HORIZON-JU-GH-EDCTP3-2022-OA1 Grant to identified beneficiary - Support for an Africa office

GH EDCTP3 will support an Africa office to facilitate implementation of the GH EDCTP3 programme in sub-Saharan Africa.

Expected impact: The proposal should facilitate productive and sustainable North–South and South–South networking and cooperation, building relationships to strengthen project-level and institutional collaborations in sub-Saharan Africa. This support should result in an increased awareness of the GH EDCTP3 programme, a closer alignment of national research programmes and activities on infectious diseases R&I investments (at scientific, management and financial levels), and increased participation from industry and private foundations in the GH EDCTP3 programme to speed up the R&I process in sub-Saharan Africa.

Expected outcome: The proposal under this topic should aim at delivering results contributing to all of the following expected outcomes:

• Stronger infrastructure for clinical and implementation research in sub-Saharan Africa;<