MRC: JPIAMR: antimicrobial resistance (AMR) interventions

25/01/2024

14/03/2024

Apply for funding to support international collaborative research projects aiming to: - design new interventions against fungal infections - improve, compare and evaluate the effectiveness, cost effectiveness, and uptake of existing interventions against bacterial or fungal infections. The full economic cost of your project can be up to £437,500. UKRI research councils will fund 80% of the full economic cost up to £350,000.

Topic one: Design novel or improved interventions to prevent, mitigate and/or treat fungal infections, which are resistant to treatments and/or are at risk of developing resistance The novel interventions for topic one may include, but are not limited to: prevention strategies treatments based on new or existing compounds or technologies improved or novel diagnostics or surveillance Topic two: Improve and/or, compare and/or evaluate strategies, technologies, treatments, methods, protocols or data collection based on existing interventions, aiming to prevent or reduce the emergence or spread of antibacterial or antifungal resistance or to treat/cure infections caused by resistant bacteria/fungi and recommend new policies.

Eligibility Note Applicants from UK based organisations eligible for UKRI research council funding can apply as part of a transnational consortium of researchers. Eligibility rules for the consortia are: the consortium must include a minimum of three eligible project partners asking for funding from three different eligible countries (including at least two amongst EU member states or associated countries) the consortium can include a maximum of six project partners. The maximum number of project partners can be increased to seven if the consortium includes one of the following: at least one project partner from an under-represented country at least one project partner where the principal investigator meets the definition of an early career researcher a company the consortium can include a maximum of two partners from the same country per proposal.