About the project
The project received funding for 3 years (2016-2018) with a total budget of 4.5 million NOK. This will enable the project to organise the exchange of PhD students and researchers between Norway and Russia and China as well as to arrange workshops and guest lectures.
As part of this platform, joint papers of high international standards will be produced, the publication of which will further motivate the development and continuation of a long-term, international consortium.
The network, coordinated by CEES, involves the following main and associate partners:
- Beijing Normal University, China
- Tsinghua University, China
- Zhejiang University, China
- Lomonosov Moscow State University, Russia
- Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
- Beijing Institute of Microbiology and Epidemiology & Academy of Military Medical Science, China
- Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, China
- State Research Center for Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, Russia
In addition, the following key third-party partners are involved in the project, though not receiving funding from PlagPART:
- National Center for Disease Control and Public Health of Georgia, Georgia
- National University of Mongolia, Department of Ecology, Mongolia
- Republican Anti-Plague Station, Azerbaijan
Funding
This project is funded by INTPART (International Partnerships for Excellent Education and Research), a collaboration between the SIU and the Research Council of Norway.