23 October 2025 IVVN–CVIM Webinar | An Overview of the Centre for Veterinary Vaccine Innovation and Manufacturing The webinar will provide an overview of CVIM, including its history, role within the veterinary vaccinology pipeline, current collaborations, and how IVVN members can engage with their work. Online Webinar
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
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.
ICRAD's newly published White Book As part of the conclusion of the EU-funded research network, ICRAD is pleased to share the newly published ICRAD White Book, which presents the 33 research projects that have received funding through the network. 03 Oct 2025
IVVN Landscape Workshop: Shaping the Future of Veterinary Vaccinology The IVVN Landscape Workshop (3–4 September 2025) brought together global stakeholders in veterinary vaccinology to discuss key challenges and priorities for the field. Over two days of facilitated discussions, participants developed action plans to strengthen research, innovation, and collaboration across the community. 18 Sep 2025
IVVN and POMS Early Career Researchers and Mentors Gather in Vienna for Fellowship Scheme Launch On 15-16 August 2025, the International Veterinary Vaccinology Network (IVVN) hosted the launch of its Early Career Researcher (ECR) Fellowship Scheme in Vienna, Austria. Fellows from both the IVVN and POMS schemes met for the first time to connect, share experiences, and set the stage for their fellowship journeys. 30 Aug 2025
23 October 2025 IVVN–CVIM Webinar | An Overview of the Centre for Veterinary Vaccine Innovation and Manufacturing The webinar will provide an overview of CVIM, including its history, role within the veterinary vaccinology pipeline, current collaborations, and how IVVN members can engage with their work. Online Webinar
28-30 October 2025 International Society for Vaccines Annual Congress 2025 The International Society for Vaccines (ISV) invites experts in vaccinology to participate in the upcoming Annual Congress. This conference encompasses a broad spectrum of disciplines, including human and veterinary preventive and therapeutic vaccination, as well as immunotherapy. South Africa
Closes: 10 November Higher Scientific Officer in the Biologicals Team This exciting and interesting role puts you at the heart of the important work of the VMD’s Biologicals Section and the authorisation in the UK of biological/immunological veterinary products, including vaccines and novel therapy veterinary medicinal products.
Closes: 29 October 2025 CRILS Post Doctoral Research Fellow The CRILS Network Post Doctoral Research Fellow will deliver online and in-person workshops, convene thematic Working Groups to advance methodological approaches, and strengthen local networks with the overarching intention of facilitating challenging discussions, sharing research resources, and building an interdisciplinary evidence base.
Closes: 1 February 2026 The sub-Saharan Africa Health Research and Innovation Fellowship Program (SAHRI Fellowship) The SAHRI Fellowship programme is an exceptional three-year training trajectory designed to empower 12 talented mid-career biomedical and clinical researchers from sub-Saharan Africa (sSA) to become leaders in biomedical innovation and clinical research.
Closes: 5 November 2025 Head of Science Strategy We are seeking an exceptional research-active leader to become Head of Science Strategy at The Pirbright Institute. This is a unique opportunity to combine your own world-class research programme with a senior strategic leadership role at one of the UK’s most important bioscience institutes.
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.
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.
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.
Closes: 31 October 2025 MRC Impact Accelerator Account - Round 4 The MRC Impact Accelerator Account (IAA) scheme provides funding to institutions to support the earliest stages of translational research projects.
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: 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.
1 December 2025 Comparative analysis of the oral and injectable form of heat-inactivated Salmonella Enteritidis vaccine efficacy in commercial chickens
01 Dec 2025 Immunogenicity, security and protection against small ruminant lentivirus (SRLV) challenge in sheep, induced by intranasal immunization with a recombinant Sendai virus vector expressing SRLV gag-P25.
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.
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