Submission deadline: April 02 2014, 5pm CEST.

Infect-ERA aims to fund transnational and translational research, bringing together basic, applied, technology-driven and clinical research approaches of a broad variety of research topics regarding human infectious diseases.

Who can apply:

  • Higher education institutions,
  • Academy institutions,
  • State laboratories,
  • SME partners.

Each consortium applying to this call must include a maximum of six participants (maximum of two partners per country) from a minimum of three participating countries (Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Hungary, Israel, India, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Spain, Sweden).

Topics:

  1. Assess the role of commensal flora in homeostasis and microbe’s pathogenicity, and elucidate how commensal organisms or probiotics can be used to prevent or treat infections.
  2. Development and application of new techniques to investigate the initial steps of the infection process.

Funding commitment: maximum/per project of 0.075 Mio€.

 

Other informations:

http://www.infect-era.eu/2nd-call-2014

http://otka.hu/