Pre-announcement: Research call on New treatments to tackle AMR

We are pleased to pre‐announce the first EUP OHAMR joint transnational call "Treatments and adherence to treatment protocols" which will explore new treatments to tackle AMR. The call involves 36 funding organisations from 28 different countries and has an estimated total call budget of over 28 million Euro.

Drug-resistant infections are responsible for an increasing number of treatment failures, increased mortality and decreased food productivity. Inappropriate use, poor adherence to prescriptions, and overuse of antibiotics are one of the main drivers of AMR and have a detrimental impact on the effectiveness of these critical medicines. To develop novel treatment protocols or alternative treatment strategies against infectious diseases and to improve, preserve and reinforce the clinical efficacy of the current treatment antimicrobials is vital. It is also necessary to identify barriers preventing the proper adherence of the end-users to the treatment protocols already in place.

This first EUP OHAMR Call aims to improve the treatment success rates of the patients/animals/plants affected by bacterial or fungal infections by providing new treatment options while reducing the risk of resistance in the different One Health settings.

The call, co-funded by the European Union, opens on 18 November 2025.