With hantavirus on everyone’s minds in Brussels and beyond, we look at the distribution of Horizon Europe funding for infectious diseases
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The MV Hondius was sailing from Argentina to Cape Verde when several cases of hantavirus were detected aboard. The Dutch-flagged cruise ship has since cut its journey short and EU health authorities have coordinated their response to contain the deadly outbreak. And while experts do not expect it to turn into another Covid pandemic, researchers have not stopped working on infectious diseases under Horizon Europe.
With €5.28 billion awarded by the European Commission since the start of the current Framework Programme, health ranks third among the collaborative research clusters of Pillar 2. It falls behind the cluster for climate, energy and mobility, which has been granted €9.13 billion so far, and the cluster for digital, industry and space, which stands at €8.45 billion.
Research on infectious diseases is the second-most funded thematic priority of the health cluster after public and…
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