Funding will be allocated for one-year projects, with clear milestones and deliverables. For the first year, 9 institutions were chosen, largely on the basis of Memoranda of Understanding and Material Transfer Agreements already signed with FADDL. These institutions are:
► Laboratory for Emerging Infectious Diseases, University of Buea, Cameroon
► Department of Livestock Services, The Gambia
► West Africa Livestock Innovation Centre, The Gambia
► Central Veterinary Laboratory, Accra, Ghana
► Laboratoire National de L’Elevage et de Recherche Vétérinaire, Senegal
► African Centre of Excellence for Genomics of Infectious Diseases, Redeemer University, Nigeria
► National Veterinary Research Institute, Nigeria
► College of Veterinary Medicine, Central Luzon State University, the Philippines
► Makerere University Central Diagnostic Laboratory, College of Veterinary Medicine, Uganda