Below you will find a regularly updated list of potential funding opportunities as well as scholarships or fellowships for those looking to undertake AMR research.
RESEARCH FUNDING ↓ | SCHOLARSHIPS ↓ | FELLOWSHIPS ↓ | JOURNALS ACCEPTING PUBLICATIONS ↓
If you can offer funding for research or are aware of other organisations offering research funding that are not featured below, please get in touch.
AMR funding dashboards
The following organizations are maintaining lists of funding opportunities which can include AMR research:
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Funding |
Organization / Link to Apply |
Deadline |
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The Gram-Negative Antibiotic Discovery Innovator |
Novo Nordisk Foundation (NNF), Wellcome, and the Gates Foundation (GF) |
25 March 2025 |
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TDR-Grants for implementation research |
Rolling |
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US Centre for Disease Control and Prevention AMR funding dashboard |
Rolling |
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Combating Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria Biopharmaceutical Accelerator (CARB-X) AMR funding opportunities |
Rolling |
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Grants and funding opportunities from the Fleming Fund for AMR |
Rolling |
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Opportunities, Resources and grants from GLOPID-R members are advertised on their website |
Rolling |
Scholarship opportunities
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Name |
Organization |
Deadline |
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Mechanism of phage infection in the C. difficile pathogen- towards effective phage therapy |
University of Sheffield |
14 March 2025 |
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Graduate Teaching Assistant (GTA) PhD Scholarship: Uncovering infectious Disease Risks and Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR): Mapping and Forecasting Infectious Disease Burden Using Bayesian Geospatial Modelling and Machine Learning. |
Sheffield Hallam University |
14 March 2025 |
| AMR Knowledge Exchange Fund | Ineos Oxford Institute for antimicrobial research |
10 March 2025 |
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Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR): a Multidisciplinary Approach |
London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine |
Rolling |
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Understanding mechanisms driving the spread of antibiotic resistance |
The University of Queensland |
31 March, 2025 |
Fellowship opportunities
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Name |
Organisation |
Deadline |
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NIHR Global Advanced Fellowships - Round 1 |
NIHR |
11 July 2024 |
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Research Fellow – AMR Bioinformatics |
The London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine |
24 April 2023 |
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Postdoctoral Research Assistant |
Ineos Oxford Institute for Antimicrobial Research (IOI) |
11th April 2023 |
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PhD Fellow in Computer Science – statistical machine learning/bioinformatics for antibiotic resistance |
The Arctic University of Norway |
19th February 2023 |
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Overcoming antimicrobial resistance to tetracycline antibiotics |
University of Oxford |
Friday 20 January 2023 |
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BBSRC Doctoral Training Partnership |
University of Manchester |
Varies according to the project |
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The Commonwealth Partnerships for Antimicrobial Stewardship (CwPAMS) 2 Programme |
The Tropical Health and Education Trust (THET) and the Commonwealth Pharmacists Association (CPA) |
15th December 2022 and 13th January 2023 |
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Combating Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria CARB-X |
CARB-X |
January 16-30 2022 and April 17 - May 2023 |
Journals accepting publications for AMR/Open Calls
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Name |
Deadline |
AMR Special Issue |
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BMC Gastroenterology Call for papers - Antimicrobial resistance |
22 September 2025 | Special Collection |
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Special Issue on Phage therapy - International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents |
31 March 2025 | Special Issue |
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npj Antimicrobials and Resistance - Pathogen drug permeability |
15 October 2025 |
Special Collection |
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Call for Papers - Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR): Challenges and Opportunities |
31 August 2025 | Open Call |
| Journal of Pharmaceutical Health Services Research - Antimicrobial resistance: a global public health threat | Rolling | Open Call |
| Nature Research - Antimicrobial resistance: a silent pandemic | 31 March 2025 | Special Collection |
| npj Antimicrobials and Resistance - Innovations in antimicrobial discovery | 8 July 2025 | Special Collection |
| npj Antimicrobials and Resistance - Water Testing: Antimicrobial Resistance in Water | 20 September 2025 | Special Collection |