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.
 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 OtagoNew Zealand For a laboratory exchange to 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 |
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 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 with University of York Awarded July 2020 (not taken up due to COVID pandemic) |
 Dr Jose Maria Lemme Dumit, University of Maryland Baltimore, USA For lab exchange with Prof Mark Chambers, University of Surrey UK Awarded March 2020 (not taken up 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 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 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 |
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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
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 Dr Khushboo Borah University of Surrey, UK To attend a training course and lab exchange at ICL, UK Awarded November 2018 |
 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 |
 Professor Gobena Ameni Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia To attend GCRF Network Vaccinology Course, Thailand Awarded September 2018 |
 Dr Raph Hamers EOCRU, 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 |
 Dr Erni Nelwan University of Indonesia, 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) |
 Dr Robert Shey University of Buea, Cameroon For attendance of the VALIDATE Immunometabolism Workshop, UK Awarded March 2020 (workshop cancelled due to COVID pandemic) |
 Farah Isse Mumin Red Sea University, Somalia 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 Djibril Wade IRESSEF, Senegal To attend Human & Veterinary Vaccinology course, UK Awarded June 2018 |
 Dr Iman Satti University of Oxford, UK Lab exchange at NIH, USA Awarded February 2018 (not taken up due to lab fire) |
 Dr Patrice Mawa UVRI Uganda To attend flow cytometry training at the University of York, UK Awarded February 2018 |
 Dr Leopold Tientcheu MRC Unit, The Gambia Laboratory exchange at University of Oxford, UK, for MGIA training Awarded February 2018 |
Dr Isadora dos Santos Lima FIOCRUZ, Brazil To visit the Pirbright Institute, PHE, and University of Surrey for for Laser Capture Micro Dissection and RNAscope training 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 |
