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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 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.

IVVN African Schools Outreach Programme

A collaborative initiative that trains and supports women scientists in Africa to deliver schools outreach workshops.

Funded pump-priming grants

We have so far funded 17 exciting projects through our pump-priming catalyst funding scheme.

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News

Identifying New T-Cell Epitopes for Babesia bovis: A Pump Priming Grant Success Story

Research supported by the International Veterinary Vaccinology Network (IVVN) Pump Priming Grant has led to promising advances in the search for a new generation of vaccines against Babesia bovis, a parasite responsible for significant economic losses in cattle production worldwide.

A New Roadmap for Rapid Vaccine Development: What Veterinary Science Can Learn from COVID-19

The IVVN is pleased to share the publication of a new paper by Dr Michael Francis, IVVN Board member and Managing Director of BioVacc Consulting Ltd, which offers timely insights into accelerating vaccine development in the face of pandemic threats.

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

Events

23-24 September 2025

Healthy People, Healthy Animals: A 2-day symposium in infectious disease prevention

Join VIDO as they celebrate 50 years of scientific excellence at VIDO’s Healthy People Healthy Animals Scientific Summit - a two-day event bringing together the brightest minds in infectious disease research.

29 September to 1 October 2025

FAO Global Conference on Sustainable Livestock Transformation

The second Global Conference on Sustainable Livestock Transformation will bring together FAO Members, policymakers, farmers, private companies and industry associations, civil society representatives, NGOs, researchers, and development agencies to share experiences and showcase actionable solutions for the sustainable transformation of the livestock sector – fostering change, scaling innovations and driving solutions.

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Jobs

Closes: 29 September 2025

Innovation Facilitator

This role will aid VMD to transition to a more proactive approach to innovation, ensuring that its regulatory frameworks and guidance evolve to enable new technologies, and that this guidance is accessible to innovators.

Veterinary Medicines Directorate

Closes: 14 November 2025

Liverpool Clinical PhD Programme (LCPP)

These Clinical PhD Fellowships are tailored for clinical researchers, including doctors, midwives, nurses, public health professionals, allied health professionals, and veterinarians, spanning various scientific disciplines.

University of Liverpool

Closes: 15 October 2025

Professorship for Poultry Medicine

The professorship is affiliated to the Clinical Centre for Population Medicine in Fish, Pig and Poultry and is intended to focus on research and teaching related to poultry.

University of Veterinary Medicine, Vienna

Closes: 28 August 2025

Director of The Roslin Institute

The University is looking for an exceptional individual to work with our Principal Investigators, professional services staff and technical support teams to deliver a clear and exciting vision for the future of the Institute towards the wider School research strategy.

University of Edinburgh

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Funding

Closes: 23 September 2025

BBSRC Engineering Biology (EngBio) ICURe Discover

Apply for funding to explore the potential market of your engineering biology-based idea, increase market awareness and gain deeper understanding of your technology’s potential applications.

Closes: 31 January 2026

The Plowright Prize 2025/2026

The £100,000 Plowright Prize, awarded every two years, recognises an individual who has made a significant contribution to control, management or eradication of infectious diseases of animals.

Closes: 14 October 2025

Turing AI Pioneer Interdisciplinary Fellowships: Outline Applications

This opportunity is for established researchers from across UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) remit, without a background in core artificial intelligence (AI) research, who want to build domain relevant AI capability and develop advanced AI approaches to tackle a specific research challenge in their chosen field.

Closes: 16 September 2025

Engineer next generation veterinary vaccine technology platforms

A joint BBSRC-Defra programme aims to fund ‘plug and play’ veterinary vaccine platforms, leveraging transformative technologies, interdisciplinary approaches, and cross-sector partnership.

Closes: 23 September 2025

Transdisciplinary Research to Tackle Antimicrobial Resistance

Apply for funding to undertake ambitious transdisciplinary research to tackle antimicrobial resistance (AMR).

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

Drivers of Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever in Natural Host and Effects of Control Measures, Bulgaria.

Emerg Infect Dis

Peer-reviewed article

Evaluation of Cross-Protection of African Swine Fever Vaccine ASFV-G-ΔI177L Between ASFV Biotypes.

Vaccines (Basel)

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.