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The Manipal Centre for Virus Research (MCVR), a research department of Manipal University, has been awarded the Research Cooperative Agreement Grant worth $1.143 million by the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), United States Department of Health and Human Services, through the Coordinating Office of Global Health (GH).
The grant was awarded for the application submitted by G. Arunkumar, Professor and Head, MCVR and TMA Pai Endowed Chair in Translational Virology for the project ‘Hospital Based Surveillance of Acute Febrile Illness in Western Ghat Region of India’ for detecting etiologies of emerging infectious disease in the Western Ghats region of Karnataka and Kerala, according to a statement.
The other departments of Manipal University involved in this grant are the Departments of Statistics, Public Health, Microbiology (Kasturba Medical College, Manipal and Mangalore), Community Medicine (Kasturba Medical College, Manipal) and School of Communication.
The CDC grant, in addition to providing financial aid, also provides technical support from the sponsoring agency, leading to significant capacity building for the institution. The grant opens up prospects for international research collaborations and additional funding.
H. Vinod Bhat, Pro-Vice Chancellor, Manipal University said: “With this grant, the faculty and students have access to world-class infrastructure and technical guidance to develop their research ideas and innovations.”
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