Funding: influenza research

23 January 2006

The Wellcome Trust is currently actively seeking high-quality research proposals that aim to further the understanding of avian and human flu via the project grant and programme grant schemes. Research proposals addressing questions that are particularly urgent and timely will be fast-tracked through our assessment procedures.

All applications will be assessed on the basis of the excellence of the science presented.

Scientific priorities

Research proposals would be particularly welcome in the following areas:

• epidemiology
• molecular basis of virulence
• molecular architecture and evolution of influenza viruses
• interspecies transmission
• genetic susceptibility to infection
• diagnostics
• approaches to prevention and treatment.

How to apply

Project and programme grant applications are handled through our funding streams. Choose the stream closest to your area of scientific interest (see 'which stream is for me?' if you are not sure which to choose).

Contacts

Enquiries may be directed to the office of the appropriate Funding Committee:

• Immunology and Infectious Disease contacts
• Populations and Public Health contacts
• Neuroscience and Mental Health contacts
• Physiological Sciences contacts
• Molecules, Genes and Cells contacts.