Global Research Collaboration for Infectious Disease Preparedness

The Global Research Collaboration for Infectious Disease Preparedness (GloPID-R) is an international network of research funding organizations in the area of infectious diseases preparedness research.

The GloPID-R Secretariat is hosted by the Mérieux Foundation in France, in close collaboration with the University of Oxford in England.

In February 2013, a group of international research funding organizations united under the banner of Heads of International Research Organizations (HIROs) in Brussels, Belgium, with GLOPID-R formally launching at this meeting.^{1) 2)}

On February 11-12, 2020, GloPID-R co-hosted an event with the World Health Organization called “2019 novel Coronavirus Global research and innovation forum: towards a research roadmap”.³⁾

On October 18, 2021, GloPID-R chair Charu Kaushic delivered a presentation to Cochrane on the subject of pandemic preparedness and her work with GloPID-R.⁴⁾

The GloPID-R Secretariat is a project which receives funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 874667.⁵⁾

GloPID-R has 33 members worldwide. The World Health Organization, the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI), ESSENCE on Health Research initiative, the European & Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership (EDCTP), the European Research Infrastructure on Highly Pathogenic Agents (ERINHA), Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance and Global Outbreak Alert & Response Network (GOARN) and are also actively engaged in the network as observers.⁶⁾

• March 2023: GloPID-R Funders Living Roadmap for Clinical Trial Coordination