Funded Training Grants
VALIDATE training grants are open to all Associate members, to enable them to take advantage of a training opportunity that will help progress their careers. You can find out more about our grants, and how to apply, on our training grants page.
2025
Dr Mark Shiburah
Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), Ghana
For a laboratory exchange at Global Training Hub for Biomanufacturing (GTH-B) initiative
Awarded July 2025
Dr Carina Carvalho dos Santos
Federal University of Bahia (UFBA)
For a laboratory exchange at Butantan Institute, São Paulo, Brazil
Awarded July 2025
Dr Vasti Lozano-Ordaz
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), Mexico
For a laboratory exchange at University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, USA.
Awarded July 2025
Dr Suraj Bhattarai
Global Health Research & Medical Interventions Institute (GlohMed), Nepal
For a laboratory exchange at City St. George’s Institute for Infection and Immunity, UK
Awarded July 2025
Dr Fregnet Tesfaye Tegegn
Armauer Hansen Research Institute (AHRI), Ethiopia
AAI Introduction to Computational Immunology Course, Atlanta Single Cell Omics and Analytics Initiative,
Emory University (Online)
Awarded July 2025
Dr Menberework Chanyalew
Armauer Hansen Research Institute, Ethiopia
For a laboratory exchange at Africa Health Research Institute, South Africa
Awarded June 2025
Dr Sabella Kiprono
Masinde Muliro University of Science and Technology, Kenya
To present research at the 4th International Caparica Conference on Leishmaniasis 2025, Portugal
Awarded June 2025
Dr Mathulo Mathabiso Shauli
Walter Sisulu University, South Africa
For a laboratory exchange at Nelson Mandela University, South Africa
Awarded March 2025
Dr Harindra Sathkumara
James Cook University, Australia
For a laboratory exchange at the University of Chicago, USA
Awarded March 2025
Dr Lam Nguyen-Ho
University of Medicine and Pharmacy at Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
To present research at the 10th World Melioidosis Congress, Australia
Awarded September 2024 (not taken up)
Dr Martha Zewdie
University of Oxford, UK
For a laboratory exchange at Armauer Hansen Research Institute (AHRI), Ethiopia
Awarded July 2024
Dr Getnet Worku
Jigjiga University, Ethiopia
For a laboratory exchange at University of Georgia, USA
Awarded May 2024 (not taken up)
Dr Musse Girma Abdela
Addis Ababa University, Aklilu Lemma Institute of Pathobiology, Ethiopia
For a laboratory exchange at University of Georgia, USA
Awarded May 2024
Dr Menberework Chanyalew
AHRI, Ethiopia
For a laboratory exchange at University of Oxford, UK
Awarded October 2023
Dr Pavan Kumar
ICMR-National Institute for Research in Tuberculosis, India
To present research at the 2023 Union Conference on Lung Health, France
Awarded August 2023
Dr ThankGod Onuoha
Novena University, Nigeria
To present research at the 17th Vaccine Congress in Scotland
Awarded August 2023
Assoc Prof Kiran Afshan
Quaid-i-Azam University, Pakistan
For a laboratory exchange to University of Leicester, UK
Awarded July 2023
Dr Olayinka Osuolale
Elizade University, Nigeria
To participate in the BSI 'Omic data analysis and visualisation using R course
Awarded February 2023
Dr Zaynab Mousavian
Karolinska Institute, Sweden
For a laboratory exchange at University of California, San Francisco
Awarded February 2023
Dr Chelsea Davis
Aberystwyth University, UK
Lab exchange at INRA, France
Awarded January 2023 (not taken up)
Dr Sirjan Bastola
Tribhuvan University, Nepal
To join the Clinical Vaccine Development & Biomanufacturing Course at University of Oxford, UK
Awarded September 2022
Dr Supram Hosuru Subramanya
Manipal College of Medical Sciences, Nepal
For a laboratory exchange at the University of Southampton, UK
Awarded September 2022
Dr Margaret Nolan
Stellenbosch University, South Africa
To attend workshops in the USA
Awarded July 2022
Dr Nastassja Kriel
Stellenbosch University, South Africa
To attend MaxQuant Summer School, Spain
Awarded July 2022
Dr Naomi Daniels
University of Otago, New Zealand
For a laboratory exchange at the Colorado State University, USA
Awarded March 2022
Dr Khushboo Borah
University of Surrey, UK
To attend Microbiology Society workshops at Annual Conference
Awarded March 2021
Dr Santosh Kumar
University of Birmingham, UK
For zebrafish facility training
Awarded July 2020 (not taken up due to COVID pandemic)
Dr Gabriele Pollara
UCL, UK
For a laboratory exchange at the University of York
Awarded July 2020 (not taken up due to COVID pandemic)
Dr Kiran Afshan
Quaid-i-Azam University Islamabad, Pakistan
For attendance of the VALIDATE Immunometabolism Workshop, UK
Awarded March 2020 (workshop cancelled due to COVID pandemic)
Dr Robert Shey
University of Buea, Cameroon
For attendance of the VALIDATE Immunometabolism Workshop, UK
Awarded March 2020 (workshop cancelled due to COVID pandemic)
Dr Isadora dos Santos Lima
FIOCRUZ, Brazil
For attendance at the ECVP/ESVP Summer School in Veterinary Pathology
Awarded March 2020
Dr Jose Maria Lemme
University of Maryland Baltimore, USA
For a laboratory exchange with Prof Mark Chambers, University of Surrey UK
Awarded March 2020 (not taken up due to COVID pandemic)
Dr Abhishek Mandal
ICMR-Rajendra Memorial Research Institute of Medical Sciences, India
For attendance of the VALIDATE Immunometabolism Workshop, UK
Awarded March 2020 (workshop cancelled due to COVID pandemic)
Dr Fatoumatta Darboe
MRC Unit, The Gambia
For attendance of the EMBL-EBI Bioinformatics Summer School
Awarded November 2019 (not taken up)
Dr Victoria Humbert
University of Southampton, UK
For a laboratory exchange at Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil
Awarded November 2019
Dr Godwin Kwakye-Nuako
University of Cape Coast, Ghana
For a laboratory exchange and training at LSHTM, UK
Awarded July 2019 (not taken up due to COVID pandemic)
Dr Shraddha Siwakoti
B. P Koirala Institute of Health Sciences, Nepal
For a laboratory exchange and training at University of Leicester with Prof Andrea Cooper
Awarded July 2019
Dr Amanda Gibson
RVC, UK
For a laboratory exchange at the Francis Crick Institute, UK
Awarded March 2019
Dr Eduardo Ramos Sanchez
USP, Brazil
For a laboratory exchange at the University of Oxford, UK
Awarded March 2019
Dr Paulo Bettencourt
University of Oxford, UK
Lab visit and training at Einstein College of Medicine, USA
Awarded November 2018 (not taken up)
Dr Olayinka Osuolale
Elizade University, Nigeria
To attend ADVAC course
Awarded November 2018 (not taken up)
Dr Elena Stylianou
University of Oxford, UK
To attend Keystone Symposium 2019
Awarded November 2018
Dr Khushboo Borah
University of Surrey, UK
To attend a training course and lab exchange at ICL, UK
Awarded November 2018
Dr Erni Nelwan
University of Indonesia, Indonesia
To attend GCRF Network Vaccinology Course, Thailand
Awarded September 2018
Van Le
OUCRU, Vietnam
To attend GCRF Network Vaccinology Course, Thailand
Awarded September 2018
Assoc Prof Gobena Ameni
Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia
To attend GCRF Network Vaccinology Course, Thailand
Awarded September 2018
Dr Laura Sibley
PHE, UK
To attend GCRF Network Vaccinology Course, Thailand
Awarded September 2018 (not taken up)
Dr Raph Hamers
EOCRU, Indonesia
To attend GCRF Network Vaccinology Course, Thailand
Awarded September 2018
Nkemngo Francis Nongley
University of Buea, Cameroon
To attend GCRF Network Vaccinology Course, Thailand
Awarded September 2018 (not taken up)
Farah Isse Mumin
Red Sea University, Somalia
To attend GCRF Network Vaccinology Course, Thailand
Awarded September 2018
Dr Djibril Wade
IRESSEF, Senegal
To attend Human & Veterinary Vaccinology course, UK
Awarded July 2018
Dr Iman Satti
University of Oxford, UK
Lab exchange at NIH, USA
Awarded March 2018 (not taken up due to lab fire)
Dr Isadora dos Santos Lima
FIOCRUZ, Brazil
Laboratory exchange at The Pirbright Institute & Public Health England Porton Down
Awarded March 2018
Dr Leopold Tientcheu
MRC Unit, The Gambia
Laboratory exchange at University of Oxford, UK, for MGIA training
Awarded February 2018
Dr Patrice Mawa
UVRI Uganda
To attend flow cytometry training at the University of York, UK
Awarded February 2018
Dr Lucia Biffar
University of Oxford, UK
To attend a Clinical Vaccine Development and Biomanufacturing course
Awarded November 2017
Dr Andrea Zelmer
LSHTM, UK
To attend a workshop on 3D whole organ (mesoscopic) imaging
Awarded November 2017
