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International Conference on Antiviral Research (ICAR) 2023
The PAD initiative sponsors ICAR

Call Closed
The ‘PAD Request for Proposals’ focused on Antivirals for Pandemic Influenza closed on 14 December 2022.

Antivirals for Pandemic Influenza – Request for proposals 2022/2023
The focus of this PAD Request for Proposals (RfP) is novel antivirals for pandemic influenza. Pandemic influenza remains is a substantial threat to public health. There have been six major influenza epidemics with the 1918 flu pandemic being the most severe, leading to the deaths of 50–100 million people worldwide. There is a need for cheap and safe antiviral compounds that target viral/host proteins and pathways necessary for replication and pathogenesis that are clearly differentiated from currently marketed drugs for seasonal influenza.

Coming soon – a new PAD Request for Proposals
The focus of the upcoming PAD Request for Proposals will be ‘Antivirals for Pandemic Influenza’.

Henipavirus Call Closed
The open ‘PAD Request for Proposals’ focused on Henipavirus has closed on May 5th, 2022.
99 proposals have been submitted from researchers from 91 different institutions/organizations from 28 countries spanning 6 continents.

Henipavirus – Request for proposals 2022
The focus of this PAD Request for Proposals (RfP) is henipavirus, a subfamily of paramyxovirus that includes Nipah virus—a pathogen with an estimated fatality rate of 40% to 75%.
Researchers from around the world are encouraged to submit proposals.