Indo-U.S. Vaccine Action Program (VAP) Small Research Grant Program (R03)

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Scientific cooperation between India and the U.S. has taken place under a variety of bilateral umbrella agreements, including the Indo-U.S. Science and Technology (S&T) Sub-Commission, the Gandhi-Reagan S&T Initiative, the U.S.-India Fund, and the current S&T Cooperation Agreement. Building upon these agreements and initiatives, representatives of the United States and the Government of India signed a Memorandum of Understanding on July, 9 1987 implementing the Indo-U.S. Vaccine Action Program (VAP) in order to expand collaborative vaccine research. The goal of the VAP is to support collaborative vaccine-related research projects that ultimately reduce the burden of infectious diseases of importance in India, the U.S., the South Asian region and globally. Applications are encouraged from organizations/institutions that propose to conduct vaccine-related research through U.S.-Indo collaborations on the following: dengue, influenza (including avian influenza), malaria, enteric diseases, HIV/AIDS, and tuberculosis. Basic, translational, clinical, or epidemiological vaccine research may be proposed.

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