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Training & Conferences
Manipal Academy of Higher Education (MAHE): Meeting the Challenge of Infectious Diseases in a Changing World
DEADLINE FOR ABSTRACT SUBMISSION: 7 August 2026
Registration deadline: 5 October 2026
DATE: October 14-16, 2026 in Manipal, India.
Organized in partnership by Nature Medicine, Nature Microbiology, Nature Health, Nature Communications, and MAHE, this conference will bring together leading voices in infectious disease research to explore innovative solutions to global health challenges. As the world faces rising threats from emerging pathogens, climate change, and antimicrobial resistance, the event will highlight advances in surveillance, diagnostics, drug development, and vaccination strategies.
Program highlights include:
Disease surveillance, modelling and forecasting
Antimicrobial resistance and drug development
Challenges in diagnostic and screening
Disease prevention strategies
Future of vaccination and disease eradication
Climate change and One Health approaches
Pandemic preparedness
Funding
Mathers Foundation Grant Program
Grant schedules and submission deadlines are fixed annually. (Spring and Fall cycles)
The Mathers Foundation supports basic research with translational potential in areas such as immunology, microbiome, structural biology, cancer, genetics, stem cells, and neuroscience. We fund work that can lead to major advances in scientific understanding and human health.
Please refer to the website for the details.
Additional TB Resources
Mayo Clinic Center for TB: Children Under 5 Exposed to Infectious Tuberculosis (TB)
This resource is designed to support healthcare providers caring for young children who have been exposed to infectious TB.
This guide emphasizes why rapid evaluation and action are critical for children under 5. It outlines key clinical steps and provides practical guidance on treatment, medication, and dosing.
Additional TB Resources
Mayo Clinic Center for Tuberculosis website
The Mayo Clinic Center for Tuberculosis offers education, training, research support, and program development resources for healthcare professionals and public health providers. Please explore the website for more details.
Additional TB Resources
Mayo Clinic Center for Tuberculosis: Recorded Webinars
The Mayo Clinic Center for Tuberculosis webinar library features recorded sessions covering diagnostics, treatment, prevention, and comorbidities, aimed at expanding individuals' knowledge and skills in tuberculosis care.
Additional TB Resources
Mayo Clinic: Innovations in Tuberculosis (TB) Webinar Series
This monthly webinar series offers healthcare professionals the latest insights in tuberculosis (TB). Tuberculosis experts will discuss screening, diagnosis, and treatment of TB disease and latent TB infection (LTBI). Topics include considerations for pediatric and adult populations, clinical updates, diagnostic methods, and treatment strategies. Healthcare professionals managing patients with TB can stay informed on research developments and emerging treatment regimens for active TB and LTBI, exploring innovative approaches to enhance patient adherence and outcomes.
Additional TB Resources
Mayo Clinic: Therapeutic Drug Monitoring in TB: Key Concepts and Practical Applications
This webinar explores mycobacterial diagnostic tools and their applications in TB prevention and treatment. Learn to effectively use and interpret Tuberculin Skin Tests (TSTs), interferon-gamma release assays (IGRAs), and cultures for diagnosing latent TB infection (LTBI) and active TB disease. Case studies will highlight real-world challenges and best practices for leveraging these tools in clinical practice.
Additional TB Resources
Mayo Clinic: Tuberculosis and Pregnancy: Clinical Insights, Survivor Perspectives, and Resources
Tuberculosis (TB) in pregnancy poses serious risks to both mother and fetus if not promptly diagnosed and managed. This webinar covers key aspects of TB diagnosis, treatment, and complications during pregnancy. Participants will also be introduced to the TB Pregnancy Toolkit and other resources to support effective care for pregnant patients.
Training & Conferences
Mayo Clinic: Webinar on Laboratory Diagnostics-Whole Genome Sequencing Related to Drug Resistance & Epidemiology
This webinar explores how molecular testing and imaging support TB diagnosis by enhancing accuracy, speeding detection, and guiding effective treatment decisions.
This course is designed for allied health professionals, nurses, nurse practitioners, physicians, physician assistants, resident/fellows, and healthcare professionals working in a public healthcare setting.
Learning Objectives
Identify essential tools for TB diagnosis
Describe molecular testing methods
Explain imaging roles in TB diagnosis
Additional TB Resources
McGill TB Centre Courses - Webinar Series on Epidemiology for Journalists
McGill TBcentre - many webinars and mini courses (all prerecorded)
Additional TB Resources
McGill University International TB Centre - Updates to TSTin4D and IGRAin4D
TSTin4D and IGRAin4D are both are decision aids providing information about the likelihood of developing TB disease, dying from TB, as well as post-TB disability, in the next 20 years in a person with a positive tuberculin skin test or a positive Interferon gamma release assay and a known risk factor. This also provides information on the potential benefits and risks of TB preventive therapy. Also added is information for the person considering whether to accept TB preventive therapy, including a handout that includes predictions for them, and some basic information about TB prevention.
Funding
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center: Clinical Microbiology Fellowship
DEADLINE FOR APPLICATION: 1 November 2026
The Department of Laboratory Medicine at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center offers a two-year Clinical Microbiology Fellowship. This fellowship offers training for doctoral-level scientists interested in acquiring knowledge and skills necessary to direct a clinical microbiology laboratory. The fellowship will provide both general training in clinical microbiology as well as specialized training for diagnostic microbiology in immunocompromised patients. The fellow will obtain training in all subspecialties of clinical microbiology and develop knowledge of both conventional and molecular diagnostic methods for identification and antimicrobial susceptibility testing of bacteria, mycobacteria, fungi, and rapid detection of viruses and parasites. Additionally, the fellow will develop skills in laboratory management, clinical consultation related to microbiology and infectious diseases and interpretation, and clinical correlation of laboratory data. A strong emphasis is also placed on laboratory research, diagnostic assays development, and outcome studies in immunocompromised patients.
Research Tools
Merck: Open Global Health Library
The Open Global Health Library provides a set of interesting research compounds free of charge. You decide which infectious disease you are targeting and which experimental setup you are using. By providing this compound library free of charge we aim to support researchers worldwide to identify new approaches to treat life-threatening infectious diseases especially in low and middle income countries. We provide a preselected collection of small molecules as chemical starting points to enable drug screening against the infectious disease of your interest and to enable you to identify the next life-changing infectious disease drug.
Funding
Modern Equipment for Shared-use Biomedical Research Facilities: Advancing Research-Related Operations
This Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) invites eligible academic or research institutions to apply for funding support to purchase latest scientific equipment that will enhance and modernize research-supporting operations of existing shared biomedical research facilities. Targeted are laboratory research core facilities, animal research facilities, and other similar shared-use research spaces. The goal of this NOFO is to strengthen research-auxiliary activities of biomedical research facilities and to enhance the efficiency of their operations.
The NOFO does not support the purchase of scientific research instruments or their components, nor components of building-level infrastructure equipment that indirectly support research activities.
Funding
National Foundation for Infectious Diseases (NFID): Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter Humanitarian Award
The Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter Humanitarian Award is presented annually by the National Foundation for Infectious Diseases (NFID) to honor individuals whose outstanding humanitarian efforts and achievements have contributed significantly to improving global public health through domestic and/or international activities. Priority is given to contributions in the area of infectious diseases.
Selection criteria include:
Humanitarian service;
Public education contributions; and/or
Legislative or policy achievements.
Nominations for the 2027 NFID Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter Humanitarian Award will open in 2027.
Funding
National Foundation for Infectious Diseases (NFID): Maxwell Finland Award for Scientific Achievement
The Maxwell Finland Award for Scientific Achievement is presented annually by the National Foundation for Infectious Diseases (NFID) to honor scientists who have made outstanding contributions to the understanding of infectious diseases and public health.
Selection criteria include:
Excellence in clinical and/or research activities;
Participation in the training of future leaders in the field; and
Positive impact on global public health through domestic and/or international activities.
Nominations for the 2027 Maxwell Finland Award for Scientific Achievement will open in 2027.
Training & Conferences
National Institutes of Health (NIH) Proposal Writing Online Course (this is not a course offered by NIH; it is offered by Grant Training Center)
This course requires about 40 total hours to complete. It is self-paced, has open enrollment, and can be accessed for 60 days.
Funding
National Institutes of Health: NIAID Resource-Related Research Projects (R24 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
This notice of funding opportunity (NOFO) invites applications for investigator-initiated Resource-Related Research Projects (R24). The proposed resource must provide a significant benefit to currently funded high priority projects in need of further coordination and support in the areas specified. This mechanism may also be used to support development of a new resource to the broader scientific community of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID). It is anticipated that the request for resource support through the R24 activity code will occur on an infrequent basis and only in circumstances where other mechanisms of support from the NIAID are not appropriate.The proposed resources should be relevant to the scientific areas of the NIAID mission including the biology, pathogenesis, and host response to microbes, including HIV; the mechanisms of normal immune function and immune dysfunction resulting in autoimmunity, immunodeficiency, allergy, asthma, and transplant rejection; and translational research to develop vaccines, therapeutics, and diagnostics to prevent and treat infectious, immune-mediated, and allergic diseases.
Training & Conferences
Nature Medicine, Nature Microbiology, Nature Health, Nature Communications, and MAHE - Meeting the Challenge of Infectious Diseases in a Changing World (Conference)
Conference takes place October 14-16, 2026 in Manipal, India.
Registration now open!
Organized in partnership by Nature Medicine, Nature Microbiology, Nature Health, Nature Communications, and MAHE, this conference will bring together leading voices in infectious disease research to explore innovative solutions to global health challenges. As the world faces rising threats from emerging pathogens, climate change, and antimicrobial resistance, the event will highlight advances in surveillance, diagnostics, drug development, and vaccination strategies.
Program highlights include:
Disease surveillance, modelling and forecasting
Antimicrobial resistance and drug development
Challenges in diagnostic and screening
Disease prevention strategies
Future of vaccination and disease eradication
Climate change and One Health approaches
Pandemic preparedness
Funding
New York State Biodefense Commercialization Fund
Applications for the third round of the New York State Biodefense Commercialization Fund are now closed. Please check back for updates on the program.
The $40 million Biodefense Commercialization Fund was created to encourage and accelerate the development and commercialization of solutions for serious infectious disease threats, including COVID-19 and its variants, while fostering the creation of new life science businesses and supporting industry growth. The Fund has offered grants to startup companies and academic institutions that are developing promising diagnostics, vaccines, therapeutics, and such other innovations as epidemiological surveillance tools, environmental controls, and clinical care advances that address or mitigate infectious disease threats. For the current application period, New York State seeks applications focusing on the specific areas of interest:
- Novel platforms for development of rapid Point-of-Care (POC) diagnostics (examples include, but are not limited to, CRISPR and/or Isothermal-based platforms) with priority given to POC diagnostics that can perform as well as or better than existing lab tests.
- Processes that integrate easy-to-use sample preparation and allow for access in low resourced settings.
- Novel tools for sequencing and serology-based tests that support infectious disease and pathogen surveillance