NACCAP Call for Proposals on Poverty-related Diseases,
03/05
The Netherlands-African Partnership for Capacity Development and
Clinical Interventions against Poverty related Diseases (NACCAP)
Capacity development and research for clinical interventions
against HIV/AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis for African needs.
Phase: Submitting pre-proposals
Focal point: Internationalization, developing countries and
health Secreteriat: WOTRO
Apply: Yes, you can apply now
Deadline: 24 March 2005
Objective
NACCAP is a development orientated support and research programme, financed by the
Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs. NACCAP is a Dutch National Programme contributing to
the goal and
objectives of the European Developing Countries Clinical Trial
Partnership (EDCTP). NACCAP aims at strengthening 2-5 African
research & development centres by encouraging research and development programmes in
Africa carried out by existing African-
European partnerships.
The objectives of NACCAPs first call are
- 1. Capacity development
- strengthening of African research and
development environment;
2. Development of applicable clinical interventions against
HIV/AIDS, malaria, tuberculosis for African needs.
A programme is a collaborative initiative of researchers from
Africa and the Netherlands and/or Europe. The research must be
carried out in Africa where 80% of the funding should be spent.
Researchers from all main partner institutes and other (public)
stakeholders should be involved in the formulation of the research and capacity building
questions, in development of the
programme and in carrying out the programme. Selection is based
upon an open competition.
Who can apply?
Applications must be formally submitted by senior researchers,
one employed by an African and one employed by a Dutch research
institution. Both the African and Dutch senior researcher may
act as main applicant.
What can be applied for?
The first NACCAP call is directed at the strengthening of existing African-European
R&D partnerships involving Dutch expertise.
Within these partnerships research & development activities and
capacity development activities directly related to the development of locally applicable
clinical interventions against
HIV/AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis will be eligible for funding.
Translational research (research necessary to bridge preclinical research results with
clinical trials) and research attributing to the implementation of new clinical approaches
(in-
cluding supportive health systems research, monitoring and
evaluation of the effects of a trial on the (social) environment, developing & testing
of guidelines, etc) is included in
NACCAP funding. Fundamental and pre-clinical research is excluded from NACCAP funding. In
addition, NACCAPs first call does
not fund isolated projects.
Taking into account these preconditions, two types of grants are
available for NACCAPs first call:
a) Funding of African-Dutch partnership programmes consisting of
appropriate integrated multidisciplinary research & development
projects that directly add to capacity development of the African research center(s).
b) Funding of African-Dutch research projects integrated in African-European
partnership programmes that contribute to EDCTP
and that add to synergy of African and/or European activities.
Budget
For NACCAPs first call a maximum of 9 Million ? is available.
The first NACCAP call can fund a maximum of 2 to 5 African-European research &
development partnerships, provided that the
proposals have a high quality of both capacity development and
scientific research. Therefore, the maximum budget for grants
will be 5 Million ? for 5 years, the minimum budget for grants
will be 1 Million ?.
When can be applied?
The deadline for preliminary applications is 24 March 2005.
Selection criteria and Procedure
When formal criteria are fulfilled, the preliminary proposals
will be evaluated by the NACCAP Programme Committee (PC) for
relevance (1), quality (2) and sustainability (3). Applicants of
preliminary proposals that are judged to be of promising quality
on all three general criteria will be invited to enter competition by submitting a final
application in which the research
ideas are elaborated into a full proposal. The final applications will be assessed on the basis of peer-review, the appli-
cants responses to these and the evaluation of judgments and arguments by the Programme Committee. A site assessment may be
part of the selection and evaluation procedure. The Steering
Committee takes the final decision on funding.
Contacts:
Dr Judith de Kroon
Tel: +31-70-344-0553
Fax: +31-70-381-9874
mailto:kroon@nwo.nl
Documentation:
http://www.nwo.nl/subsidiewijzer.nsf/pages/NWOP_692LSS?opendocument
* WOTRO: Netherlands-African Partnership for Capacity Development and Clinical
Interventions against Poverty related Diseases
(NACCAP): call for pre-proposals.
In this document you will find more detailed information and instructions for
submitting a (pre-)proposal for the NACCAP pro-
gramme;
* WOTRO: NACCAPs first call: instructions and application form
for preliminary proposals.
This word-file must be used to apply to the first call and present the information on
the programme.
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