Research domain
Infectious disease grants
Grants for virology, antimicrobial resistance, pandemic preparedness
6 open calls matched
Infectious disease funding ramped up significantly post-COVID-19 and remains strong. Calls come from Wellcome (major infectious disease portfolio), Horizon Europe (pandemic preparedness), HFSP, ERC, and national funders. Scope covers virology, bacteriology, antimicrobial resistance, vaccine development, clinical trials, and global health. Many calls explicitly target low-and-middle-income-country collaborations.
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Open calls
Swedish Research Council
Project grant for international research collaboration within antimicrobial resistance (EUP OHAMR)
8 Feb 2027 · 106d left
Project grant for Swedish researchers participating in international collaborative research on antimicrobial resistance under the EUP OHAMR joint call.
Independent Research Fund Denmark
Clinical and Independent Research
Up to DKK 5,000,000 excl. overhead
24 Feb 2027 · 122d left
Thematic call for point-of-care clinical and independent research in Denmark, including prevention, treatment effects, rare diseases, AMR and dementia research. Applicant and Co-PI must each hold a PhD or equivalent at deadline; application must be written in English; embedded PhD/postdoc scholarships permitted.
NERC
Pushing the Frontiers
Up to £950,000 FEC (funded at 80%, international co-lead costs at 100%)
Open to research groups and individuals addressing significant environmental science questions within NERC's remit; welcomes multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary research. International co-leads limited to Norway-based collaborators under UKRI-Research Council of Norway agreement; NSF, FAPESP, FNR Lead Agency routes available. Does not fund PhD studentship costs or data archival/curation.
Wellcome
Establishing Infrastructure Hubs to Power Evidence Synthesis
£1.5 to £1.9 million
Funds global evidence infrastructure hubs for evidence synthesis supporting health research/policy in Climate and Health, Infectious Disease, Mental Health or Discovery Research. Lead applicant must be based at an LMIC organisation (not mainland China); commercial organisations cannot be administering organisations; up to 5 awards expected.
NERC
Pushing the Frontiers of Environmental Research
Up to £950,000 (FEC), funded at 80% (100% for eligible international project co-lead costs)
Open to research groups and individuals in environmental science for curiosity-driven, high-risk/high-reward research; must sit predominantly within NERC's remit. Does not fund PhD studentship costs or data archival services. International collaboration supported via Lead Agency agreements with NSF (US), FAPESP (Brazil), and FNR (Luxembourg).
AHRC
Curiosity Award
Up to £100,000 FEC (80% funded by AHRC)
Supports early-stage ambitious and novel fundamental research in arts and humanities, open to teams, networks, or solo researchers including non-academic roles (archivists, curators, librarians, technicians, practitioners). Does not fund PhD studentships; international co-leads permitted under UKRI project co-lead (international) policy.
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