Three Polish research teams were awarded funding in the JPIAMR ACTION Call 2024 (IMPACT) competition. Among the thirteen awarded projects, three will be carried out by research teams based in Wroclaw and Warsaw. These projects will receive a total of over PLN 4.2 million in funding from the National Science Centre (NCN).
The primary aim of JPIAMR ACTION Call 2024, titled Interventions Moving Forward to Promote Action to Counteract the Emergence and Spread of Bacterial and Fungal Resistance and to Improve Treatments, was to take action against the growing global threat of increased spread of antimicrobial resistance. The program seeks to support international research collaborations aimed at developing, evaluating, and improving interventions against bacterial and fungal infections.
The IMPACT call was open to scientists working in Polish research organisations, who intend to carry out international research projects in collaboration with partners from 19 countries around the world. From a total of 154 proposals submitted globally, thirteen were awarded funding, including three from Poland. The three winning Polish research teams will receive funding of over PLN 4.2 million from National Science Centre (NCN) to further their research.
The Three Funded Polish Projects
- PHASEK – Combination of bacteriophages and other antimicrobial agents as a strategy to combat multidrug-resistant E. coli and K. pneumoniae bacteria
The Principal Investigator is Prof. Krystyna Dabrowska, PhD, from the Ludwik Hirszfeld Institute of Immunology and Experimental Therapy of the Polish Academy of Sciences in Wrocław. The project has been awarded over than PLN 1.2 million.
- PHAGES-AntiPERS – Strategies for phage therapy against bacterial persister cells
The leader of the Polish team is Prof. Zuzanna Drulis-Kawa, PhD, from the University of Wroclaw. The project budgeted over PLN 1.2 million.
- FunHitDisco –Platform for high-throughput search for antifungal compounds.
The Principal Investigator is Dr. Maria Klimecka from the University of Warsaw. The project has been awarded over PLN 1.7 million.
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