Ceri-Wyn Thomas 4 th April , 2019

1. GCRF-Funded Networks in Vector Borne Disease research Ceri-Wyn Thomas 4th April, 2019

2. BBSRC What we do • Invest in world-class bioscience research in UK Universities and Institutes • Invest in bioscience training and skills for the next generation of bioscientists • Drive the widest possible social and economic impact from our bioscience in industry, policy and public goods • Promote public dialogue on bioscience

3. Building out vector-borne diseases in sub-Saharan Africa: an interdisciplinary network focusing on preventing vector-borne diseases through improving the built environment The Gnatwork: building capacity for research on neglected vectors The Community Network for African Vector-Borne Plant Viruses

4. £9 million from the Global Challenges Research Fund • Key research priorities • 1. Development of new control strategies for VBD. In particular: non-chemical control methods. • 2. Increased understanding of fundamental vector biology and vector ecology. • 3. Understanding what is driving the emergence and expansion of VBDs. • 4. Increased understanding of vector pathogeninteractions. • 5. Improved diagnostics, surveillance and forecasting.

5. Advancing the frontiers of bioscience discovery Tackling strategic challenges Tackling strategic challenges Building strong foundations Bioscience for renewable resources and clean growth Transforming industries through bio-based processes and products in a new low-carbon bioeconomy Bioscience for an integrated understanding of health Improving animal and human health and wellbeing across the lifecourse Bioscience for sustainable agriculture and food Delivering more productive, healthy, resilient and sustainable agriculture and food systems

6. BBSRC’s Animal Health Strategic Priority Area • Priority covers diseases that undermine the sustainability of the livestock, poultry, aquaculture, equine or apiculture industries in the UK • The priority also includes: vector borne diseases; foodborne and other infections of zoonotic origin with implications for public health that are carried by farmed animals and other domesticated species • 'One Health' concept is encouraged for infectious diseases of zoonotic origin

7. The Global Challenges Research Fund 17delivery partners £1.5 billion 2016-2021 Supports cutting-edge research & innovation that addresses the challenges faced by developing countries.

8. BEIS £1.5 Billion BBSRC 2018 2016 2017 • Industrial Biotechnology and Bioenergy in the Developing World • International Flexible Interchange Programme (I-FLIP) • Food & nutrition research for health in the developing world • GCRF GROW Networks • Ecology and Evolution of Infectious Diseases (EEID) • Infections Foundation Awards • Vector Borne Disease Research Networks • Vaccines R&D Networks • GCRF HUBS • SASSA

9. BBSRC International Partnering Awards • Next Call: 2019 TBA • International Schemes range from short term travel awards, through to Partnering Awards, which support long-term collaborations with overseas scientists. • Funds can only be used for travel, subsistence and other activities, such as workshops or exchanges. They are not to fund salary costs, consumables, items of equipment or other research costs, nor to link ongoing single collaborative projects • Typically up to £30,000 over a four year period for partnerships with one or more life science laboratories in countries not currently eligible through our existing partnering award schemes

10. Ecology & Evolution of Infectious Diseases (EEID) • Multi-agency programme • Supports research on the ecological, evolutionary, and social principles and processes that influence the transmission dynamics of infectious diseases. • The central theme of submitted projects must be quantitative or computational understanding of pathogen transmission dynamics • BBSRC has partnered in the EEID 2018 call and making a case for continued participation in 2019 and beyond. • The EEID program will accept proposals to establish Research Coordination Networks that focus on issues involving infectious disease ecology, socio-ecology, and evolution. RCN projects are also eligible to be submitted as US-UK Collaborative Projects. Information on the scope of RCN projects and the format of those proposals can be found at (https://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=11691&org=BIO&from=home). • Such RCN proposals should be submitted under the EEID solicitation and deadline.

11. International Development Funding 43 Funds available Transform: Transform is a partnership between DFID and Unilever that pilots and tests innovative business models that meet low income household needs. Global Innovation Fund: GIF provides grants, loans and equity of between £30,000 to £10m for social innovations to transform the lives and opportunities of people living in poverty. Africa Enterprise Challenge Fund: AECF awards grants to private sector companies to support new and innovative business models in Africa. Emerging Africa Infrastructure Fund: EAIF is a public-private partnership providing long-term debt finance for construction and development of private infrastructure in sub-Saharan Africa. Eligibility criteria differ for each fund, check their websites! https://www.gov.uk/international-development-funding

12. https://www.ukri.org/funding/funding-opportunities/

13. ceri-wyn.thomas@BBSRC.UKRI.org