The Global Research Collaboration for Infectious Disease Preparedness (GLOPID-R) is an international initiative to anticipate and prepare for future threats from infectious diseases. Founded in 2013, GLOPID-R is intended to be a means for facilitating communication and collaboration between its member bodies, not a funding or disaster response entity. Its secretariat is funded by the European Union.
As of February 2016, GLOPID-R's member organizations were as follows:
African Academy of Sciences
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
Canadian Institutes of Health Research
Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología
Directorate-General for Research and Innovation (European Commission)
German Federal Ministry for Education and Research
Indian Council of Medical Research
Institut de microbiologie et des maladies infectieuses
Instituto Butantan
Instituto Fiocruz
Instituto de Salud Carlos III
International Development Research Centre
Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development
Italian Ministry of Health
Ministry of Science, Technology and Productive Innovation
National Health and Medical Research Council
National Research Foundation of Korea
Research Council of Norway
São Paulo Research Foundation
South African Medical Research Council
Thai National Institute of Health, Department of Medical Sciences
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Wellcome Trust
with the World Health Organization as an observer.
