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BENGALURU: The Centre for Cellular and Molecular Platforms (C-CAMP), Bengaluru, Thursday launched a fresh research call, supported by the UK’s Global AMR Innovation Fund (GAMRIF), to develop solutions addressing antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in the environment. “The initiative, C-CAMP Programme on AMR in the Environment (2025–26), “Call #2”, offers up to £170,000 (around Rs 2 crore) per startup, in addition to ecosystem support including mentoring, networking, and on-field validation,” C-CAMP said in a statement.The focus, it said, is on building technologies suited to low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), where AMR poses a significant threat, but with global scalability in mind.The programme is inviting innovations across three areas—detection: identifying resistant microbes and antimicrobial residues in soil, water, air, and other samples; prevention: strategies to stop the spread of AMR in the environment, and treatment: methods to remove resistant pathogens and antibiotic traces from environmental sources, as well as indicators to monitor treatment efficiency.C-CAMP director-CEO Taslimarif Saiyed, said: “C-CAMP has been fostering innovations addressing AMR across human health, agriculture and the environment for over a decade.