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.

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Many sources of AMR funding have been suspended as a result of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. 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:

Funding

Organization / Link to Apply

Deadline

£1 million Trinity Challenge launched to tackle AMR  

Trinity Challenge

February 29, 2024

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PACE, Antibacterial Therapeutics Funding Call

 PACE

24 November 2023

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ISAC Project Grant

International Society of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

1st September 2023

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RSTMH 2023 Early Career Grant

The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

28 April 2023

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Identifying new targets for treatment of antimicrobial resistant infections

The University of Queensland

At least 3 months prior to the research quarter commencement date.

Apply Online

AMR diagnostics and surveillance 2023: Call for Proposals

JPIAMR

7 March 2023 – Deadline pre-proposals

4 July 2023 – Deadline full proposals

Apply Online

TDR-Grants for implementation research

TDR

Rolling

US Centre for Disease Control and Prevention AMR funding dashboard

US CDC

Rolling

Combating Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria Biopharmaceutical Accelerator (CARB-X) AMR funding opportunities

CARB-X

Rolling

Grants and funding opportunities from the Fleming Fund for AMR

Fleming Fund

Rolling

Opportunities, Resources and grants from GLOPID-R members are advertised on their website

GLOPID-R

Rolling

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Scholarship opportunities

Name

Organization

Deadline

National PhD program in One Health Approaches to Infectious Diseases and Life Science Research

University of Pavia

26 July 2024

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PhD position in newborn infectious diseases and therapeutics at the Department of Veterinary and Animal Sciences

University of Copenhagen

31 July 2024

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Host-pathogen interactions of bacterial membrane proteins

University of Cambridge

Applications are accepted all year round

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Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR): a Multidisciplinary Approach (Short Course)

London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine

Registration Open

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Acclimatize 2 PhD Project – Water quality, antimicrobial resistance and pathogens

University College Dublin

Deadline: 1st March 2024

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Advancement of clinical pharmacy practice and optimisation of antimicrobials prescribing

Ulster University

Deadline: February 26, 2024

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PhD Studentship - Artificial sweeteners:effects on gut antimicrobial resistance

Anglia Ruskin Universit

Deadline: 3rd March 2024

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5th Antimicrobial Resistance course (AMR): a One Health challenge

Mérieux Foundation & Université Paris Cité

Deadline May 24, 2024

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Call for Applications: Combatting Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR): Genome sequencing and Bioinformatics Workshop

The West African Centre for Cell Biology of Infectious Pathogens (WACCBIP)

December 31, 2023

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MRC London Intercollegiate Doctoral Training Partnership Studentships

MRC LID

Tuesday 16 January 2024

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One Health Models of Disease: Science, Ethics and Society

Wellcome Trust

16 January 2024

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Molecular Approaches to Clinical Microbiology in Africa 

Wellcome Connecting Science

08 June 2023

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GARDP Travel Award

GARDP 

26 June 2023

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Vivli AMR Surveillance Open Data Re-use Challenge

Vivli 

30th June 2023

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Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR): a Multidisciplinary Approach (Online short course, Reduced Fee scholarship available for applicants from LMICs)

London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine

Application Open

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PhD (via MPhil) Studentship in School of Natural Sciences DTC23: Self-cleaning nanocoatings with intrinsic Covid-resistant and antimicrobial action

University of Central Lancashire

31st March 2023

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The evolution of bacterial immune systems, microbiology, evolutionary biology, genetics. PhD in Biological Sciences

University of Exeter

25th April 2023

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4th Antimicrobial Resistance course (AMR): a One Health challenge

Merieux Foundation

14th June 2023

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One PhD Studentship: Are shellfish hotspots for AMR evolution and transmission? [microbiology, evolutionary biology, bio-clinical science, public health, aquaculture]

University of Exeter 

28th February 2023

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PhD Studentship, funded by the NC3Rs, aims to tackle the problem of treatment-resistant urinary tract infection (UTI).

UCL - Health and Medical

18th February 2023

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PhD Studentship: Investigating the Regulation of Intrinsic Antimicrobial Resistance in an Emerging Pathogen

 University of Sussex

 15th February 2023

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PhD Studentship: Detection of urinary volatile compounds to determine antibiotic resistant bacteria in urinary tract infections

 UWE, Bristol

 12th February 2023

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McGill University Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) Short Course (Reduced LMIC fees)

McGill University

May 23, 2023

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Development of novel, sustainable and antibiotic-free antimicrobial strategies to control pathogens with zoonotic potential at the interface of wild birds and humans.

University of the West of England, Bristol

February 24, 2023

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PhD Studentships with the INEOS Oxbridge Doctoral Initiative on Antimicrobial Resistance

INEOS Oxford Institute

20 January 2023

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PhD Studentship: Discovery of Boron-based Quorum Sensing Peptidomimetics as Antimicrobial Theranostics

The University of Sheffield

20th January 2023

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PhD Studentship: Artificial Intelligence for Non-Invasive Mass Spectrometry Discrimination of Critical Threat Antimicrobial-Resistant Chronic Wound Infection Diagnosis

Loughborough University

12th February 2023

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Fully Funded PhD Scholarship on: “Prevention and control of clinical mastitis and associated antimicrobial use in dairy cows”

Smart Agri

31 January 2023

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Infection Medicine PhD

The University of Edinburgh

Rolling

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AI4Missions PhD Scholarship: Environmental risk factors for antimicrobial resistance

CSIRO

31 March 2023

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PhD Studentship: Evaluating the combined effects of environmental pollutants on the evolution of antimicrobial resistance, NERC GW4+ DTP PhD studentship for 2023 Entry, PhD in Medical Science

University of Exeter

9th January 2023

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Funded PhD Opportunity: Transmission modelling to track antimicrobial resistance across care settings in Liverpool

Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine

20th January 2023

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Tackling a global public health threat: Nurses antimicrobial stewardship in the post-pandemic era

LIDo

10th January 2023

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Fellowship opportunities

Name

Organisation

Deadline

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

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Journals accepting publications for AMR/Open Calls

Name

Deadline

AMR Special Issue 

Antimicrobial Resistance Evolution and New Strategies to Fight It

20 December 2024  Special Issue

Emerging Treatment Options for Multidrug-Resistant Bacterial and Fungal Infections, 2nd Edition

30 November 2024 Special Issue

Multiresistant organisms in gastrointestinal diseases and the development of new antimicrobials

29 September 2024 Open Call for Paper

Special Issue on One-Health and  AI strategies to combat AMR

 10 July 2024 & 31 December 2024  Special Issue

Antimicrobial Resistance Dashboard 2022-2023 Cooperative Agreements

20 February 2023

Open Call

AMR diagnostics and surveillance 2023

4 July 2023

Open Call for project

Call for Papers - Antimicrobial Resistance: Genes, Genomes and Emerging Technologies

28 August 2023

Open Call for Papers

Antibiotics

Rolling

Special Issues

Scientific Conference Abstract Scholarship

10 October 2023

Open Call

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases

Rolling 

YES: Antimicrobial Resistance and Super-Clones

Frontiers in Tropical Diseases

Rolling

 

JAC-Antimicrobial Resistance

Rolling

 

Journal of Global Antimicrobial Resistance

Rolling

 

Frontiers In Microbiology

Rolling

 

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