CONNECT-VAX Joint Research Call 2026
CONNECT-VAX / participating Science Granting Councils
Multi-country vaccine research funding across Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania and Sierra Leone, with large awards up to US$156,750 and early-career awards up to US$47,000.
- Deadline
- 14 October 2026, 23:59 (timezone not stated in the call)
- Funding / benefit
- Up to USD 156,750
- Duration
- Up to 36 months
- Career stage
- Early career, Established researcher
- Eligibility
- Africa
Methods Bench assessment
Is this a good fit?
Our interpretation of the call, not official eligibility advice.
Worth pursuing if
- Team with meaningful participation across Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania and Sierra Leone
- Multi-institutional, multidisciplinary consortium
- Early-career PIs: PhD within the last five years, under 45, with a senior mentor
Probably skip if
- Single-country projects with only nominal partners
Eligibility
Funding and benefits
- Clinical-trial and laboratory capacity
- Vaccine technology platforms and local manufacturing
- Genomic surveillance
- Regulatory science and ethics review coordination
- Pharmacovigilance
- Vaccine hesitancy, community engagement and misinformation
- Cold-chain and last-mile delivery
- Digital health and primary healthcare integration
Total call envelope US$1,191,351. Large Collaborative Research Grants up to US$156,750 (up to 7 awards); Early Career Research Grants up to US$47,000 (up to 2 awards). Personnel costs and overheads are capped; host institutions provide co-funding in cash or kind.
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