Opportunities

The BactiVac Network is a community of multidisciplinary experts who are working collaboratively to help overcome barriers limiting the generation of new vaccines and their use where needed.

What opportunities are available to BactiVac members?

The opportunities available through BactiVac membership include:

  • Access to catalyst funding for pump-priming projects and training, to grow new directions and capacity, leading to further, larger grant funding
  • Access to Members' Directory to encourage cross-collaboration between potential collaborators from multiple disciplines
  • Attendance at our subsidised Annual Network Meetings bringing key experts and opinion makers together to discuss recent advances, and providing a forum for our members to effectively network
  • Access to travel bursaries to support attendance by LMIC members at our Annual Network Meetings
  • Access to online training courses to provide an opportunity for network members to gain a range of scientific and practical skills, with places on each course available via a competitive process
  • Receiving regular newsletters, X (Twitter) and LinkedIn updates to provide network members with further details about opportunities available through the Network

Membership is free, and you can join by completing our short and simple online membership application form. Join today and become part of our growing global bacterial vaccinology community!

  • Where are our members based across the world?

    The BactiVac Network has over 2,100 members from across 92 countries. 52% of our members are based in LMICs, and the proportion of our industry membership is 14%.

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

Funding opportunity

 Closing date

Wellcome Infectious Disease Clinical Trial Award: Optimising interventions for impact

This funding call will support transdisciplinary teams led from Africa, South Asia or South-East Asia to conduct randomised controlled trials that optimise licensed pharmaceutical interventions for infectious diseases.

02 June 2026

2026 Global Health Research Themed Programme

Tackling bacterial and fungal antimicrobial resistance in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia. The focus is on bacterial and fungal pathogens on the World Health Organisation (WHO) priority lists.

08 July 2026

Wellcome Early-Career Awards

This scheme provides funding for early-career researchers from any discipline who are ready to develop their research identity.

21 July 2026

ESCMID Study Group Research Grant

ESCMID Study Groups cover a vast range of themes, ensuring that there is no limit to the topics eligible for funding each year.

22 July 2026

Wellcome Career Development Awards

This scheme provides funding for mid-career researchers from any discipline who have the potential to be international research leaders.

28 July 2026

Job Vacancies

There are currently no available job vacancies. Please check back at a later date for the latest vacancy updates.

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