Deadline: 31 March 2014
The Iraq Biosciences Research Grant Competition 2014 by CRDF Global is now open for projects initiated and implemented by teams of Iraqi scientists working at government-operated biological sciences laboratories under the Ministry of Health, Ministry of Agriculture and Ministry of Higher Education. The grant program supports high-quality biological research focused on building the capacity of government laboratories in Iraq to detect, diagnose and report infectious diseases of humans and animals caused by pathogens of security concern.
Total 10 projects of up to $50,000 each will be funded for a period of 12 months.
Eligibility Criteria –
- Proposals must designate one (1) Principal Investigator (PI) working at an Iraq government-operated biological sciences laboratory under the Ministry of Health, Ministry of Agriculture or Ministry of Higher Education to lead teams of scientists, researchers, epidemiologists and other experts.
- Teams may include individual participants from other regional or international institutes.
- PI must currently be a citizen or legal permanent resident of Iraq.
- Project proposals must be on modern diagnostic techniques for pathogens of security concern; detection, diagnosis and reporting of human, animal and zoonotic diseases of security concern; and epidemiological surveillance, reporting and analysis of human and animal diseases of security concern; application and institutionalization of internationally accepted principles and best practices of bio-safety, bio-security and bioethics; and application and institutionalization of one health principles and approaches.
For more information, please visit 2014 Iraq Biosciences Research Grant Competition page.
