Current Calls

Small Grants

Published on 13 August 2008
Deadline: 15 October 2008

Kindly note that this announcement is a replacement to the previous call on Small Grants Programme which has been stopped.

Malaria treatment

Published on 30 July 2008
Deadline: 30 November 2008

Malaria caused by P. falciparum is an important cause of mortality and morbidity in children, pregnant women and HIV/AIDS co-infected individuals. It kills about 1 million people annually, mostly in sub-Saharan Africa and the incidence has risen in recent years, probably due to increasing resistance to antimalarials. Malaria control requires an integrated approach of which use of effective and safe antimalarials is one of the main control strategies.

Malaria vaccines

Published on 30 July 2008
Deadline: 30 November 2008

Malaria caused by P. falciparum kills about 1 million people annually, mostly children living in sub-Saharan Africa. Among the methods for controlling malaria, effective vaccines that provide strong and lasting immunity would be the most cost-effective interventions to introduce into public health services. The main objective of the call is to conduct Phase I/II trials of malaria vaccines in African countries, including age de-escalating clinical trials. These may include safety, immunogenicity and efficacy trials in target populations which might be infants or children depending on transmission intensity and prior exposure.

Ethics Review Committee

Published on 30 July 2008
Deadline: 30 November 2008

EDCTP wishes to promote the establishment and strengthening of National Ethics Committees (NEC) and Institutional Review Boards (IRB) that are competent and independent. The NECs and the IRBs are encouraged to establish themselves administratively and financially so as to ensure sustained optimal function beyond the EDCTP funding. Strengthening of NEC or IRB aims at making them operational and gives support to their ongoing functions. Networking and training is encouraged and supported. Additional support in the form of online literature access, documents, access to websites on ethics and GCP will be facilitated.

Senior Fellowship

Published on 30 July 2008
Deadline: 30 November 2008

Through this call, EDCTP intends to identify and support senior researchers capable of building and leading research groups at Sub-Saharan African institutions that will be internationally competitive and capable of winning grants from international funding bodies. This grant is both available for researchers already working in Africa as well as those looking to return to the continent (re-entry grant).

Joint Programme Activities

Published on 26 March 2008
Deadline: 5 December 2008

Call for Identification and Strengthening of Joint Programme Activities

Call for experts

Published on 17 June 2008
Deadline: 31 December 2010

EDCTP invites applications from individuals wishing to serve as reviewers for: Clinical trials for the diseases HIV/AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis, postgraduate training awards and capacity building grants including ethics and establishment of networks of excellence.