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Research Grants<\/h1>\n

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The Dama Project<\/h3>\n

The Dama project, which stands for Data Analytics for Mycetoma Research Center, is a collaborative effort involving multiple institutions. It is working alongside the Mycetoma Research Center (MRC), the Comboni College of Science and Technology (CCST) in Khartoum, and researchers from the Institute of Reliable Embedded Systems and Communication Electronics (ivESK) of Offenburg University, Germany.<\/p>\n

The project aims to initiate crucial groundwork in database management and data pre-processing. This foundational work is essential for laying the groundwork for future analyses and projects in mycetoma research. Through this collaborative endeavour, the team seeks to establish a solid framework that will facilitate comprehensive data analysis of more than 12,000 mycetoma patients managed at the MRC over the last three decades and drive advancements in understanding and combating mycetoma.<\/p>\n

The project is funded by The German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), which has allocated funds from the German Federal Foreign Office (Ausw\u00e4rtiges Amt\u2014AA) to bolster the ‘Ta’ziz Short-Term Measures’ initiative. This support demonstrates a commitment to fostering international cooperation and knowledge exchange, empowering collaborative efforts to enhance research, innovation, and capacity-building endeavours and contributing to advancements in the field of mycetoma research.<\/p>\n

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The Mycexomics Project<\/h2>\n

MycEXomics is a\u00a0Global Health Innovative Technology Fund<\/a>\u00a0(GHIT Fund) funded research project which aims by combining academic and industrial expertise and resources to develop point-of-care diagnostics tools for the most common causative agents of Mycetoma. The project consortium has four collaborating partners from\u00a0the\u00a0RIKEN Center for Integrative Medical Sciences<\/a>\u00a0in Japan,\u00a0The Mycetoma Research Centre (MRC)<\/a>\u00a0in Sudan,\u00a0The Hospital General de M\u00e9xico<\/a>, Mexico and\u00a0Erasmus University Medical Center,\u00a0<\/a>The Netherlands. The project budget is $285,937, and the first phase of the project [Concept Development] will run in the period 2020\/04 and 2021\/12. Read More<\/a><\/p>\n

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Awarding Body: Dioraphte Foundation Grant on Skin Neglected Tropical Diseases.<\/h5>\n

Project title: The development of a point-of-care diagnostic test for mycetoma in Africa<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The project has five collaborating centres, and these are Erasmus MC, Department of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, University of Rotterdam, The Netherlands, \u00a0the Mycetoma Research Centre, University of Khartoum, Service de Parasitologie-Mycologie, UFR Sciences de la Sant\u00e9, Universit\u00e9 Gaston Berger, Saint Louis, Centre for Bacterial Cell Biology, Newcastle University, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, United Kingdom and The Mycotic Diseases Branch at Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).<\/p>\n

Start date-end date: 2023-2025<\/p>\n

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Awarding Body: The Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development\u00a0 (AMED).<\/h5>\n

Project Title: The diagnostics of early or latent eumycetoma: Search for new biomarkers, POC diagnostics, and development of a clinical epidemiology platform.<\/p>\n

The project has five partners, and these are the Department of Eco-Epidemiology, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Nagasaki University, Japan; the Chemical Library Center, Institute of Transformative Bio-Molecules, Nagoya University, Japan; the Management Unit of Microbiological Resources; Medical Mycology Research Center, Chiba University, Japan, Graduate School of Human Development and Environment, Kobe University, Japan and Mycetoma Research Centre, University of Khartoum, Sudan.<\/p>\n

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Start date-end date: 2023-2025<\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.amed.go.jp\/en\/program\/list\/20\/01\/004.html<\/a><\/p>\n

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Awarding Body:\u00a0DNDi, Switzerland & Takeda Japan<\/h5>\n

Project title: Specialty Pharmacy Services for Patients with Mycetoma<\/p>\n

Amount awarded: 68400 Euro<\/p>\n

Start date-end date: 2022- 2024<\/p>\n

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Awarding Body:\u00a0The National Institute of Health Research, UK<\/h5>\n

Collaborative research partnership between BSMS and the Mycetoma Research Centre in Sudan, the Organisation for Social Science Research in Eastern and Southern Africa (OSSREA) based at Addis Ababa University in Ethiopia, the University of Rwanda and the Institute of Development Studies (IDS).<\/p>\n

Project title: The Social Sciences for Severe Stigmatising Skin Conditions (5S) Foundation<\/p>\n

Amount awarded: \u00a33.5 million<\/p>\n

Start date-end date: 2019-2023<\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.bsms.ac.uk\/research\/global-health-and-infection\/nihr-5s-foundation\/nihr-5s-foundation.aspx<\/a><\/p>\n

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Awarding Body:\u00a0The National Institute of Health Research, UK<\/h5>\n

The NIHR Global Health Research Unit on Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs)<\/p>\n

Collaborative research partnership between BSMS, \u00a0CDT-Africa at Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia; the Armauer Hansen Research Institute, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia; and the Mycetoma Research Centre, University of Khartoum, Sudan.<\/p>\n

Project title: The NIHR Global Health Research Unit on Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs)<\/p>\n

Amount awarded: GBP 5,745,589<\/p>\n

Start date-end date: 2017-2021<\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.bsms.ac.uk\/research\/global-health-and-infection\/nihr-global-health-research-unit-for-ntds\/nihr.aspx<\/a><\/p>\n

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Awarding Body: Global Health Innovative Technology Fund, Japan<\/h5>\n

Collaborative research partnership between RIKEN, Japan, Hospital General de Mexico, Mycetoma Research Centre (MRC), University of Khartoum, Erasmus University Medical Center<\/p>\n

Project title: MycEXomics aims to develop a field-friendly point-of-care diagnostic test for mycetoma<\/p>\n

Awarded Amount: $285,937<\/p>\n

Start date-end date: 2020-2021<\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.ghitfund.org\/investment\/portfoliodetail\/detail\/154#<\/a><\/p>\n

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Awarding Body:\u00a0Drugs for Neglected Diseases (DNDi), Switzerland<\/h5>\n

Grant holder: Prof. Ahmed Fahal (PI)<\/p>\n

Project title: Clinical trial of fosravuconazole<\/p>\n

Amount awarded: \u20ac5,000,000<\/p>\n

Start date-end date: 2017-2020<\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.ghitfund.org\/investment\/portfoliodetail\/detail\/114\/en<\/a><\/p>\n

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Awarding Body:\u00a0TDR\/WHO<\/h5>\n

Grant holder: Dr. Sahar Bakhat (PI), Prof. Ahmed Fahal (Co-investigator)<\/p>\n

Project title: Mycetoma epidemiology in Sennar State<\/p>\n

Amount awarded: $ 20 000<\/p>\n

Start date-end date: 2017-2018<\/p>\n

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Awarding Body:\u00a0Wellcome Trust, UK<\/h5>\n

Grant holder: Ahmed Fahal<\/p>\n

Project title: Support for the Mycetoma Research Centre, University of Khartoum<\/p>\n

Amount awarded: $15 000<\/p>\n

Start date-end date: 2002<\/p>\n

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Awarding Body:\u00a0Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research<\/h5>\n

Grant holder: Prof Ahmed Fahal<\/p>\n

Project title: Mycetoma epidemiology in Sudan<\/p>\n

Amount awarded: $ 60 000<\/p>\n

Start date-end date: 2014 – 2016<\/p>\n

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Awarding Body:\u00a0Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research<\/h5>\n

Grant holder: Dr. Sahar Bakhat (PI), Ahmed Fahal (Co-investigator)<\/p>\n

Project title: Immune response of Mycetoma patients<\/p>\n

Amount awarded: $ 75 000<\/p>\n

Start date-end date: 2014 2016<\/p>\n

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Awarding Body:\u00a0Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research<\/h5>\n

Grant holder: Prof. Waleed EL Amin (PI) Prof. Ahmed Fahal (Co-investigator)<\/p>\n

Project title: Mycetoma diagnostic test development<\/p>\n

Amount awarded: $ 75 000<\/p>\n

Start date-end date: 2017 -2018<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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