Transnational joint call for proposals on human infectious diseases through the ERA-NET Infect-ERA

The ANR is associated to the ERA-NET Infect-ERA to launch a first transnational call for funding research on human infectious diseases. This programme is a continuation of ERA-NET PathoGenoMics.

Eleven countries are participating to this call for proposals: Austria, Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Hungary, Israel, Poland, Portugal, Romania and Sweden.

Through this call, Infect-ERA aims to fund transnational and translational research, bringing together basic, applied and technology-driven research approaches of a broad variety of research topics regarding human infectious diseases. The call will enable multinational, collaborative research projects that address a specific topic of human infectious disease research.

Transnational research proposals must address at least one of the following areas, which are equal in relevance for this call:

1. application of novel approaches and technologies such as metagenomics, transcriptomics, and metabolomics to address infection biology as a whole regardless of the pathogen (bacteria, virus, fungi, uni-cellular protozoa);
2. integration of new approaches to understand the effect of the pathogen upon infection and to develop biomarkers, preventive, diagnostic and therapeutic tools.

HIV/AIDS, malaria, and tuberculosis are not in the scope of the call.

Each project proposal (pre- and full proposal) must involve a minimum of three (3) and a maximum of six (6) partners from at least three (3) participating countries. They should favourably include participants from academia and clinics and/or industry. Non-funded project partners can be part of the consortia if they secure their own funding and if their expertise is indispensable for reaching the objectives. However, the consortia should consist in a majority of partners from countries participating in this call and the maximum number of six participants may not be exceeded.

Funding will be awarded for a maximum of three years. The ANR will fund only the French partners in the selected projects.