4 June 2025 IVVN-WOAH Webinar: Vaccines in Sustainable Animal Disease Control (Challenges, Opportunities, and Global Strategies) Join us for a special IVVN webinar delivered in partnership with the World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH), exploring the role of vaccines in sustainable animal disease control. Online Webinar
IVVN ECR Career Development Fellowship Scheme This fellowship scheme aims to support the professional development of those working in veterinary vaccinology research and innovation over an 18-month period.
International Veterinary Vaccinology Network Conference 2024 The 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.
Funded pump-priming grants We have so far funded 13 exciting projects through our pump-priming catalyst funding scheme.
IVVN African Schools Outreach Programme A collaborative initiative that trains and supports women scientists in Africa to deliver schools outreach workshops.
Supporting the Next Generation of Veterinary Vaccine Leaders: Meet the 2025 IVVN ECR Fellowship Cohort The International Veterinary Vaccinology Network (IVVN) is pleased to introduce our 2025 cohort of Early Career Researcher (ECR) Fellows. Over the next 18 months, these researchers will receive tailored support through the IVVN ECR Career Development Fellowship - a scheme designed to accelerate their growth as future leaders in veterinary vaccinology 29 May 2025
BBSRC–Defra Funding Call: Engineering Next Generation Veterinary Vaccine Technology Platforms BBSRC and Defra have announced a £12.5 million funding call to support the development of next generation veterinary vaccine technology platforms. To support potential applicants, IVVN and BSI will host an in-person workshop in Nottingham on 24 June 2025. 15 Apr 2025
Vaccines and Misinformation: Kenya’s National Livestock Vaccination Campaign Explained The article discusses Kenya’s 2025 livestock vaccination campaign to combat FMD and PPR, as well as the challenges posed by misinformation and public resistance. 26 Feb 2025
11-12 September 2025 IMPRINT Network Meeting 2025 The registration for IMPRINT Network Meeting 2025 is now open. The meeting will take place on 11-12 September 2025 at Misty Hills Country Hotel, Muldersdrift, Gauteng in South Africa. South Africa
12 to 13 Jun 2025, 09:45-09:45 BVA Live 2025 This year's programme offers an exciting line-up of veterinary speakers, panellists and experts across a range of clinical and non-clinical topics. Birmingham, United Kingdom
Closes: 31 May 2025 PhD: The economic burden of HPAI and multi-criteria policy-supporting assessment of poultry vaccination The overall objective of the PhD project is to understand and evaluate the implication of vaccination on resource efficiency (economic burden) of poultry systems affected by HPAI.
26 May 2025 Principal Research Scientist - African Swine Fever Virus VIDO is seeking a scientist to join its team of principal investigators and lead an independent, externally funded, and competitive research program in the field of African Swine Fever Virus (ASFV).
Closes: 15 June 2025 PhD Studentship: African swine fever virus host-pathogen interactions at the interface between the innate and adaptive immune responses The successful candidate will be trained to work in the high containment laboratories at The Pirbright Institute under the supervision of Dr Chris Netherton and Dr Priscilla Tng.
Closes: 2 June 2025 Network Learning and Research Coordinator RVC is recruiting a Network Learning and Research Coordinator for a new project called the Plowright One Health Mentoring Scheme (POMS). The scheme will catalyse the formation of an international support network for early career researchers working on animal infectious diseases.
Closes: 31 August 2025 Assistant Professor of Veterinary Immunology The successful candidate is expected to advance the field of comparative and veterinary immunology through the understanding of molecular and cellular immune and inflammatory mechanisms in healthy and diseased organisms.
01 May 2025 Lead One Health Do you want to make a meaningful contribution in safeguarding public health and building a healthier, more resilient world? As Lead One Health, you can be the frontrunner on the focus point of One Health and emerging infectious diseases.
Closes: 30 May 2025 The Plowright One Health Mentoring Scheme (POMS) The Plowright One Health Mentoring Scheme will support career development of future research leaders from the UK and low- and middle- income settings.
Closes: 18 June 2025 Notification of Intent: Transdisciplinary Research to Tackle Antimicrobial Resistance Apply for funding to undertake ambitious transdisciplinary research to tackle antimicrobial resistance (AMR). You must provide a notification of intent (NoI) at the pre-application stage to be eligible to make a full application.
Closes: 19 June 2025 Interdisciplinary Research to Tackle Epidemic Threats Apply for funding to undertake ambitious interdisciplinary research to tackle epidemic diseases of animals, humans or plants for a duration of up to five years.
Closes: 15 June 2025 BactiVac Catalyst Project Funding - Round 11 Round 11 of BactiVac Network catalyst funding for pump priming projects is now open. BactiVac aims to fund a diversified portfolio of projects to catalyse research in bacterial vaccinology.
Closes: 29 May 2025 Proof of Concept Apply for proof of concept to support the commercialisation of research to enable spinouts or social ventures, licencing or other commercialisation pathways.
Closes: 30 September 2025 International Travel Award Scheme for the Biological Sciences Apply for funding to visit international partners, to initiate collaborations, prepare joint funding proposals, visit overseas facilities or attend European consortia-building events.
01 Dec 2025 A One Health approach to bovine coronavirus vaccine development, using LSDV as a live virus vector.
01 Dec 2025 A lineage 1 branch porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus live vaccine candidate provides broad cross-protection against HP-like PRRSV in piglets.
31 May 2025 A comprehensive analysis of the current strategy for developing live attenuated vaccines against African swine fever: A systematic review and meta-analysis.
16 May 2025 A novel chimpanzee adenovirus vector vaccine for protection against infectious bronchitis and Newcastle disease in chickens.
Taking a One Health approach to tackling infectious diseases One Health Day 2022: A One Health approach requires close collaboration across sectors and disciplines to balance animal, human and planetary health. 03 Nov 2022
How technology platforms allow The Vaccine Group to address animal and human vaccine development gaps The Vaccine Group aims to develop herpesvirus-based vaccines for use in animals to protect against infectious disease. 01 Aug 2022
Amos Lucky Mhone, graduate fellow at ILRI, Kenya Amos is a graduate fellow at the International Livestock Research Institute in Nairobi, Kenya, and intends to pursue a PhD in immunology and vaccinology. 14 Mar 2022
Online workshop on optimisation of the production of sporozoite stabilate for Theileria parva This workshop brought together groups interested in sporozoite production for the parasite Theileria parva, which causes the disease East Coast fever. 25 Jan 2022