External Opportunities

The following external funding calls and job vacancies may be of interest to BactiVac members and we also flag these on our X (Twitter) feed. Whilst all efforts are made to ensure the following information is accurate, we would encourage you to review original listing on relevant organisation's website.

If you would like to add a relevant funding or job opportunity to this webpage, please contact us at bactivac@contacts.bham.ac.uk

External Funding

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Wellcome Career Development Awards. This scheme provides funding for mid-career researchers from any discipline who have the potential to be international research leaders. You must aim to make a key contribution to your field by generating significant shifts in understanding and/or developing methodologies, conceptual frameworks, tools or techniques that could benefit health-related research.
25 July 2024, 17:00 UK time

 

Wellcome Discovery Awards. This scheme provides funding for established researchers and teams from any discipline who want to pursue bold and creative research ideas. Your research can be in any discipline – including science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM), experimental medicine, humanities and social science, clinical/allied health sciences, and public health – as long as it has the potential to improve human life, health and wellbeing, and aligns with our funding remit.

30 July 2024, 17:00 UK time

 

MRC Clinician scientist fellowship. Apply for support to become an independent researcher in a medical research field. Your research can focus on any area of Medical Research Council (MRC)’s remit to improve human health. We also welcome proposals for interdisciplinary approaches or research that will address global health issues and be of benefit to those living in low and middle-income countries.
4 September 2024 16:00 UK time

 

MRC Career development award. Apply for support to become an independent researcher in a medical research field. Your research can focus on any area of Medical Research Council (MRC)’s remit to improve human health. We also welcome proposals for interdisciplinary approaches or research that will address global health issues and be of benefit to those living in low and middle-income countries.
11 September 2024 16:00 UK time
Wellcome Early-Career Awards. You can apply to this scheme if you are an early-career researcher and you are ready to design, plan and deliver your own innovative research project that aims to advance understanding in your field and/or develop methodologies, conceptual frameworks, tools or techniques that could benefit health-related research.
1 October 2024, 17:00 UK time

 

External Events

Event

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VALIDATE 6th Annual Meeting 2024This event promises VALIDATE members the unique opportunity to engage with talks presented by leading scientists in our research field, receive updates from our funded projects showcasing cutting-edge research, and connect with members from around the world. The meeting will comprise:

  • Monday 15 July: Early Career Researcher (ECR) workshop
  • Tuesday 16 & Wednesday 17 July: Main sessions of the Annual Meeting.
  • Thursday 18 & Friday 19 July: Exclusive closed workshop (by invitation only).
15 - 19 July 2024 in Bangkok, Thailand

 

The 2nd International Conference on Microbiology and One Health (MOH-VN 2024). The primary goal of the conference is to provide an international forum for leading academic scientists, researchers, medical doctors, and scholars from around the world to discuss microbiology topics, mainly focusing on One Health. The comprehensive scientific program of the conference includes plenary talks, keynote talks, and oral and poster sessions where researchers worldwide will present and discuss the latest results.

11 - 14 August 2024 in Quy Nhon City, Vietnam

European Veterinary Immunology Group Conference 2024. An important focus of this conference will be on training workshops for students and young researchers to enable real knowledge transfer. Commercial partners will also help shape an important commercial focus in training. This meeting will be an inclusive One Health conference connecting animal health researchers, teachers, policy makers & industry across the globe.

4 - 6 September 2024 in Dublin, Ireland

18th Vaccine Congress. Organised by Vaccine, the premier journal for those interested in vaccine science, the congress will bring together leading experts from all over the world to share the latest cutting-edge discoveries in the field. Join the event to present your own research, as well as form new relationships with potential collaborators. 

8 - 11 September 2024 in Lisbon, Portugal

The AIF (Animal Innovation Forum) 2024. Join the first Animal Innovation Forum event bringing together industry, academia and other stakeholders in animal health at the Royal Veterinary College London and Hertfordshire campuses. Topics include Emerging Diseases and the Importance of Early Disease Detection, and Policies and Regulations that Encourage Innovation. Confirmed speakers from Defra, Innovate UK, VMD and UK Agri-tech Centre, with workshops, 1:1 partnering opportunities and unique access to the RVC's historic research campuses as part of this event.

11 - 13 September 2024 in London, UK 

6th European Congress on Infectious Diseases. The theme of this conference is “ Defeating the Invisible Foe : Advancing Infectious Disease Control and Research”. It will bring global scientists/ researchers and business professionals to one platform. Infectious Diseases Conference includes the series of B2B & B2C meetings, Oral Talks, Poster Presentations, and Workshops & Exhibitions by Industries, Academicians, Professors, and Young Forum Researchers & Students.

3 - 4 October 2024 in Amsterdam, Netherlands

The World Vaccine Congress Europe is the largest and most established European meeting on vaccine R&D. The Congress will bring together the most senior and informed industry experts across the entire vaccine landscape. The congress will host 3000+ attendees, 280 speakers, 150+ exhibitors and plenty of start-ups over the course of 4 days.

28 - 31 October 2024 in Barcelona, Spain
International Veterinary Vaccinology Network (IVVN) Conference 2024 will be hosted in partnership with the Biotechnology Center at Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, on 9 and 10 November. This conference will serve as a unique opportunity for the global veterinary vaccinology community to come together, share knowledge and foster international collaborations that are essential for the development of vaccines for livestock and zoonotic diseases in low-and-middle income countries (LMICs). 
9 - 10 November 2024 in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

 

Job Vacancies

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If you would like us to advertise a vacancy to our members, please email bactivac@contacts.bham.ac.uk