NIH Call for Applications: A Multidisciplinary Approach to Study Vaccine-elicited Immunity and Efficacy against Malaria
The National Institute of Health (NIH) has an open call untitled A Multidisciplinary Approach to Study Vaccine-elicited Immunity and Efficacy against Malaria.
The purpose of this initiative is to support research to advance understanding of the underlying immune mechanisms that contribute to malaria vaccine-elicited protection or vaccine hypo-responsiveness in endemic regions by capitalizing on recent research advances in systems vaccinology and systems immunology as well as emerging opportunities in data science and informatics. Multidisciplinary science and collaboration among investigators from the malaria vaccine research field and other relevant scientific areas are highly encouraged. The goal is to identify host signatures and mechanistic factors that influence malaria vaccine performance in endemic regions to guide and improve future vaccine design and evaluation.
The goal of this call is to enhance our understanding of malaria vaccine performance in endemic regions, including the level and/or durability of vaccine-induced immune protection, and to identify and validate host and environmental factors that impact on vaccination outcomes. Applicants are encouraged to propose research efforts in one or more of the three major topic areas described below:
- Baseline immune status
- Vaccine-elicited immunity and correlates of vaccine outcomes
- Mechanistic studies
Eligible Organizations:
- Higher Education Institutions
- Nonprofits Other Than Institutions of Higher Education
- For-Profit Organizations
- Local Governments
- Federal Governments
- Other
Read more here.
Letter of Intent due to 30 days proper to the application due date.
Applications deadline February 8, 2020.
