Funding-AgResults - Brucellosis Vaccine Prize; November 18, 2017
Description
AgResults is an
$118 million initiative of the governments of Australia, Canada, the United
Kingdom, and United States and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to
incentivize and reward high-impact agricultural innovations that promote global
food security, health, and nutrition and benefit smallholder farmers.
To advance this mission, the initiative has issued a Call
for Proposals for a competition that leads to the development of a brucellosis
vaccine that improves the livelihoods of smallholder farmers in developing
countries. Brucellosis is a disease that affects ruminants (cattle, sheep,
goats, buffalo, etc.) and causes abortions, infertility, decreased milk
production, and weight loss, among other effects. It is endemic in a number of
developing countries, and the toll on smallholder farmers in South Asia and
sub-Saharan Africa is particularly devastating, as cattle and small ruminants
such as goats and sheep are a crucial source of income for this population.
Brucellosis also is the most common type of disease transmitted from animals to
humans, with approximately five hundred thousand new human cases reported each
year.
Through the $30 million Brucellosis Vaccine Prize, AgResults invites vaccine developers to submit their
proposals for the development of a vaccine that is efficacious, safe, and
viable for use against Brucella melitensis
in small ruminants across the developing world.
Closing Date:
November 18, 2017
Link to Full Announcement
http://www.brucellosisvaccine.org/
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