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On 28 March 2017, Ireland was accepted as a new member of the Joint Programming Initiative on Antimicrobial Resistance (JPIAMR). It means that now 16 EU countries, and 23 countries worldwide, are involved in the international mission to fight Antimicrobial Resistance. Ireland will be represented in JPIAMR by the Health Research Board, the nation’s lead […]

We are pleased to announce Laura Piddock, Professor of Microbiology, at the Institute of Microbiology and Infection, University of Birmingham, as the new Chair of the JPIAMR Scientific Advisory Board. Laura Piddock was elected as Chair by the Scientific Advisory Board at their meeting earlier this month. The Management Board will ratify her position in […]

The article published in the “Nature” reports about Herman Goossens, professor of Medical microbiology at the University of Antwerp and University Hospital Antwerp,  urging more scientists to stress what the EU does for them and how to convince European citizens that the EU Projects brings considerable benefits to them. Read more here. Download the article

We would like to inform all JPI AMR 2017 call applicants that Czech Republic has joined the call. Therefore, call documents, including pre-proposal application form, have been updated. Read here for more information about the call.    

The JPIAMR in partnership with 14 countries (Belgium, Canada, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Latvia, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Romania, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland) is launching a fifth joint call for transnational research Projects. The call targets research in the following topic: Comparison of prevention, control and intervention strategies for AMR infections through multidisciplinary studies, including One […]

At the fifth anniversary of the launch of the second wave of Joint Programming Initiatives (JPI), the ten initiatives present a new brochure and factsheets on all JPIs. The new folder explains the benefits of participating in a Joint Programming Initiative, provides an overview of the governance model and highlights the implementation actions for transnational […]

Today, at European Antibiotic Awareness Day in Brussels, JPIAMR Chair Carlos Segovia announces our new research proposal call on prevention and intervention strategies to control AMR infections. Read more on the pre-announcement here

JPIAMR just awarded 28.3 M EUR to 19 research projects to bridge the knowledge gap on AMR transmission mechanisms. 19 project consortia with a total of 96 research groups from 16 countries were awarded 28.3 M EUR for 3 years of research from JPIAMR member countries and the European Commission under the ERA-NET Co-fund scheme. […]

Call Pre-announcement JPIAMR is launching a new research of proposals call in the area of Interventions with a total budget of about 12 M EUR and the participation of approximately 12 countries. The primary aim of the fifth joint call of JPIAMR is to compare prevention, control, and intervention strategies to prevent the development, transmission […]

  JPIAMR is supporting the WHO World Antibiotic Awareness Week and is also an active partner in the ECDC European Antibiotic Awareness Day November 18th.  Considerable efforts in research, health care, animal health, food production and environmental technology has to be done to counteract the development of antimicrobial resistance. Therefore, organizations all over Europe has […]