European Partnership for Pandemic Preparedness opens first call

The European Partnership for Pandemic Preparedness (BE READY) officially opened its first joint transnational call. The BE READY Partnership aims to establish a European research and innovation ecosystem that is optimally prepared for future health crises caused by infectious diseases. This ecosystem was set up to be capable of responding swiftly and efficiently to such crises and it will be fully integrated into the broader European institutional framework for health security.

To realise this vision, the BE READY Strategic Research and Innovation Agenda (SRIA) on Pandemic Preparedness defines the Partnership’s research priorities and scientific objectives. To put the SRIA’s research priorities into practice, the BE READY Partnership will launch annual Joint Transnational Calls (JTCs) that will fund transnational, interdisciplinary research projects.

The first call 'BE READY: Advancing knowledge of host and pathogen dynamics to better combat emerging diseases' will support innovative, collaborative, interdisciplinary, and transnational research projects aiming to:

• better understand the pandemic potential of emerging pathogens,
• elucidate the pathophysiology induced by these pathogens, and
• develop knowledge enabling innovative medical countermeasures.

The call will be issued by 21 funding organisations, including the Austrian Science Fund (FWF).

For more information: https://beready4pandemics.eu/joint-transnational-calls/