UK and India announce joint funding call to combat world's biggest killer

UK and India announce joint funding call to combat world's biggest killer

 

The call for proposals comes as a direct response to the devastating effects of a rapidly increasing epidemic of chronic disease.

The UK Medical Research Council (MRC) and the Indian Council for Medical Research (ICMR) have announced a commitment to jointly-fund research into chronic non-communicable diseases, a group of conditions responsible for approximately 60 per cent of deaths globally. The initiative will focus on practical interventions to prevent and treat diseases such as diabetes, stroke and heart disease.

The call for proposals comes as a direct response to the devastating effects of a rapidly increasing epidemic of chronic disease. Chronic non-communicable diseases are becoming more and more prevalent across the world and were announced in 2008 by the World Health Organisation (WHO) to be the number one cause of death.

The MRC's collaboration with ICMR is a vital partnership designed to develop world-leading collaborative research. It will enable the best minds, ideas and resources from the UK and India to be brought together to answer important, challenging research goals.

Proposals are invited from partnerships between academic groups based in India and the UK.

Click on this link for more information on the key issues your proposal should address, details of the funding on offer and application and eligibility criteria or email icmr-mrccall(at)headoffice.mrc.ac.uk

The submission deadline for Letters of Intent will be 21 October 2010 at 12.30 British Summer Time for UK applicants and 17.00 Indian Standard Time for Indian applicants.