The European and Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership (EDCTP) welcome project proposals as a response to the following calls:

1.     Member States Initiated projects on HIV/AIDS, TB and malaria

Available funds:             € 2.5 million

Open to application:       16 August 2010

Deadline of application: 16 November 2010

2.     Evaluating the impact of clinical trials in Africa

Available funds:             € 700,000

Open to application:       16 August 2010

Deadline of application: 15 December 2010

More information

For more details on these calls and how to apply, please consult the EDCTP website: http://www.edctp.org/Calls-and-Grants.501.0.html.

Member States Initiated projects on HIV/AIDS, TB and malaria

Purpose of the grant

European Member States often independently fund projects that fall within the remit of EDCTP (clinical trials, capacity building and networking on HIV/AIDS, TB and malaria in sub-Saharan Africa). The purpose of this grant is for EDCTP to provide funding and added value to these initiatives by acting as the locus of integration for various projects and programmes that have been independently initiated and/or funded by member states.

Evaluating the impact of clinical trials in Africa

Purpose of the grant

There is anecdotal information that clinical trials may negatively impact routine healthcare delivery by diverting resources. Contrary reports, however, have indicated that clinical trials contribute to the quality of routine healthcare, for example, by providing training and improved infrastructure.

This grant therefore, is aimed at gaining comprehensive insight into the impact of clinical trials on health services in sub-Saharan Africa, especially with regard to the quality of those services delivered to women and/or children.

Emphasis should be placed on evaluating the impact from the perspective of patients; health professionals; the community; and, public health services at the sites in sub-Saharan Africa, where the clinical trials are being conducted.

The project should be designed so that the outcome could contribute to the development of methods to further embed clinical research within the health services. This is important since it is the health services that that would eventually be responsible for implementing the (new) interventions resulting from the clinical trials.

This call offers consortia senior public health/social science researchers from Europe and sub-Saharan Africa the opportunity to apply for a 1-2 year research grant to investigate the impact of EDCTP and non-EDCTP funded clinical trials in sub-Saharan Africa.