Collaborative Projects
How projects initiated under this scheme work
Projects initiated under this scheme will be considered formal research collaborations between GRI and the external researcher.
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The external researcher and GRI will agree on a time frame, scope of work, and budget for the project. An agreement will be signed between GRI and the external researcher spelling out these details.
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Technical services and laboratory work may be performed in either of the following ways subject to mutual agreement:
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By the external researcher and GRI staff.
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By the external researcher and a research assistant appointed by the external researcher.
Budgeting and authorship
Budgeting for this type of project will take the following into consideration:
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Chemicals and consumables
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Technical Personnel fees (if done by GRI staff)
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Equipment fees
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Bench fees
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Overhead charges
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GRI scientists will be co-authors of any publications or presentations that are generated by the project.
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A list of collaborative projects funded by external sources is given below.
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Risk factors for dengue hemorrhagic fever in Sri Lanka.
FIRCA Grant, National Institutes of Health (NIH), USA.
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Pediatric dengue surveillance in Colombo.
Pediatric Dengue Vaccine Initiative (PDVI), South Korea. Funded by Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
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Genetic identification of vertebrate species in Sri Lanka using DNA barcoding.
Funded by an ADB project through the Open University of Sri Lanka.
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Cross reactivity and prophylactic activity of HLA restricted Dengue 2 and Dengue 3 T cell responses.
Funded via a contract grant (National Institutes of Health (NIH), USA) awarded to the La Jolla Institute of Allergy and Immunology.
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The Dengue Population Genetics Program: The project aimed to assess genetic variants associated with dengue hemorrhagic fever (DHF).
Funded via a contract grant (NIH/NIAID) awarded to McMaster University, Canada.
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National Dengue Surveillance Project: The project aimed to perform surveillance for dengue in Sri Lanka.
Funded by the European Union/ Ministry of Health, Sri Lanka.
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Sequencing of current circulating dengue viruses in Sri Lanka and correlating them with the specific dengue epitopes with T cell responses from dengue patients.
Funded by the National Science Foundation, Sri Lanka.
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Studies on Melioidosis patients and the infecting Burkholderiapseudomallei strains in Sri Lanka.
Funded by the US Army Medical Research & Material Command (USAMRMC).
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The identification of HLA class I and class II T cell epitopes from dengue virus.
Funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH), USA.
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