Co-Funded Projects
GLACIER is part of a network of Global Centers co-funded by the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), which promote interdisciplinary and international collaboration to address some of the most critical global challenges related to health, pandemics, climate change, environmental degradation, and sustainability. These sister initiatives foster academic exchange, research cooperation, and capacity building across regions and disciplines.
The PAN ASEAN Coalition for Epidemic and Outbreak Preparedness (PACE-UP) is an Asian center for pandemic prevention, building regional capacity through international partnerships. It is based in Hanoi at the Vietnamese-German Center for Medical Research and funded by DAAD and the German Foreign Office.
The German-West African Centre for Global Health and Pandemic Prevention (G-WAC) address the pandemic threat through trans- and interdisciplinary research focused on key drivers such as habitat encroachment, agriculture, climate change, and pathogen transfer from wildlife to humans.
The Central African Infectious Disease and Epidemics Research Alliance (CAIDERA) is led by the University of Tübingen, CERMEL, and the Pasteur Institute. It delivers training and research on emerging infectious diseases based on the One Health concept, strengthening research capacity and collaboration in francophone Central Africa.
The DAAD supports four Climate Global Centers focused on regional solutions to climate change and environmental challenges. These are the Global Water and Climate Adaptation Centre (ABCD Centre), the Transnational Centre for Just Transitions in Energy, Climate & Sustainability (TRAJECTS), the African Climate and Environment Centre – Future African Savannas (AFAS), and the Regional Centre for Sustainable Adaptation to Global Change in the Middle East (SAGE Centre).
