global research collaboration for infectious disease preparedness global research collaboration for infectious disease preparedness the global research collaboration for infectious disease preparedness (glopid-r) is an international initiative to anticipate and prepare for future threats from infectious diseases. glopid-r is intended to be a means for facilitating communication and collaboration between its member bodies, as opposed to a funding or disaster response entity. its secretariat is funded by the european union through its horizon 2020 initiative. history glopid-r was launched in february 2013 in brussels, belgium on the recommendation of the heads of international research organizations (hiros). on february 11-12, 2020, glopid-r co-hosted an event with the world health organization's r&d blueprint called “2019 novel coronavirus global research and innovation forum: towards a research roadmap”. participants in this conference identified a number of key research priorities which served as the basis on which funding decisions were made in response to the covid-19 pandemic. membership glopid-r's membership is made up of national research funding agencies, academic research institutes and philanthropic organizations. the world health organization (who), coalition for epidemic preparedness innovations (cepi) and european and developing countries clinical trials partnership (edcctp) serve as observers. as of february 2023, glopid-r's member organizations were as follows: members and representatives organization representative nation academy of scientific research & technology amr radwan egypt african academy of sciences thomas kariuki kenya anrs emerging infectious diseases yazdan yazdanpanah france bill & melinda gates foundation david w. vaughn united states butantan institute alexander precioso brazil canadian institutes of health research charu kaushic canada carlos iii health institute tomás lópez-peña spain coalition for epidemic preparedness innovations richard hatchett, frederik kristensen global united states department of health and human services chris hassell united states essence on health research initiative garry aslanyan global european and developing countries clinical trials partnership pauline beattie global european commission barbara kerstiens european union european research infrastructure on highly pathogenic agents jonathan ewbank european union instituto fiocruz marco krieger brazil national research and innovation fund for development (fonrid) hamidou h. tamboura burkina faso fund for science, technology and innovation (fonsti) annette ouattara côte-d'ivoire foreign, commonwealth and development office jo mulligan united kingdom gavi, the vaccine alliance marta tufet-bayona global federal ministry of education and research manuela rehtanz germany global outbreak alert and response network gail carson global international development research centre samiran panda canada japan agency for medical research and development shoji miyagawa japan medical research council (mrc) anna kinsey united kingdom italian ministry of health gaetano guglielmi italy national council for science and technology eugène mutimura rwanda national council of science and technology (conacyt) juan josé serrato mexico national health and medical research council anne kelso australia thai national institute of health aree thattiyaphong thailand national research foundation of korea choong-min ryu south korea netherlands organisation for health research and development (zonmw) suzanne verver netherlands pasteur network nadia khelef france research council of norway thomas hansteen norway são paulo research foundation rui maciel brazil secretariat of government of science, technology and productive innovation diego galeano argentina south african medical research council jeffrey mphahlele south africa swiss national science foundation matthias egger switzerland department of health and social care lucy chappell united kingdom wellcome trust jeremy farrar united kingdom world health organization ana-maria henao-restrepo global