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Welcome to the International Veterinary Vaccinology Network (IVVN).

The IVVN is an international community of over 2,300 members working together to develop improved vaccines for livestock and zoonotic diseases.

IVVN Webinar | REPRODIVAC: Project Approach, Main Objectives and Key Activities

This session offers a unique opportunity to hear directly from scientists working on novel solutions to reproductive diseases in pigs, cattle, and small ruminants - and their implications for animal health, productivity, and One Health.

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.

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News

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

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.

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.

Events

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.

IVVN Webinar | REPRODIVAC: Project Approach, Main Objectives and Key Activities

This session offers a unique opportunity to hear directly from scientists working on novel solutions to reproductive diseases in pigs, cattle, and small ruminants - and their implications for animal health, productivity, and One Health.

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Jobs

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.

University of Edinburgh

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.

Royal Veterinary College

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.

Royal Veterinary College

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.

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.

Wageningen University & Research

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Funding

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.

Royal Veterinary College

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.

Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC)

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Publications

A One Health approach to bovine coronavirus vaccine development, using LSDV as a live virus vector.

Hum Vaccin Immunother

Peer-reviewed article

A lineage 1 branch porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus live vaccine candidate provides broad cross-protection against HP-like PRRSV in piglets.

Peer-reviewed article

A comprehensive analysis of the current strategy for developing live attenuated vaccines against African swine fever: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

Peer-reviewed article

A novel chimpanzee adenovirus vector vaccine for protection against infectious bronchitis and Newcastle disease in chickens.

Peer-reviewed article

Publications

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Blog

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.

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.

Amos Lucky Mhone selfie taken in a laboratory

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.

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.