EDCTP

Aeras Global TB Vaccine Foundation

Aeras Global TB Vaccine Foundation is a global non-profit product development partnership working collaboratively with scientists, academic institutions, industry, foundations, and governments throughout the world to develop safe and effective new TB vaccines. Its goal is to develop TB vaccines that will prevent all forms of tuberculosis, including drug-resistant tuberculosis, in all age groups and in people with HIV, and will be affordable, available and adopted worldwide. Since its founding in 2003, Aeras has established itself as a global leader in TB vaccine research with expertise in vaccine discovery, immunology, manufacturing and clinical testing.

Website: www.aeras.org

CONRAD

CONRAD’s overall goal is to improve reproductive health, especially in developing countries.  Our main objective is to help develop safe, acceptable, affordable products and methods that provide contraception and/or prevent the sexual transmission of HIV/AIDS and other infections.

Website: www.conrad.org

International Partnership for Microbicides (IPM)

IPM is a non-profit product development partnership (PDP) established in 2002 to prevent HIV transmission by accelerating the development and availability of a safe and effective microbicide for use by women in developing countries. IPM is committed to providing women with an affordable and self-initiated HIV- prevention strategy to reduce the cycle of infection which has led to the deaths of more than 25 million people worldwide and orphaned more than 15 million children since 1981. Like the promise of a future AIDS vaccine, microbicides represent an essential component of an integrated and comprehensive global response to the HIV/AIDS epidemic.

Website: www.ipm-microbicides.org

Novartis Pharma AG

Novartis AG provides healthcare solutions that address the evolving needs of patients and societies. Novartis offers a diversified portfolio to best meet these needs: innovative medicines, cost-saving generic pharmaceuticals, preventive vaccines, diagnostic tools and consumer health products. Novartis is the only company with leading positions in these areas. In 2008, the Group's continuing operations achieved net sales of USD 41.5 billion and net income of USD 8.2 billion. Approximately USD 7.2 billion was invested in R&D activities throughout the Group. Headquartered in Basel, Switzerland, Novartis Group companies employ approximately 98,000 full-time-equivalent associates and operate in more than 140 countries around the world.

Website: http://www.novartis.com

Belgium

Institute of Tropical Medicine

The Institute of Tropical Medicine in Antwerp, Belgium (ITM) is an inter-university but autonomous post-graduate institute and one of the world's leading institutes for training, research and assistance in tropical medicine and health care in developing countries. ITM works with its partners all over the world towards a common goal of "Health Care for All". It houses five scientific departments, a travel clinic, a specialised library and various support services, and employs some 410 staff.

Website: www.itg.be

France

Institut Pasteur

The Institut Pasteur International Network The Institut Pasteur International Network is a partnership of research and public health institutes spanning all five continents. Born of Louis Pasteur’s will to fight infectious diseases in the countries most affected by them, the Network participates in this effort via international, high-quality research. The Network’s activities are built upon the three missions of the Institut Pasteur: scientific research, public health, and education, with a particular emphasis on the major pandemic diseases (HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, malaria), development research for new vaccines and treatments, emerging diseases, international health security, surveillance and research on resistance to anti-infectious agents and on neglected diseases.

Website: www.pasteur-international.org

Agence Nationale de Recherche sur le Sida et les Hepatitis Virales (ANRS)

Website: www.anrs.fr

The ANRS is a public interest group officially created in 1992 which pursues its work in partnership with the French ministries of research, health and foreign affairs, as well as the French research bodies: the National Centre for Scientific Research, the Institute of Health and Medical Research, the Development Research Institute, and the Institut Pasteur.

The ANRS is active in all fields of HIV/AIDS and hepatitis research: basic science, vaccines, clinical trials, epidemiology, public health, human and social sciences. Research in the developing world is one of the priorities of the ANRS and is conducted mainly in Africa and South-East Asia. The research is pursued through collaboration between teams from France, international institutions and national countries. ANRS collaborates with among others NIH, HVTN, ACTG, CDG and MRC.

Germany
Federal Ministry of Education and Research

The German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) is the German representative in EDCTP. BMBF is a part of the German federal government and supports innovative projects in various research sectors; e.g. in health research, basic sciences, sustainable development, information and communications technologies, life sciences, chemistry and materials science, transport or space research.

Funding of research on poverty related and neglected diseases in general as well as that on HIV, TB and Malaria in particular is embedded in the national framework programme Health Research – Scientific Research for the people with a budget of about 140 million € per year which is managed by a specialised project management agency (PT-DLR). The four important fields of activity included in this program are: 1. Effective fighting of diseases; 2. Research on the health care system, 3. Health research in cooperation with industry and science and 4. Strengthening of the research landscape through structure optimisation and innovation. BMBF has a long standing expertise in joint international funding activities. Beyond its activities in EDCTP, BMBF participates in numerous ERA-Net and joint programming initiatives.

Website: www.bmbf.de

Luxembourg
Fonds National de la Recherche Luxembourg (FNR)

A central pillar of research in Luxembourg, the Fonds National de la Recherche Luxembourg (FNR) supports researchers in their work, contributes to the development of public research in Luxembourg, encourages international collaborations and the mobility of researchers, and promotes scientific culture. Since 2000, the FNR has implemented various thematic and structural Research Programmes, through which research projects in priority areas for Luxembourg are financed, Accompanying Measures, through which scientific conferences, publications, trainings or other smaller activities may be financed, the allocation of the AFR (Aides à la formation-recherche) Grant Scheme with the objective to financially support PhDs and Postdocs in their training and a strong support of the promotion of scientific culture in Luxembourg.

Website: www.fnr.lu

Netherlands
NACCAP

NACCAP aims to combine excellent scientific research with sustained investments in the R&D capacity in Africa as part of a long-term strategy to fight the diseases of poverty. This new partnership is funded by the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs (DGIS), as part of the Action Programme for Sustainable Development. NACCAP is managed by the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO).

Website: www.nwo.nl/naccap

Norway
The Norwegian Directorate of Health

The Norwegian Directorate of Health is a specialized agency under the Ministry of Health and Care Services. As such, it is responsible for the compilation of various ordinances, national guidelines and campaigns. It also advises the ministries concerned on health policies and legislation. Its administrative activities involve management of grants for service projects and research, the Norwegian Patient Register and the implementation of certain statutes, while it executes diverse programmes designed to promote public health and improve the living conditions in general.

The Directorate’s vision is good health and care for everyone. In this spirit, the Directorate is involved in a variety of activities to improve national and global health.

Website: www.helsedirektoratet.no

Spain
Institute of Health Carlos III (ISCIII)

ISCIII is a public legally autonomous body whose main activities include the promotion of biomedical and other health science research, as well as regulatory issues (e.g. Biobanks) and a main focus in supporting the Spanish National Health System (SNS).

ISCIII via the Fund for Health of Spain (FIS) is the main public body to fund Biomedical and Health Research and Health Research Assessment Projects, Infrastructures and Capacity Building. It is an active actor in the International and European Research Area, e.g. ERA-NETs, ESFRIs, TEC Article 169 (EDCTP, AAL), etc.

Website: http://aes.isciii.es

Sweden
Sida

Sida, the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency, is a government agency under the Ministry for Foreign Affairs. Sida's goal is to contribute to making it possible for poor people to improve their living conditions.

Website: www.sida.se

Switzerland
State Secretariat for Education and Research SER

The State Secretariat for Education and Research SER is responsible for drawing up and implementing policy in the area of science, research, university and space policy in Switzerland. It coordinates related activities within the Federal Administration and ensures cooperation with the cantons.

In the area of science and research, among others, the SER finances the Swiss National Science Foundation and the scientific academies, is responsible for and finances Swiss membership in international research organisations and Switzerland's participation in European and international research programmes and cooperation projects and develops Switzerland's international relations at multilateral and bilateral level.

Website: www.sbf.admin.ch

United Kingdom
Medical Research Council

The Medical Research Council supports the best scientific research to improve human health. Its work ranges from molecular level science to public health medicine and has led to pioneering discoveries in our understanding of the human body and the diseases which affect us all.

Website: www.mrc.ac.uk