Ecology and Evolution of Infectious Diseases
Posted
- Opportunity number
- 21-609
- Agency
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National Science Foundation
- Applications due
- Not on record
- Award size
- $1,500,000 to $3,000,000
Opportunity facts
- Assistance listings
- Funding instrument
- Grant
- Category
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- Science and Technology and other Research and Development
- Eligible applicants
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- Unrestricted
- Points of contact
- Full announcement
Opportunity details come from Grants.gov. Updated .
About this opportunity
This Federal Grant Opportunity, titled "Ecology and Evolution of Infectious Diseases," is soliciting fundamental and applied research projects that aim to enhance the quantitative or computational understanding of pathogen transmission dynamics. The multi-agency program is seeking broad, interdisciplinary proposals that investigate the ecological, evolutionary, organismal, and social drivers influencing the transmission of infectious diseases across host species, including humans, animals, and plants. The central focus is on the determinants and interactions of disease (re)emergence and transmission, such as the influence of environmental factors, population dynamics, and the feedback between ecological and evolutionary processes. The evaluation will prioritize proposals that develop appropriate multidisciplinary teams and integrate knowledge across disciplines to address critical infectious disease challenges.
The typical award values for this opportunity range from $200,000 to $10,000,000, with project periods of 1-5 years. The primary funding agency is the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture, with additional support from the National Science Foundation and the National Institutes of Health. Research performance is expected to take place at academic institutions, research facilities, and agricultural experimental stations across the United States, with a strong emphasis on global health challenges in low- and middle-income countries.
Synopsis
The multi-agency Ecology and Evolution of Infectious Diseases program supports research on the ecological, evolutionary, organismal, and social drivers that influence the transmission dynamics of infectious diseases. The central theme of submitted projects must be the quantitative or computational understanding of pathogen transmission dynamics. The intent is discovery of principles of infectious disease (re)emergence and transmission and testing mathematical or computational models that elucidate infectious disease systems. Projects should be broad, interdisciplinary efforts that go beyond the scope of typical studies. They should focus on the determinants and interactions of (re)emergence and transmission among any host species, including but not limited to humans, non-human animals, and/or plants. This includes, for example, the spread of pathogens; the influence of environmental factors such as climate; the population dynamics and genetics of vectors and reservoir species or hosts; how the physiology or behavior of the pathogen, vector, or host species biology affects transmission dynamics; the feedback between ecological transmission and evolutionary dynamics; and the cultural, social, behavioral, and economic dimensions of pathogen transmission and disease. Research may be on zoonotic, environmentally-borne, vector-borne, enteric, or respiratory pathogens of either terrestrial or aquatic systems and organisms, including diseases of animals and plants, at any scale from specific pathogens to inclusive environmental systems. Proposals for research on disease systems of public health concern toLow- or Middle-Income Countries (LMICs) are strongly encouraged, as are disease systems of concern in agricultural systems. Investigators are encouraged to develop the appropriate multidisciplinary team, including for example, anthropologists, modelers, ecologists, bioinformaticians, genomics researchers, social scientists, economists, oceanographers, mathematical scientists, behaviorists, epidemiologists, evolutionary biologists, entomologists, immunologists, parasitologists, microbiologists, bacteriologists, virologists, pathologists or veterinarians, with the goal of integrating knowledge across disciplines to enhance our ability to predict and control infectious diseases.
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