Provisional Outcome of First EMIDA Common Call

77 pre-proposals were received in response to the Call of which 45 were shortlisted and the applicants invited to submit full proposals. All were reviewed by independent expert evaluators and subsequently discussed and ranked at a meeting of these evaluators. Eleven projects have been identified for funding based on the rankings and available funding.

Please note that this list is still dependent on successful completion of contract negotiations between applicant organisations and the EMIDA Funders’ Group and is not yet final.

Topic 1 – Vector borne diseases

Project title: OrbiNet – Molecular and reverse genetics studies of orbivirus transmission, host responses, epidemiology and diagnostic systems.

Coordinator: Pirbright Laboratory, Institute for Animal Health (UK)

Partners:

-          Technical University of Denmark, National Veterinary Institute (DK)

-          Qiagen (DE)

-          Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut (DE)

-          University of Glasgow Faculty of Veterinary Medicine (UK)

-          Institute of Virology and Immunoprophylaxis (CH)

-          Kimron Veterinary Institute (IL)

-          Central Veterinary Institute of Wageningen UR (CVI) (NL)

-          Agence Francaise de Securite Sanitaire des Aliments (AFSSA) (FR)

-          Veterinary and Agrochemical Research Centre (BE)

-          Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale dell'Abruzzo e del Molise 'G. Caporale' (IZS A&M) (IT)

Project title: Early detection data - Improving early detection of emerging vector borne diseases by using existing production and diagnostic data.

Coordinator: Animal Health Service Deventer (NL)

Partners:

-          Veterinary and Agrochemical Research Centre (VAR) (BE)

-          ONIRIS – INRA (FR)

Topic 2 - Zoonoses & antimicrobial resistance, excluding microbial safety of products

Project title: LA-MRSA - Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus lineages in primary productions: multi-host pathogen, spill-over and spill-back between animals and humans?

Coordinator: Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale delle Regioni Lazio e Toscana (IT)

Partners:

-          Technical University of Denmark, Community Reference Laboratory for antimicrobial resistance (DK)

-          CONGEN Biotechnologie GmbH (DE)

-          CODA-CERVA VAR (BE)

-          Centro de Vigilancia Sanitaria Veterinaria (VISAVET), Universidad Complutenes de Madrid (ES)

-          Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR) (DE)

-          Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale della Lombardia ed Emila Romagna (IT)

-          Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale del Piemonte Liguria e Valle d'Aosta (IT)

Project title: TB Alpine Wildlife – Tuberculosis in Alpine wildlife - Monitoring, diagnostics and potential control strategies of tuberculosis in wild animals in the Alpine provinces of Austria, Germany, Italy and Switzerland.

Coordinator: Austrian Agency for Health and Food Safety (AT)

Partners:

-          TUM - Wildtierbiologie- Wissenschaftszentrum Weihenstephan, Technical University Munich (DE)

-          LAZBW - Wildforschungsstelle Aulendorf, Landwirtschaftliches Zentrum für Rinderhaltung, Grünlandwirtschaft,Milchwirtschaft, Wild und Fischerei Baden- Württemberg (DE)

-          EMC - EMC microcollections GmbH (DE)

-          StMUG Referat Tierseuchen, Bayern (DE)

-          IVET IBK / AGES - IVET Innsbruck (AT)

-          DSR / AGES (AT)

-          IMU - Sektion für Hygiene und Medizinische Mikrobiologie, Dept. für Hygiene, Mikrobiologie und Sozialmedizin (AT)

-          LGL Bayerisches Landesamt für Gesundheit und Lebensmittelsicherheit Oberschleissheim (DE)

-          IZSLER Brescia - Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale della Lombardia e dell’ Emilia Romagna (IT)

-          FIWI Vienna - Research Institute for Wildlife Ecology, University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna (AT)

-          Centre for Fish and Wildlife Health FIWI (CH)

-          IZSVE - Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale delle Venezie, IZSVE Bolzano (IT)

-          IVPH Vienna - Institute for Veterinary Public Health, University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna (AT)

-          SFVO - Swiss Federal Veterinary Office (CH)

-          STUA - Staatliches Tierärztliches Untersuchungsamt Aulendorf, Baden Württemberg (DE)

-          MLR - Referat Tiergesundheit, Ministerium für Ernährung und Ländlichen Raum Baden- Württemberg (DE)

Topic 3 - Major infectious diseases affecting production

Project title: ParaTBVaccine - Development of a novel subunit vaccine against Mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis that does not interfere with bovine TB diagnostics.

Coordinator: National Veterinary Institute (NO)

Partners:

-          Agri-food and Biosciences Institute, Veterinary Scienses Division (UK)

-          Technical University of Denmark, National Veterinary Institute (DK)

-          Statens Serum Institut (DK)

Project title: CombatColibacillosis - Combatting colibacillosis - a genomics based approach.

Coordinator: University of Würzburg, Institute for Molecular Infection Biology (DE)

Partners:

-          Ecole Nationale Vétérinaire de Toulouse and  Faculté de médecine de Toulouse-Purpan (FR)

-          Novartis Vaccines and Diagnostics (IT)

-          Tel Aviv University, Department of Molecular Microbiology and Biotechnology (IL)

Project title: BRSV-DIVA - Development and comparative evaluation of three new generation BRSV DIVA vaccines and a corresponding DIVA test.

Coordinator: Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences/National Veterinary Institute (SE)

Partners:

-          Institute for Animal Health (UK)

-          VIM-INRA (FR)

-          SVA/SLU (SE)

Project title: iPUD - Integrated systems approach for preventing uterine disease in dairy cattle.

Coordinator: Swansea University, Institute of Life Science, School of Medicine (UK)

Partners:

-          INRA (FR)

-          Glasgow University (UK)

-          Pfizer Animal Health Europe (FR)

-          University of Veterinary Medicine / Tierärztliche Hochschule Hannover (DE)

-          Pfizer GmbH (DE)

Project title: MADISPREAD - Marek's Disease Virus Spread: In and Out of Chicken.

Coordinator: INRA  Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (FR)

Partners:

-          Lohmann Tierzucht GmbH (DE)

-          Freie Universität Berlin (DE)

-          ENS Lyon - Institut de Génomique Fonctionnelle – INRA (FR)

-          University of Munich, Department for Basic Veterinary Sciences (DE)

-          Institute for Animal Health, Avian Oncogenic Virus Group (UK)

Project title: Improvements in the diagnosis and control of bovine mycoplasmosis.

Coordinator: Veterinary Laboratories Agency (UK)

Partners:

-          Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut (DE)

-          Kimron Veterinary Institute (IL)

-          Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale delle Venezie (IT)

-          Clondiag GmbH (DE)

Topic 4 - Aquaculture

Project title: PathoFish - Control Flavobacteriaceae infections in European fish farms.

Coordinator: INRA (FR)

Partners:

-          Phylogene (FR)

-          Åbo Akademi University, Laboratory of Aquatic Pathobiology (FI)

-          National Veterinary Institute of Norway (NO)

-          Centre for Fish and Wildlife Health, Institut of Animal Pathology, Vetsuisse Fakulty (CH)

-          Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale delle Venezie (IT)

-          National Veterinary Institute, Technical University of Denmark (DK)

-          PHARMAQ AS (NO)