VALIDATE Pump-priming Grants

**The 2024 call is now CLOSED**

The VALIDATE Network aims to accelerate vaccine research and development for three groups of complex neglected intracellular pathogens that cause significant mortality and morbidity throughout the world, particularly in low-and-middle-income countries (LMICs): Mycobacteria (causing tuberculosis, leprosy and other diseases), Leishmania (causing leishmaniasis) and Burkholderia pseudomallei (causing melioidosis).

The VALIDATE Pump Priming grant for 2024 are available for projects of up to £50,000 via competitive application to the Network Management Board (NMB). Projects should run for a maximum of 12 months and should lead to relevant and useful data for the field, or produce pilot data that will lead to a larger grant application to an external funder. Projects must be scientifically excellent and fall within the VALIDATE remit. Any aspect of research that will accelerate the development of an efficacious vaccine for our focus pathogens is eligible, including biological, physical and social sciences, and humanities. 

Funding is for VALIDATE Network members only (for free VALIDATE membership please apply here). Lead applicants must be an Associate member of VALIDATE. Projects must include a minimum of two VALIDATE Network members from two different institutes and Collaborators can be VALIDATE Network members at any level.

All awardees will be required to submit narrative and financial progress reports at 6 and 12 months. All awardees must agree to sharing unpublished and published project data set information on the VALIDATE shared data list to accelerate the progression towards development of efficacious vaccines.

The application form and supporting documents must be submitted as one pdf by email by 4pm GMT on the closing date to the VALIDATE Management Team at VALIDATE@ndm.ox.ac.uk. All documents must be in English. Please see the further details below about this award and how to apply. Do contact the VALIDATE Management Team with any further queries. 

 

Application documents

 

 

Watch Now - VALIDATE Pump-priming Grants Explained

 

 

https://www.youtube.com/embed/nt5sBLtKfC8?si=tqkJz0euH4kHlV5P

 

This session was recoded on 26 September 2024. Sue provided an overview of the Pump-priming grants and provided some tips on how to apply. The session covered:

  • An Overview of the Pump-Priming Grants
  • Advice and tips for preparing a competitive application
  • Important deadlines and submission details
  • Q&A session to address your specific questions

This video especially benefits Early Career Researchers and those seeking collaborative opportunities to secure funding for innovative projects. Don't miss this chance to get expert advice on navigating the application process and making the most of this funding opportunity.

Pump-priming grant call deadlines

Round 6 - Closed

Call opens:  23 September 2024

Call closes: 16 December 2024

NMB review meeting: January 2025

Outcomes: February 2025

 

Round 5 - awarded

Call opens:  7 December 2021

Call closes: 7 March 2022

NMB review meeting: March 2022

Outcomes: April 2022

 

Round 4 - awarded

Call opens:  23 July 2019

Call closes: 22 October 2019

NMB review meeting: November 2019

Outcomes: December 2019

 

Round 3 - awarded

Call opens: 29 November 2018

Call closes: 12 February 2019

NMB review meeting: March 2019

Outcomes: April 2019

 

Round 2 - awarded

Call opens: 06 April 2018

Call closes: 14 June 2018

NMB review meeting: July 2018

Outcomes: August 2018

 

Round 1 - awarded

Call opens: 04 October 2017

Call closes: 31 October 2017

NMB review meeting: 08 November 2017

Outcomes: by 22 November 2017

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