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SSAC foundation - Call for applications
The SSAC foundation is now accepting applications - NSCMID members can apply for support for research projects related to treatment of infectious diseases. The application period is 1st december 2019 to 1st february 2020.
Read more and apply here.
SSAC-grant recipients 2019
The SSAC Foundation received 14 eligible applications in 2019. After the reviewing process, 10 applicants were granted support - Congratulations!
| Applicant | Title | Granted amount (SEK) |
| Bergman, Peter | Boosting Innate Immunity in the Lung to Fight Multidrug Resistant Bacteria | 100000 |
| Matussek, Andreas | A Nordic multi-center study of hemolytic uremic syndrome causing Shiga toxin producing Escherichia coli | 100000 |
| Bjarnason, Agnar | Community acquired pneumonia - Etiology and diagnostics | 100000 |
| Blenstrup Patsche, Cecilie | Treatment of tuberculosis with nutritional supplements - a randomized trial to improve treatment outcome of patients with tuberculosis (NUTRIATO) | 50000 |
| Hughes, Diarmaid | Antibiotic Resistance Evolution in Bacterial Biofilms: The Interplay of Selection, Mutation Rate, and Horizontal Genetic Transfer. |
50000 |
| Nilsson, Anna | People who inject drugs; Longitudinal Staphylococcus aureus colonization pattern and the impact on the infection frequency by regular showers with chlorhexidine. | 50000 |
| Wejse, Christian | Clinical scoring tool for point-of-care diagnosis of tuberculosis - ClinPOC-TB | 50000 |
| Aro, Tuomas | Resistant bacteria and stool microbes among migrants and refugees | 40000 |
| Hilmarsdottir, Ingibjorg | Mycoplasma genitalium in Iceland: first study on prevalence in STI clinic attendees, and evaluation of nucleic acid amplification tests for detection of M. genitalium and antibiotic resistance markers | 40000 |
| Lennerstrand, Johan | Identification of inhibitors against protease of Zika, TBE and other flaviviruses | 40000 |
