Call for proposals: R & D: HIV/AIDS, Malaria and TB Announcement from the Stop TB Partnership Stop TB is a global movement to accelerate social and political action to stop the unnecessary spread of TB around the world. We encourage you to forward this announcement to friends or col- leagues who you feel might be interested in the content below. Call for proposals -- Research & Development to fight three ma- jor communicable diseases - HIV/AIDS, Malaria and TB The European Commission now calls for proposals for clinical re- search projects to address the three diseases - HIV/AIDS, Ma- laria and TB. Their focus is on developing new effective inter- ventions against three diseases from early discovery through pre-clinical testing and up to early human trials. The areas of interest include: * New approaches for research into host/vector-pathogen interac- tion for HIV/AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis. * Undesirable consequences of drugs and vaccines for poverty- related diseases. * Integration and coordination of European clinical research on poverty-related diseases. * Promotion of poverty-related diseases research. European network for vaccine development covering the three dis- eases. * Improving participation of the private sector in poverty- related diseases research. * Small and medium-sized enterprise (SMEs)-driven innovations for poverty-related diseases (for SMEs). * Development of fast tests for diagnosis of poverty-related diseases suitable for use in resource-poor settings (for SMEs). * Innovative delivery mechanism for treatment and depot therapy in poverty-related diseases (for SMEs). The total budget for this call is approximately Euro 67 million. The deadline for receipt of applications is 9 November 2005. The European Commission encourages participation of relevant re- search groups from developing countries. For more information, please visit the web sites below: EC Research and Development on Poverty-related Diseases: http://europa.eu.int/comm/research/health/poverty-diseases/index_en.html Call for proposals: http://europa.eu.int/comm/research/health/poverty-diseases/call-for-proposals_en.html For further assistance, contact: Motoky Hayakawa - Resource Mobilization Officer Stop TB Partnership Secretariat WHO/STB/TBP 20, Avenue Appia CH-1211 Geneva 27 Switzerland Tel: +41-22-791-1537 Fax: +41-22-791-4886 mailto:hayakawam@who.int http://www.stoptb.org ____________________