ERO Wellcome Infectious Disease theme community event

This Edinburgh Research Office community event is for University of Edinburgh academic staff with a knowledge of Wellcome and research interests that align with Wellcome’s Infectious Disease Discovery Research thematic area.

Researchers new to the funder should read our introductory materials on the ERO Wellcome Discovery Research Hub.

Wellcome funding aims to bring together expertise across science, innovation and society to develop solutions to urgent health challenges facing humanity and we encourage participation from academics based in all three of the University’s colleges.

This will be opportunity to connect with colleagues from across the University working on similar challenge areas and explore synergies between your work.

We will also hear from Professor Ross Fitzgerald, Edinburgh’s academic liaison with Wellcome on Infectious Disease, who will provide insights on the theme. We will discuss the theme’s potential opportunities and collectively explore ways in which the Edinburgh research community might develop their response.

We will survey participants beforehand to ensure that the design of the event is led by the needs of the participants. This will allow facilitated activities through which attendees will work with relevant colleagues to identify how their research can benefit from and contribute to the work of others.

The aim of the event is to:

  • strengthen your connections with other researchers working within the Wellcome’s thematic remit
  • strengthen your understanding of how your research synergises with colleagues’
  • start the process of developing interdisciplinary projects that could stand to secure major funding under the theme

There will be an opportunity after the end of the event for continued discussion between participants where that would be useful.

For any enquiries, please contact Jonathan Rans  or Al Innes.