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UK/India: joint funding call to combat NCDs

MRC and ICMR partner on research on practical interventions

Posted in Government action on 10th August, 2010 | no responses

The UK Medical Research Council (MRC) and the Indian Council for Medical Research (ICMR) have announced a commitment jointly to fund research into NCDs, focusing particularly on practical interventions to prevent and treat the diseases. The MRC’s collaboration with ICMR is a vital partnership designed to develop world-leading collaborative research, enabling ‘the best minds, ideas and resources from the UK and India to be brought together to answer important, challenging research goals’.

This call for proposals is intended for partnerships between academic groups based in India and the UK .

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Submission deadline for letters of intent is 21 October 2010 at 12.30 British Summer Time (UK applicants) / 17.00 Indian Standard Time (Indian applicants).

The new initiative was also mentioned by the UK Prime Minister, David Cameron, during his visit to India, at a speech given in Bangalore on 28 July: ‘UK and India research funders have committed up to £60 million worth of jointly funded research into climate change, water and food security, and disease prevention’: http://ukun.fco.gov.uk/en/news/?view=PressR&id=22610066

Sources: UK MRC; UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office website.

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