These awards provide promising undergraduates with hands-on experience of research during the summer holidays, with the aim of encouraging them to consider a career in research.
Wellcome Discovery Awards
25 December 2025
This scheme provides funding for established researchers and teams from any discipline who want to pursue bold and creative research ideas to deliver significant shifts in understanding that could improve human life, health and wellbeing.
Wellcome Early Career Awards
This scheme provides funding for early-career researchers from any discipline who are ready to develop their research identity.
Wellcome Four-year PhD Studentships in Science
This scheme offers graduates outstanding training in scientific research.
Wellcome Sanger Institute
United Kingdom
WGNV ECR Network Discussion Session with Eileen Foy
29 June 2023
Dr Eileen Foy (Vir Biotechnology) will talk with participants about how her experience working in biotech and career path opportunities in the private sector.
WHO Meeting on Skin NTDs
27 March 2023 to 31 March 2023
About 800 participants from 86 countries are expected to attend, in person and online, the first global meeting on skin-related neglected tropical diseases (skin NTDs), hosted by the World Health Organization (WHO) at its headquarters in Geneva.
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Find out more about the VALIDATE team
Wollega University
Senegal
World Conference on Lung Health - TB Science 2023
15 November 2023 to 18 November 2023
Bringing together scientists from various disciplines to discuss recent findings in tuberculosis research, covering topics such as drug resistance, vaccine development, early detection methods, and measuring transmission.
World Leprosy Day 2019
25 January 2019
World Leprosy Day 2020
26 January 2020
World NTD Day 2020
30 January 2020
World TB Day 2018
23 March 2018
World TB Day Symposium 2023
24 March 2023
Since 2010, LSHTM has been hosting an annual one-day symposium in March to showcase current TB research, control measures, and policy initiatives while discussing future challenges.
World Vaccine Congress 2025
21 April 2025
The largest, most established meeting dedicated to vaccines.
World Vaccine Congress Europe
17 October 2023 to 19 October 2023
An award-winning series of conferences and exhibitions that have grown to become the largest and most established vaccine meetings of their kind across the globe.
