EU's research in Ebola and emergency response
The Ebola virus spreads in the human population through human-to-human transmission and has an average fatality rate of around 50%.
The 2014-16 outbreak in West Africa was the largest and most complex Ebola outbreak since the virus was discovered in 1976 and resulted in over 11,000 deaths.
Beyond the human suffering and loss of life, the disease has a devastating impact on the security, economies, and healthcare systems of the affected regions.
The EU has boosted its investment in Ebola research since the 2014 outbreak, aiming to achieve life-changing results and address the need for new vaccine and diagnostic treatment.
The EU has funded
- over €160 million to Ebola vaccine development
- €7 million to development of Ebola treatments
- diagnostic tests have also received over €7 million
Funding opportunities
Funding for health under the research and innovation framework programme, Horizon Europe.
Comprehensive programme contributes to efforts to tackle a wide range of challenges in Ebola research, including vaccines development, clinical trials, storage and transport, and diagnostics.
Projects and results
Projects in the field of Ebola research on the Commission's primary portal for results of EU-funded research projects.
Stories of particularly successful EU-funded research projects.
Platform where framework programme funding recipients present their results to search, contact their owners and form partnerships.
Collaboration and jobs
Look for project partners and view profiles of all organisations that have received funding via the funding and tender opportunities portal.
Collaborative effort between European and Sub-Saharan African countries to develop and test promising new medical interventions for a range of poverty-related diseases.
Some funding calls for chronic diseases and found withing the (IHI)
Project funded by the European and Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership (EDCTP) active in Ebola outbreaks.
Project funded by the European and Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership (EDCTP) active in Ebola outbreaks.
Partnership between the Commission and global funding organisations which aims to mount an effective international research response within 48 hours of an outbreak.
Researcher jobs in related fields
Scientific publications, tools and databases
Interactive reporting platform, composed of a set of sheets that allows series of views to discover and filter the EC's funding programmes data.
Scientific publications produced by the European Commission (JRC)
Single point of access to open data produced by the EU institutions. All data free to use for commercial and non-commercial purposes.
You can access all scientific publications from Horizon 2020 via OpenAIRE.