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The Programme for Global Health and Vaccination Research (GLOBVAC) is extended for the period 2012-2020. The overall aim of the Programme is to support research that can contribute to sustainable improvements in health and health equity for poor people in low- and middle-income countries (LMIC).

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Extended deadline for submission of conference poster abstract

The deadline for submitting a poster has been extended to 31 May 2012.
Fifty project applications received in response to GLOBVAC call

Approximately NOK 160 million is available for this call, while the applicants’ grant request totaled NOK 553.3 million.
Registration and Abstract submission for the 7th GLOBVAC Conference is now opened
Saving Lives at Birth: request for applications

The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), the Government of Norway, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and Grand Challenges Canada invite global problem solvers to answer their second call for innovative solutions to dramatically reduce maternal and newborn deaths and stillbirths.
Støttemulighet til mobilbaserte løsninger for kvinners og barns helse i utviklingsland

Norad gir muligheter for støtte til lovende mobilbaserte løsninger for kvinners og barns helse i utviklingsland.
Great response to GLOBVAC call

A total of 125 project outlines were received by the application deadline of 30. November 2011.
Promising:

Testing nasal vaccine for HIV treatment

Thirty years after AIDS was first described, there is still no effective vaccine against the virus. Researchers are working to find out whether a HIV vaccine developed by a Norwegian biotech company can be administered nasally.
High quality global health research in Norway

Global health research is characterized as one of the country’s “particularly strong research areas” in the recent evaluation of biology, medicine and health research in Norway.
Annual conference in Trondheim 26-27 September 2012. Presentations from this year’s conference
NOK 160 mill. to global health and vaccination research – Call for project outlines

A new call has been launched under the Programme for Global Health and Vaccination Research – GLOBVAC. 3-5 year projects are invited in all thematic areas of the Programme. Project outlines, which are mandatory, must be submitted by 30. November 2011, and full proposals by 18. April 2012. It is expected that 15-20 projects will be funded. A total of approximately NOK 160 mill. (USD 30 mill.) is available for this call.