Research infrastructure services for rapid research responses to COVID-19 and other infectious disease epidemics
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Programme Name
Programme Description
Horizon Europe is the European Union (EU) funding programme for the period 2021 – 2027, which targets the sectors of research and innovation. The programme’s budget is around € 95.5 billion, of which € 5.4 billion is from NextGenerationEU to stimulate recovery and strengthen the EU’s resilience in the future, and € 4.5 billion is additional aid.
Identifier Code
Call
Summary
Proposals under this action, will integrate research infrastructure services to form a comprehensive and inclusive portfolio to support research in response to infectious disease epidemics or underpinning respective forefront research in the field. As a first immediate challenge, the delivered services should support research targeting newly emerging SARS-Cov-2 variants and addressing the on-going COVID-19 pandemic.
Detailed Call Description
Proposals will support the provision of trans-national and/or virtual access to researchers and training for using the infrastructures, as well as the activities to improve, customise and integrate the services the infrastructures provide. Specifically, the Call will provide access to research infrastructure services and to users in order to support their research projects related with the development of new or adapted prevention and/or intervention tools and measures, such as new or adapted diagnostic procedures and therapies, drugs, vaccines, clinical disease management or disease vector control, or evidence-based public health, behavioural as well as socio-economic measures.
Priority should be given to research projects targeting newly emerging virus variants, focusing on their detection, characterisation, surveillance and assessment (changes in transmissibility and disease manifestation) and on the adaptation of intervention and prevention measures (medication, vaccines, public health measures) which also requires additional regulatory and clinical trials support.
Furthermore, the Call should cover services that support research on transmission of pathogens from animals to humans (or vice versa animals as host reservoir), including vector-borne transmission. It is also essential to operate with effective links such as EOSC, PHIRI etc. to epidemics risk assessment and management bodies like ECDC, WHO, OIE. As a result, will secure a possible future EU Health Emergency preparedness.
The services of each proposal should include an outreach plan to be advertised to targeted research communities and, if applicable, to relevant industries, including SMEs.
Call Total Budget
Thematic Categories
- Health
- Research, Technological Development and Innovation
- Social Affairs & Human Rights
Eligibility for Participation
- Central Government
- Other Beneficiaries
- Private Bodies
- Researchers/Research Centers/Institutions
- Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs)
- State-owned Enterprises
- Training Centres
Call Opening Date
Call Closing Date
National Contact Point(s)
Research and Innovation Foundation
29a Andrea Michalakopoulou, 1075 Nicosia
P.O.Box 23422, 1683 Nicosia
Phone Number: +357 22205000
Email Address: support@research.org.cy
Website: https://www.research.org.cy/en/
Contact Persons:
Dr Charalambos Papatryfonos
Scientific Officer
Contact Phone: +357 22 205 016
Contact Email: cpapatryfonos@research.org.cy
Dr Ioannis Theodorou
Scientific Officer
Contact Phone: +357 22 205 038
Contact Email: itheodorou@research.org.cy