05/01/2023

- A research call for proposals in the areas of One Health.

- Financing up to 3 million pounds for projects submitted by one party.

- Financing up to 7 million pounds for projects submitted by two parties or more.

The Science, Technology and Innovation Funding Authority (STDF) announced the opening of the first research call for the "One Health" grant, in implementation of the cooperation protocol concluded with the Ministry of Health and Population, with the aim of supporting research and innovations that contribute to strengthening the interdependence between the sectors (medical, veterinary and environmental).

This call aims to develop research outputs related to the areas of combating infectious, epidemic and endemic diseases, up to the semi-industrial level, thus contributing to the development of the national industry, enhancing environmental sustainability and improving human and animal health, to have a direct return on the system for monitoring and controlling infectious, epidemic and endemic diseases,

This ca;l comes within the fund strategy on the importance of benefiting from scientific expertise in Egyptian universities, agencies and research institutes, and qualifying researchers to obtain distinguished and applicable research outputs.

The terms of the call include that the authority finances projects of multiple categories over a two-year period, including a funding category of up to 3 million Egyptian pounds for research proposals submitted by one research entity, and a funding category of up to 7 million Egyptian pounds for research proposals submitted by two research entities or more.

The deadline for receiving research proposals is February 19, 2023, at 2:00 pm.

This is according to the detailed rules and conditions of the call on the Authority's website:

   https://stdf.eg/web/grants/open

Or through the Authority's official page on (Facebook):

  https://m.facebook.com/stdf.eg/