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. You can apply for a Wellcome Career Development Award if you are a mid-career researcher and you are ready to lead a substantial and innovative research programme. 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.

11 April 2024, 17:00 UK time
Wellcome Discovery Awards. You can apply for a Wellcome Discovery Award if you are a researcher who wants to pursue bold and creative research ideas. You must aim to make a major contribution to your research field by: generating significant shifts in understanding and/or developing methodologies, conceptual frameworks, tools or techniques that could benefit health-related research.
16 April 2024, 17:00 UK time

 

IVVN Pump-priming grants. Pump-priming grants of up to £100,000 are available to allow IVVN members to accelerate their vaccine research, in order to improve vaccine development for livestock and zoonotic diseases in low-and-middle income countries (LMICs). Pump-priming projects should aim to address a key bottleneck preventing the development of a vaccine, and we particularly welcome applications from members who are Early Career Researchers and/or based in LMICs and/or female researchers and/or based in industry.
29 April 2024, 09:00 UK time

 

MRC Infections and immunity: programme: responsive mode. The infections and immunity board funds research into infectious human disease and disorders of the human immune system. The board supports a diverse portfolio of research of relevance to the UK and globally and to address both long-standing questions and support the investigation of emerging higher-risk opportunities. There is no limit to the funding you can apply for. Applicants typically apply for £1 million or more.
15 May 2024, 16:00 UK time

 

Wellcome Early-Career Awards. This scheme provides funding for early-career researchers from any discipline who are ready to develop their research identity. 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 Wellcome funding remit.
21 May 2024, 17:00 UK time
UKRI-Southeast Asia collaboration on infectious diseases. Apply for funding to collaborate with partners in Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, the Philippines, Vietnam, and Singapore on infectious diseases with antimicrobial resistance and epidemics potential. Research teams must include at least one UK and one Southeast Asia research organisation to apply for this opportunity. As this funding will be provided through the International Science Partnership Fund Official Development Assistance budget, all applications must include at least one researcher based in a low or middle income country (LMIC).
30 May 2024, 16:00 UK time

 

MRC Applied global health research: stage one. MRC are looking to develop a portfolio of high-quality global research which will be diverse, promote multidisciplinarity and strengthen global health research capacity. MRC will accept applications of all sizes, including large research projects and small to medium-scale applications.They encourage applications from project leads based in:

  • low and middle-income countries (LMICs).
  • UK, working in equitable partnership with LMIC researchers.
13 June 2024, 16:00 UK time

 

NIHR Global Advanced Fellowships - Round 1. The Global Advanced Fellowship is a mid-career postdoctoral award. The scheme will create a career pathway for Global Health researchers from the UK and low and middle income countries to become research leaders. This £750,000 award will fund research projects, training and development, and institutional capacity strengthening. The programme funds researchers undertaking research that aims to specifically and primarily benefit people in LMICs eligible for Official Development Assistance (ODA).
July 2024

 

External Events

Event

Date, location

 

World Vaccine Congress Washington 2024. The World Vaccine Congress is the largest, most established meeting dedicated to vaccines. 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.

1 - 4 April 2024 Washington D.C., USA

The Microbiology Society Annual Conference 2024. The Conference takes place over four days and consists of scientific symposia, workshops, fora, professional development sessions, Prize Lectures, Hot Topics and much more. Abstract submissions are now open. Registration will open later this year. Register your interest today and you will be one of the first to know as soon as registration opens.

8 - 11 April 2024 in Edinburgh, UK

ECCMID 2024. ECCMID has become one of the largest and the foremost congresses in the field of infection, bringing together >16,000 colleagues from all over the world for scientific education, networking and exchange. The comprehensive scientific programme is built by the ECCMID Programme Committee (EPC), an independent group of experts representing all disciplines related to clinical microbiology, infectious diseases, infection prevention and control and public health.

27 - 30 April 2024 in Barcelona, Spain

 

UK Clinical Vaccine Network Conference 2024This event brings together experts in the infection and vaccination community. This event will showcase the outstanding work of the UK clinical vaccine community and facilitate future collaboration.

12 - 13 June 2024 in Birmingham, UK

VALIDATE 6th Annual Meeting 2024

The meeting will comprise:

  • Monday 15 July: ECR workshop
  • Tuesday 16 & Wednesday 17 July: Annual Meeting
  • Thursday 18 & Friday 19 July: closed workshop (invite only)

The Annual Meeting will, as usual, include research talks, a poster session, and time for networking between members. More details will follow, and registration will open soon, but do save the date in your diaries. 

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

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
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

Job vacancy
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