External Opportunities

Funding opportunity

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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. They will develop their research capabilities, drive innovative programmes of work and deliver significant shifts in understanding related to human life, health and wellbeing.

24 July 2025 17:00 UK time

Fogarty Global Infectious Disease Research Training (GID). This research training program addresses research training needs related to infectious diseases that are predominantly endemic in or impact upon people living in developing countries. The ultimate goal is to build a critical mass of researchers and support staff to conduct independent infectious disease research in developing country institutions.

6 August 2025

Medical Research Council Predoctoral clinical research training fellowship. 

They welcome applications from across all areas of our remit to improve human health. This may range from basic studies with relevance to mechanisms of disease, to translational and developmental clinical research. They also welcome applications for interdisciplinary approaches or research which will address global health issues and be of benefit to those living in low and middle-income countries. 

3 September 2025 16:00 UK time

Medical Research Council Clinician scientist fellowship. They welcome applications from across all areas of our remit to improve human health. This may range from basic studies with relevance to mechanisms of disease, to translational and developmental clinical research. They 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.

3 September 2025 16:00 UK time

BBSRC–Defra Funding Call: Engineering Next Generation Veterinary Vaccine Technology Platforms. This joined programme aims to fund ‘plug and play’ veterinary vaccine platforms, leveraging transformative technologies, interdisciplinary approaches, and cross-sector partnerships, focusing on entire platform technology pipeline from antigen discovery to delivery and underpinned by immunological understanding to address unmet veterinary vaccine needs.

16 September 2025 16:00 UK time

UKRI Transdisciplinary research to tackle antimicrobial resistance: full application. Apply for funding to undertake ambitious transdisciplinary research to tackle antimicrobial resistance (AMR). You must have submitted a notification of intent at pre-application stage to be eligible to make a full application. This flagship initiative is an opportunity to better understand, detect, and disrupt the emergence of AMR in animals, humans, and plants using a One Health and Planetary Health approaches. 

23 September 2025 16:00 UK time

Event

Date, location

14th International Veterinary Immunology Symposium (IVIS2025). IVIS2025 will address the challenging research issues raised for veterinary science in a One World – One Health perspective. BactiVac Network will be hosting a Pre-Symposium Workshop on 11 August 2025. IVIS2025 will bring together experts to share the most exciting results and insights in the field of veterinary science and immunology, including biological mechanisms underlying host-pathogen interactions and specificities, vaccine and therapeutic strategies, innate and protective immunity, disease diagnosis and control, and reagent and methodological developments. 

11 - 14 August 2025 in Vienna, Austria

19th International Congress on Immunology (IUIS).  The Scientific Program offers six days of sessions, networking events, symposia and workshops. IUIS 2025 will cover many different areas of basic, translational and clinical immunology. Their aim is to significantly extend the knowledge of all delegates – from those who are in the early stages of their career to globally renowned key opinion leaders.

17 – 22 August 2025 in Vienna, Austria

19th Vaccine Congress. Organized 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 them to present your own research, as well as form new relationships with potential collaborators. 

7 – 10 September 2025 in Kyoto, Japan

International Vaccine Institute's (IVI) 2025 International Vaccinology Course: Vaccines in a Changing World: Innovation and Access. Through a multidisciplinary lens, the course will examine the science, policies, and collaborative efforts required to ensure that vaccines remain a cornerstone of global health in the face of continuous change. The IVI Vaccinology Fellowship grants all-inclusive financial support to selected researchers from low- or middle-income countries; The deadline to submit IVI Vaccinology Fellowship applications is 26 May 2025 at 23:59 Korea Standard Time.

8 - 12 September 2025 in Seoul/Kigali/Stockholm

Global AMR Innovators’ Conference (GAMRIC). A new event connecting researchers, academics, and industry professionals from around the world to share insights about product development to address antimicrobial resistance (AMR). This science-focused meeting will feature plenaries, panels, and posters across the pillars of treatments, preventatives, and diagnostics.

1 - 3 October 2025 in London, UK

World Vaccine Congress Europe 2025. Europe's largest vaccine event - From basic research to commercial manufacture, this one meeting covers the whole vaccine value chain where science, government and manufacturers all come together to create groundbreaking progress. BactiVac is proud to be a Supporting Partner for the World Vaccine Congress Europe and to offer our members an exclusive 20% discount when registering to attend the event; please use the discount code - BV20.

13 - 16 October 2025 in Amsterdam, Netherlands

2025 International Society for Vaccines (ISV) Annual Congress. Attendees at the Congress will represent various disciplines, including basic science, vaccine development, regulatory affairs, production, and epidemiology, and hail from academia, industry, government agencies, and non-governmental organisations. It provides a platform for established and emerging vaccine experts from different sectors to exchange knowledge and discuss opportunities for advancing vaccines. 

28 – 30 October 2025 in Stellenbosch, South Africa

15^th International Meningitis Research Foundation Conference - world-leading research conference, dedicated to meningitis, invites delegates from around the world to join for two days of cutting-edge presentations, panel discussions and poster presentations; as well as the opportunity to network. They offer a 20% early-bird discount, available to book by 4 September 2025, along with a substantial discount for early-career researchers and those from low- or lower-middle-income settings.

18 - 19 November 2025 in London, UK

British Society for Immunology Congress 2025is a flagship event attracting 1,500+ immunologists from around the world. Abstract submission and registration are due to open in June 2025. 

1 – 4 December 2025 in Liverpool, UK

Job vacancy

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