Funding for catalyst projects is now OPEN! Get your applications in by 5 May 2019. All projects must start by 1 October 2019.
Catalyst funding for pump-priming projects is available to support academics in bacterial vaccinology to explore new approaches and strategies to advance their vaccines in partnership with LMICs and industry, and acquire the data to support substantive funding applications.
The catalyst funds are flexible, typically up to £50,000 and expect to provide deliverables within 6 months post-award. Following the award of up to £1 million of additional funding from the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC)’s Global AMR Innovation Fund (GAMRIF), we are particularly interested in funding projects that advance the ability to tackle the global challenge of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) through the development of vaccines against bacterial pathogens. Key reports and other useful AMR related resources can be found here.
The BactiVac Network will be able to provide additional advice as to where to access follow-on funding and how to progress the project.
This catalyst funding scheme will be run up to August 2021 with calls for proposals prioritising projects that:
Facilitate onward progression of bacterial vaccines along the pipeline to licensure
Offer robust solutions to overcome the difficult preclinical to clinical transition
Involve BactiVac partnerships, particularly new partnerships, with a long-term work plan
Include LMICs and/or industrial partners
Demonstrate a clear pathway to impact
Have realistic plans in place to demonstrate intellectual property (IP) has been considered
Include plans for achieving further substantive funding at the end of the project
How to apply
Applicants will need to be members of the Network to be eligible to apply. The allocation of funding will be decided by the Network Management Oversight Board (NMOB) and findings reported at the Annual Network Meetings.
Catalyst funding is promoted via Twitter – Follow us @BactiVac using the hashtag #BactiVacFunding. You can also download BactiVac Catalyst Funding flyer to circulate and/or display within your organisation.
Pump-priming projects supported in previous rounds of funding are highlighted in 'Funded Work'.