Together with the JPIAMR we are launching a call for international research projects on antimicrobial resistance: “Interventions Moving forward to Promote ACTion to counteract the emergence and spread of bacterial and fungal resistance and to improve treatments". Funds for Polish research teams sum up to 500,000 EUR.
The primary aim of the call is to take action against the growing global threat of increased spread of antimicrobial (antibacterial and antifungal) resistance. Projects funded in the call must aim to improve, compare and evaluate the effectiveness, cost effectiveness, and uptake of existing interventions against bacterial or fungal infections and/or to design new interventions against fungal infections.
The estimated call budget is around 20 million EUR. Polish research teams participating in the call will be funded by the National Science Centre (NCN), which has allocated 500,000 EUR for that purpose.
Proposals may be submitted by international research consortia composed of at least 3 research teams from at least 3 different countries participating in the call, with at least 2 from the EU member states or associated countries, limited to 2 teams from a single country.
Organisations from 19 countries will participate in the call: Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Lithuania, Latvia, Moldova, Netherlands, Poland, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and United Kingdom.
Polish research teams may apply to the NCN for the funding of basic research projects only. The principal investigator of the Polish team must hold at least a PhD degree. Research projects may be planned for a period of either 24 or 36 months.
The application procedure in the IMPACT Call is divided into two stages. In the first stage Polish teams, in cooperation with foreign partners, must prepare a a joint proposal and submit it by March 14, 2024 at 14:00 CET via the PT-Outline system. The proposals will undergo a merit-based evaluation performed by the international expert team appointed by the Secretariat of the call.
After a positive evaluation, consortia will be invited to submit full proposals by 9 July 2024. Polish teams additionally will have to submit a proposal regarding the Polish part of the project via the OSF electronic submission system within 7 days of submitting full proposals at the international level. The results of the call will be published in November 2024.
Researchers interested in the call are invited to participate in the webinar on 24 January 2024 at 13:00 (CET). Register here.
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