diagnostic tools for multiple drug resistance (MDR) detection in both public and private health sectors
- New cost-effective methodologies for establishing quality assurance of malaria laboratory diagnosis
- Best approaches for improving access to malaria interventions, including surveillance for remote, migrant and mobile populations
- Field applications of screening approache/tools for border/imported malaria
- Role of conventional and newly developed vector control measures in different eco-epidemiological situations, including emergency and urban settings, and outdoor transmission of malaria
- The Relationship between the key entomological parameters related to Aedes and arboviral transmission, including examining vector and clinical datasets as part of the regional preparedness and response plan
- Evaluating and comparing preventive measures to reduce/interrupt transmission of leishmaniasis
- Best approaches to confirm interruption of transmission of schistosomiasis and/or onchocerciasis and/or lymphatic filariasis and/or trachoma
- Approaches to elucidate epidemiological features and/or assess the burden and/or evaluate the best case-management protocol for mycetoma
- Innovative approaches to increase detection of new cases of leprosy.
Funding Information
- US$ 10 000–15 000 per grant. Co-funding from domestic or other sources is encouraged.
- Study duration: 1 September 2016–31 August 2017.
Eligibility Criteria
- Health care workers and researchers are eligible to apply for this grant, including institutions in regional, national tropical/communicable disease control programs embedded within ministries of health, academic institutions, research institutes; non-governmental organizations (including professional societies and civil service organizations involved in tropical disease research activities).
- Applications that involve researchers from different institutions, especially from more than one country in the region, are strongly encouraged.
- Applications from qualified young researchers, female researchers and under-represented countries are also strongly encouraged.
How to Apply
The completed application form should be signed by all investigators and submitted via email.
Eligible Countries
Afghanistan, Bahrain, Djibouti, Egypt, Iran (Islamic Republic of), Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Oman, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syrian Arab Republic, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen.
For more information, please visit Joint EMRO/TDR Small Grants Scheme for Implementation Research in Infectious Diseases of Poverty.
