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Research capability strengthening |
New
awards
August 2005 |
The TDR Research Strengthening Group met in
Geneva, Switzerland, 7 - 11 March 2005, to deliberate and recommend projects for funding by TDR. The new projects listed below were selected from investigators who responded to the calls for letters of intent and proposals.
Renewed Capacity strengthening programme grants
Project
ID |
Principal
Investigator |
Institution |
|
Project
Title |
Funding
in US$ |
| A20785 |
Laura
Arcos |
Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador, Ecuador |
|
Institutional capability strengthening in tropical disease research and training at Catholic University, Quito, Ecuador |
42,800 |
| A20789 |
Mathieu
Ndounga |
Centre d'Etudes sur les Ressources Végétales, Congo |
|
Chimiorésistance de
Plasmodium falciparum et alternatives thérapeutiques du paludisme non compliqué au Congo-Brazzaville |
41,700 |
| A30931 |
Sadri A.
Said |
Institute of Marine Sciences, Tanzania |
|
Discovery of new antimalarial drugs from marine invertebrates |
44,500 |
Renewed
Re-entry grants
Project
ID |
Principal
Investigator |
Institution |
|
Project
Title |
Funding
in US$ |
| A30894 |
Mariam Atta El Mannan
Aboud |
El Neelain University, School of Life Sciences, Faculty of Science & Technology, Sudan |
|
Bionomics and molecular characterization of Anopheles arabiensis Patton in Sudan |
19,700
|
| A20728 |
M. Giasuddin
Ahsan |
Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, In-Service Training Dept., Directorate General of Health Services, Bangladesh |
|
Gender sensitive intervention study on tuberculosis control in the rural community of Bangladesh |
21,215 |
| A30821 |
Abdoulaye
Diabate |
Centre Muraz/IRSS, Burkina Faso |
|
Molecular and behavioural basis of reproductive isolation in natural populations of
Anopheles gambiae |
14,000 |
| A30849 |
Moses Lutaakome
Joloba |
Makerere University Medical School, Department of Medical Microbiology, Uganda |
|
Evaluation of various methods for rapid detection of multi-drug resistant tuberculosis |
10,000 |
| A10802 |
Oscar Rwegasila
Mukasa |
Ifakara Health Research and Development Centre, Tanzania |
|
Information system for evaluation of malaria control tools: software development and hardware review |
6,800 |
| A30848 |
Clara Beatriz
Ocampo Duran |
Centro Internacional de Entrenamiento e Investigaciones Médicas, Colombia |
|
Differential gene expression in dengue-2 infected & non-infected midguts of susceptible & refractory strains of
A. aegypti |
15,000 |
| A20733 |
Sodiomon Bienvenu
Sirima |
Centre National de Recherche et de Formation sur le Paludisme, Burkina Faso |
|
Etude comparative de l'observance et de l'efficacite de trois schema de prevention du P. pendant la grossesse |
15,500 |
| A30690 |
Charles
Waiswa |
Makerere University, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Uganda |
|
Spatial distribution of pigs and the public health significance of the pig host as a reservoir for
T.b. rhodesiense |
20,000 |
New
grants - R&D capacity in LDCs
Project
ID |
Principal
Investigator |
Institution |
|
Project
Title |
Funding
in US$ |
| A41486 |
Grace Adira
Murilla |
Trypanosomiasis Research Centre, Kenya Agricultural Research Institute, Kenya |
|
Capacity strengthening for trypanosomiasis research and control |
58,500 |
| A41490 |
Omran Fadl
Osman |
University of Khartoum, Faculty of Science, Sudan |
|
Transmission of visceral leishmaniasis in eastern Sudan: studies on reservoir hosts and vectors |
41,000 |
| A41430 |
Jean-Bosco
Ouedraogo |
Institut de Recherche en Sciences de la Santé, Burkina Faso |
|
Improvements of indirect haemagglutination assay as sustainable tools for schistosomiasis diagnosis and control |
39,950 |
New grants - Re-entry grants
Project
ID |
Principal
Investigator |
Institution |
|
Project
Title |
Funding
in US$ |
| A41481 |
Josiane Desiree
Etang |
Organisation de Coordination pour la Lutte contre les Endémies en Afrique, Cameroon |
|
Kdr-based insecticide resistance in
Anopheles gambiae s.s. from Cameroon: origin, spread and levels of resistance |
23,620 |
| A41413 |
Wamdaogo Moussa
Guelbeogo |
Centre National de Recherche et de Formation sur le Paludisme, Burkina Faso |
|
Génétique écologique et capacité vectorielle
d'Anopheles funestus au Burkina Faso |
22,200 |
| A41387 |
Mo'Awia Mukhtar
Hassan |
Tropical Medicine Research Institute, Sudan |
|
Epidemiological studies on sandflies and transmission of visceral leishmaniasis in Eastern Sudan |
16,500 |
| A41418 |
Marcelo Tàvora
Mira |
Pontificía Universidade Católica do Paraná, Brazil |
|
A study of host genetic risk factors for leprosy susceptibility |
5,520 |
| A41329 |
Neelima
Mondal |
Jawaharlal Nehru University, India |
|
Functional characterization of gyrase enzyme from
Plasmodium falciparum |
17,950 |
| A41399 |
Rintis Noviyanti |
The Eijkman Institute for Molecular Biology, Indonesia |
|
Molecular mechanisms of
Plasmodium falciparum infection in severe malaria and pregnancy-associated malaria in Indonesia |
13,500 |
| A41398 |
Bernard Achero
Okech |
Kenya Medical Research Institute, Center for Biotechnology, Research and Development, Kenya |
|
Role of salivary gland excretions in Anopheles mosquito midgut and on development of
Plasmodium |
16,800 |
| A41403 |
Lyda Elena
Osorio |
Centro Internacional de Entrenamiento e Investigaciones Médicas, Colombia |
|
Population genetics of drug resistant
P. falciparum in Colombia |
16,400 |
| A41349 |
Hlaing Myat
Thu |
Department of Medical Research, Virology Research Division, Myanmar |
|
Sentinel surveillance of dengue in endemic regions of Myanmar |
22,500 |
| A41392 |
Dongmei Zhang |
Second Military Medical University Department of Etiologic Biology, China |
|
Evaluation of a pichia-expressed binding domain of Pf EBA-175 as a component of malaria vaccine combination |
14,500 |
New grants
- Project Development Grant (PDG)
Project
ID |
Principal
Investigator |
Institution |
|
Project
Title |
Funding
in US$ |
| A41373 |
Krishna K.
Rai |
Vector Borne Disease Research and Training Center, Nepal |
|
Research and training capacity strengthening of VBDRTC, for prevention and control of tropical diseases in Nepal |
10,000 |
TDR expresses sincere gratitude to
members of the Research Strengthening Group for their
critical assessment and contributions to the selection process.
TDR would also like to thank those
investigators who were not funded. A large number of projects were
reviewed but only a few selected due to the highly competitive selection
process. TDR wishes to encourage these investigators to continue their
good work and to re-compete next year (see
deadline for submission of
new applications). TDR
contact: Dr F Zicker
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