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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 16 November 2010, emerging infectious diseases remain the primary focus of the RFCID. The thematic priorities of this open call are as follows (in order of importance):

 

Viral respiratory pathogens (including influenza)

  • 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
   
 

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
   
 

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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