CoVICIS – EU-Africa Concerted Action on SAR-CoV-2 Virus Variant and Immunological Surveillance

CoVICIS has a global approach coupling state-of-the-art virologic and immunologic platforms with large genomic surveillance studies and diverse cohorts in EU and SSA.
CoVICIS aims to contribute to the early identification of emerging VOC and addresses key unanswered questions regarding the susceptibility to infection with VOC, the risk posed by VOC in immunocompromised patients, and the modalities of infection and immune responses in children.

Details

Status:

Supported by BayFOR:

Research Focus:

  • Medicine and Health

Project Coordination:

Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois
(CHUV)

Project Partner:

Jimma University
LMU University Hospital Munich
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität Munich
(LMU)
South African Medical Research Council
(SAMRC)
Stellenbosch University
University of Cape Town
(UCT)
WITS Health Consortium (PTY) LTD
(WHC)

Other Partners:

Hospital Centre Vaudois University, Switzerland Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne, Switzerland Eurovacc Foundation, Switzerland University of Geneva, Switzerland University of Zurich, Switzerland National Institute of Health and Medical Research, France University of Milan, Italy Stitching International Aids Vaccines, The Netherlands

Countries:

Germany (Bavaria), Ethiopia, South Africa

Funding Agency:

European Union (EU)

Funding Type:

Horizon Europe (HEU)

Duration:

01/11/2021
- 30/04/2025

Budget:

EUR
€ 10 048 971,68

URL:

CoVICIS – EU-Africa Concerted Action on SAR-CoV-2 Virus Variant and Immunological Surveillance

CoVICIS has a global approach coupling state-of-the-art virologic and immunologic platforms with large genomic surveillance studies and diverse cohorts in EU and SSA.
CoVICIS aims to contribute to the early identification of emerging VOC and addresses key unanswered questions regarding the susceptibility to infection with VOC, the risk posed by VOC in immunocompromised patients, and the modalities of infection and immune responses in children.

Details

Status:

Research Focus:

  • Medicine and Health

Countries:

Germany (Bavaria), Ethiopia, South Africa

Funding Agency:

European Union (EU)

Funding Type:

Horizon Europe (HEU)

Duration:

01/11/2021
- 30/04/2025

Budget:

EUR
€ 10 048 971,68

URL: