Ecology and Evolution of Infectious Diseases Initiative (EEID)

Status: Accepting applications

Apply through NSF program solicitation

Announcement(s)

Notice of NIH Participation in the Ecology and Evolution of Infectious Diseases Program, with detailed NIH partner interests, released August 22, 2024
From the National Science Foundation (NSF):

Ecology and Evolution of Infectious Diseases (EEID) information, revision notes and synopsis
Ecology and Evolution of Infectious Diseases (EEID) program solicitation (NSF 24-592)

Funding concept: Ecology and Evolution of Infectious Diseases (EEID) Program, presented to the Fogarty Advisory Board February 2021

Informational Webinar

Register for October 2, 2024, "virtual office hours" to learn about the EEID program, partnerships (U.S. and international) and how to submit a successful EEID proposal followed by a Q&A session.

Deadlines

Initial application deadline: November 20, 2024
Estimated future deadlines: third Wednesday in November, annually

Program Overview

This joint National Institutes of Health (NIH) - National Science Foundation (NSF) initiative supports research on the ecological, evolutionary, organismal, and social drivers that influence the transmission dynamics of infectious diseases. The central theme of submitted EEID projects must be quantitative or computational understanding of pathogen transmission dynamics. The intent is discovery of principles of infectious disease (re)emergence and transmission and testing mathematical or computational models that elucidate infectious disease systems.

Projects should be broad, interdisciplinary efforts that go beyond the scope of typical studies. They should focus on the determinants and interactions of transmission among humans, non-human animals, and/or plants. This includes, for example, the spread of pathogens; the influence of environmental factors such as climate; the population dynamics and genetics of reservoir species or hosts; the feedback between ecological transmission and evolutionary dynamics; and the cultural, social, behavioral, and economic dimensions of disease transmission. Investigators are encouraged to develop the appropriate multidisciplinary team, including for example, modelers, ecologists, bioinformaticians, genomics researchers, social scientists, economists, epidemiologists, evolutionary biologists, entomologists, parasitologists, microbiologists, bacteriologists, virologists, pathologists or veterinarians, with the goal of integrating knowledge across disciplines to enhance our ability to predict and control infectious diseases.

Proposals for research on disease systems of public health concern to Low- or Middle-Income Countries (LMICs) are strongly encouraged. Details about the application process and award administration can be found in the NIH Guide Notice and in the NSF Solicitation.

Recent Awards

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Inquiries

Programmatic Issues

Christine Jessup, Ph.D.
Program Officer
Fogarty International Center
National Institutes of Health
Building 31, B2C39
31 Center Drive MSC 2220
Bethesda, MD 20892-2220
Phone: (301) 496-1653
Fax: (301) 402-0779
Email: Christine.Jessup@nih.gov

Grants Management

Mollie Shea
Grants Management Specialist
Fogarty International Center
National Institutes of Health
Building 31, Room B2C29
31 Center Drive, MSC 2220
Bethesda, MD 20892-2220
Telephone: 301-496-9750
Fax: 301-594-1211
Email: Mollie.Shea@nih.gov