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You may wish to note that grant applications addressing the following research priorities are preferred. Applications falling outside these priorities will still be considered although they will have a lower funding preference.
For the Application Round to be closed on 17 November 2009 (For projects related to human swine influenza (HSI), an expedited review of proposals is specially arranged and the closing date is 31 July 2009), emerging infectious diseases remain the primary focus of the RFCID. The thematic priorities of this open call are as follows (in order of importance):
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Human swine influenza
Epidemiology
(incl. use of mathematical modelling/geographic information systems)
of human influenza/avian influenza
- Epidemiology/public health studies
- Clinical studies
- Laboratory studies
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Viral respiratory pathogens
- Epidemiology (including mathematical modelling)
- Diagnosis: rapid diagnostic tests
- Novel control approaches
- Economic burden of disease
- Role of Chinese medicine in treatment/prevention of infectious disease
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Technology platforms for infectious disease
- Application of modern technology to the control, treatment and prevention of infectious disease
- Rapid diagnosis
- Molecular epidemiology
- Genome sequencing
- Improved physical-chemical methods
- Technology substitution/supplement for traditional pathogen typing methods
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Zoonotic diseases
- Characterise new pathogens in animals that can infect humans
- Risk factors that contribute to the emergence of zoonotic disease
- Development and evaluation of diagnostic tests for zoonotic disease
- Surveillance methods for the emergence of zoonotic disease
- Modelling to predict the risk of zoonotic disease
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Research Fund for the Control of Infectious Diseases 
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