1st Joint Call: Announcement of 10 projects selected for funding

In its meeting in October 2017 in Bangkok the Programme Steering Committee (PSC) selected the following 10 projects for funding:

1) CWSSEA - Assessments of vulnerability of mature and secondary forests to climatic water stress in Southeast Asia

2) SKUD - The emergence of Skin Ulceration Diseases in Edible Sea Cucumbers in a Global Change Framework

3) ThaiVacc - Novel Leptospirosis and Dengue Fever Vaccines for Thailand

4) FRESHBIO - Freshwater biotas of the insular biodiversity hotspots of Southeast Asia: diversity, biological states and uses

5) PlasmID-SEA - Plasmid Identification and Detection in South-East Asia - Enterobacteriaceae resistant to last resort Carbapenems and Colistin

6) FarmResist - Occupational risks for animal farmers to be colonised with animal-associated resistant bacteria in Thailand, impact on the faecal microbiota

7) CAREChild - Containment of antibiotic resistance - measures to improve antibiotic use in pregnancy, childbirth and children

8) DeZi - A single component pentavalent Dengue-Zika vaccine preventing antibody-dependent enhancement phenomenon

9) RESCuE - Monitoring and REstoration for Sustainable Coastal Ecosystems

10) Strengthening rice breeding programs in Laos and Thailand and developing climate-resilient rice varieties

The project coordinators have been informed about this deicision by the Joint Call Secretariat. The total funding volume of the projects amounts to approximately 3,3 mio. Euros.

More information about the projects will be available soon.