NEW YORK (GenomeWeb News) – The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases plans to grant up to $10.3 million in fiscal 2010 to fund research partnerships focused on developing diagnostics and therapeutics for drug-resistant bacteria and eukaryotic parasites.

NIAID will fund a range of research approaches for NIAID Category A, B, or C bacteria or eukaryotic parasites, as well as development of diagnostics or therapeutics against non-listed organisms for which naturally-occurring drug resistance is a growing clinical problem.