A vital part of our mission is supporting immunologists throughout their careers, building connections within the immunology community and raising the profile of immunology. The British Society for Immunology is proud to announce the members who successfully obtained funding in the latest round of the BSI Career Enhancing Grant scheme. We are delighted to provide them with an extra level of support to benefit their careers.
Many congratulations to the members who have been awarded funding in this round – we are thrilled to be able to support your career development! A sum of over £40,000 has been awarded to 12 BSI members, contributing to a wide range of projects from overseas lab visits, training, and research projects across immunology. You can read the full list of projects that have been awarded funding below.
Through this offering, we hope to continue building a strong immunology workforce that drives innovation and provides life-saving benefits to all.
Awardees
- Dr Ben Raymond, Newcastle University – Characterisation of CD97 as a novel apoptotic cell-sensing receptor involved in the regulation of the innate immune response
- Christopher De Voss, University of Oxford – Clinical research training at Songklanagarind University Hospital, Thailand
- Dr Fabian Salazar, University of Exeter – Uncovering the impact of the lung microbiome on Aspergillus fumigatus colonisation and immune responses
- Georgia Fakonti, University of Leeds – Enhancing career skills through comprehensive training in Bioinformatics
- Georgia Stylianou, Northumbria University – Testing the detectable affinity range of B cell receptors by ELISPOT assays
- Lara Graham, University of Southampton – Investigating NK cell function in the lymph nodes in B cell malignancies
- Dr Lizi Hegarty, University of Edinburgh – Characterising salivary gland glial cells following irradiation injury
- Dr Matthew Pugh, University of Birmingham – Isolating rare tumour cells from Hodgkinoid lymphomas to understand genome-immune system interactions.
- Dr Melibea Berzosa, Queen's University Belfast – Study towards a sex-specific vaccine strategy
- Ricardo Sainz, The Institute of Cancer Research – Impact of novel radiotherapy modalities on immune cell metabolism: a comparative study – lab visit with Professor Costantinos Koumenis
- Sinibaldo Romero Arocha, University of Oxford – Exploring the anti-inflammatory effects of time-restricted eating in patients with psoriasis
- Tegan McTaggart, Newcastle University – Creating a cartography of an aged cancer micro-environment using CosMx Spatial Transcriptomics
We would like to thank our review panel, chaired by BSI Careers and Education Secretary Dr Sophie Rutschmann, for their time judging the applications.
Next round
Applications for the next grant round will close on Thursday 27 March 2025 at 23:59 GMT. We are currently accepting applications. You can find out more, including how to apply, in the grants section of our website.
There are two application deadlines per year, one in September and one in March.
If you have any questions, please contact careers@immunology.org.