Research project - Emergences PRFI (LMICs) 2025 call for proposals – 3 projects funded

By Davina MERIAUX, Administrative coordinator and Yoan EMRITLOLL Head of National Division

For the fourth consecutive year, ANRS MIE has launch its call for projects ‘Emergences PRFI’, aimed at supporting collaborative research projects between French teams and research teams based in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs).

It encourages scientific collaborations aimed at generating new knowledge and having an impact on health and infectious disease issues of interest to LMICs, with projects that may cover areas of fundamental, translational, clinical, public health, and social sciences research.

This year, 3 of our 12 submitted projects were selected for funding. We are involved as a partner in each of them.

Project: Arenavirus Network of Detection and Environmental Surveillance in Bolivia : Diversity, Evolution, and Public Health Preparedness  (ANDES-B)

• PI Pasteur: Simon Cauchemez

• Coordinated by: Institut de recherche pour le développement (IRD) 

• Partners: IRD Bolivia, University of Georgia (United States), Max Delbruck Center for Molecular Medicine in the Helmholtz Association (Germany), Institut Pasteur, Instituto de Biologia Molecular y Biotecnologia (Bolivia)

  
  

Project : Exploring a scenario of Yellow Fever Emergence in Southeast Asia (EYES)

• PI Pasteur : Anna-Bella Failloux

• Coordinated by: Centre de Biologie pour la Gestion des Populations (CBGP) 

• Partners: Institut Pasteur and Institut Pasteur Madagascar. 

Project : Rats and environmentally-transmitted zoonotic agents in Antananarivo market places (RASTA-TANA)

• PI Pasteur: Virginie Sauvage

• Coordinated by: Institut de recherche pour le développement (IRD) 

• Partners: Institut Pasteur and Institut Pasteur Madagascar.

  
  

We extend our warmest congratulations to the three winning teams for their hard work and outstanding achievement!