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The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) invites eligible Irish Research Performing Organisations (RPOs) to submit research proposals under the ERANET JPIAMR-Action Research call: One Health interventions to prevent or reduce the development and transmission of antimicrobial resistance (HARISSA).
Through this call, the ERA-NET JPIAMR-ACTION intends to create and reinforce the collaboration between research partners coming from different countries and different fields of expertise to promote research on antibiotic resistance.
This call will specifically focus on tackling the rising threat of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) through a One Health approach since resistant bacteria, genetic elements and antibiotics are found in humans, animals and the environment. Declining clinical effectiveness of existing antibiotics together with the low and insufficient number of promising new antibiotics in the pipeline stresses the urgency to understand the mechanisms of emergence and transmission of antibiotic resistance. The European One Health Action Plan against AMR encourages the EU and its Member States to deliver innovative, effective and sustainable responses to AMR, especially to reduce the emergence and spread of AMR inside and outside the EU.
Proposals should aim to either :
• Understand the impact of interventions on the development and transmission of antibiotic resistance in, and/or between, at least two One Health settings; OR
• Design, implement, evaluate, and/or compare innovative interventions to control the development and transmission of antibiotic resistance in, and/or between, at least two One Health settings.
Research proposals must focus on at least two out of the three “One-Health” settings, being: Human Health, Animal Health, and Environment. Participation of low and middle income countries is encouraged.
The call One Health interventions to prevent or reduce the development and transmission of AMR has a two-step procedure, with projects expected to start late 2021/early 2022. The Call timeline is as follows:
• Call Opens: 14 January 2021 (11.00 CET)
• Pre-proposal deadline (step 1): 16 March 2021 (12.00 CET)
• Full proposal deadline (step 2): 12 July 2021
All specific information on the call One Health interventions to prevent or reduce the development and transmission of AMR is contained in the JPIAMR-Action . Irish applicants must specifically read the National Rules and Requirements for Ireland in Annex B of the Call Document which sets out the rules for Irish applicants seeking grant-aid from the ERANET JPIAMR-Action Call HARISSA.
All applications should be submitted via the submission platform:
The application form must be attached to the application in the submission platform using the
A match-making tool has been created for applicants, to facilitate networking and the creation of consortia. The tool can be consulted for several purposes: Partner looking for project: As individual researcher or a representative of a lab or research team, searching for a project to join.
Projects looking for partner: If you want to build a consortium around an existing project and want to find partners for your project ideas. https://ncn.gov.pl/partners/amr13th/