Uganda Virus Research Institute

2025–2028 · research · IKAA

Presidential Scientific Initiative on Epidemics

Emily Nyanzi · Uganda Virus Research Institute · funded by European and Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership

2025–2028 · grant · Identifying correlates of protection to support vaccine development

VacICoP: Chimpanzee Adenovirus Type 3-Vectored Marburg Glycoprotein (GP)-Expressing Vaccine (ChAd3-MARV)-Induced Correlates of Protection

Dr Jennifer Serwanga · Uganda Virus Research Institute · funded by Wellcome Trust

2025–2027 · research · Global Health

Uganda Virus Research Institute - to progress mosquito biocontrol product development to field trials

Uganda Virus Research Institute · funded by Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation

$5M

2025–2030 · grant · Understanding dengue and Zika spread, immunity and clinical outcomes

Co-circulation dynamics of dengue and Zika virus in East Africa and Mexico and its impact on cross-reactive immunity

Dr Julius Julian Lutwama · Uganda Virus Research Institute · funded by Wellcome Trust

£5.6M

2025–2026 · research · IKAA

Clinical Trial on the Anti-tick vaccine in Uganda

Emily Nyanzi · Uganda Virus Research Institute · funded by European and Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership

2025–2026 · research · IKAA

Enhancement of vaccine research and pharmaceuticals in Uganda

Emily Nyanzi · Uganda Virus Research Institute · funded by European and Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership

2025–2028 · fellowship · EMBO Global Investigator

Biological predictors of vaccine-specific response

Gyaviira Nkurunungi · Uganda Virus Research Institute · funded by European Molecular Biology Organization

2025–2026 · research · Global Health

Uganda Virus Research Institute - to support participation in the 2025 American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (ASTMH) Hepatitis E Symposium

Uganda Virus Research Institute · funded by Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation

$93.2kHepatitis Viruses Studies and Epidemiology

2025–2027 · cooperative agreement · U01

Uganda Schistosomiasis Multidisciplinary Research Centre (U-SMRC)

Alison Elliott · Uganda Virus Research Institute · funded by National Institutes of Health

$252.3k

2024–2028 · research · Global Health

Uganda Virus Research Institute - to pilot methods of detecting insecticide resistance in mosquitoes using genomic sequencing in Africa

Uganda Virus Research Institute · funded by Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation

$1.8MMosquito-borne diseases and control

2024 · research · Global Health

Uganda Virus Research Institute - to test environmental samples from South Sudan for Hepatitis E

Uganda Virus Research Institute · funded by Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation

$66.6kHepatitis Viruses Studies and Epidemiology

2023–2026 · cooperative agreement · U01

BCX-Africa: Utilizing data science to evaluate the applicability of blood cell traits polygenic risk scores for disease prediction in Africa

Tinashe Chikowore · Uganda Virus Research Institute · funded by National Institutes of Health

$253.8kGenetic Associations and Epidemiology

2023–2026 · cooperative agreement · U01

BCX-Africa: Utilizing data science to evaluate the applicability of blood cell traits polygenic risk scores for disease prediction in Africa

Tinashe Chikowore · Uganda Virus Research Institute · funded by National Institutes of Health

$247.3kGenetic Associations and Epidemiology

2023–2027 · cooperative agreement · U01

BCX-Africa: Utilizing data science to evaluate the applicability of blood cell traits polygenic risk scores for disease prediction in Africa

Tinashe Chikowore · Uganda Virus Research Institute · funded by National Institutes of Health

$246.8k

2022–2027 · cooperative agreement · U01

Uganda Schistosomiasis Multidisciplinary Research Centre (U-SMRC)

Alison Elliott · Uganda Virus Research Institute · funded by National Institutes of Health

$539.7kParasites and Host Interactions

2022–2027 · cooperative agreement · U01

Uganda Schistosomiasis Multidisciplinary Research Centre (U-SMRC)

Alison Elliott · Uganda Virus Research Institute · funded by National Institutes of Health

$530.5kParasites and Host Interactions

2022–2027 · cooperative agreement · U01

Uganda Schistosomiasis Multidisciplinary Research Centre (U-SMRC)

Alison Elliott · Uganda Virus Research Institute · funded by National Institutes of Health

$531.8kParasites and Host Interactions

2022–2027 · cooperative agreement · U01

Uganda Schistosomiasis Multidisciplinary Research Centre (U-SMRC)

Alison Elliott · Uganda Virus Research Institute · funded by National Institutes of Health

$276.6k

2021–2023 · research · Global Health

Uganda Virus Research Institute - to develop and test amplicon sequencing approaches for malaria mosquitoes

Uganda Virus Research Institute · funded by Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation

$160.4k

2021–2022 · research · Global Health

Uganda Virus Research Institute - to develop a relational database to automate the analysis of routine HIV sequence data to detect potential HIV outbreaks.

Uganda Virus Research Institute · funded by Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation

$100k

2021–2025 · research · Global Health

Uganda Virus Research Institute - to connect local pathogen genomic surveillance to improved local immunological assessments and antibody discovery

Uganda Virus Research Institute · funded by Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation

$1.1M

2019–2024 · cooperative agreement · U01

Identification, Surveillance, and Control of Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases in Uganda

Julius Julian Lutwama · Uganda Virus Research Institute · funded by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

$400k

2019–2024 · cooperative agreement · U01

Identification, Surveillance, and Control of Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases in Uganda

Julius Julian Lutwama · Uganda Virus Research Institute · funded by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

$1.8M

2019–2025 · cooperative agreement · U01

CK19-001 - Identification, Surveillance, and Control of Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases in Uganda

Julius Julian Lutwama · Uganda Virus Research Institute · funded by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

$992.8k

2019–2024 · cooperative agreement · U01

Identification, Surveillance, and Control of Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases in Uganda

Julius Julian Lutwama · Uganda Virus Research Institute · funded by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

$860k

2019–2024 · cooperative agreement · U01

Identification, Surveillance, and Control of Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases in Uganda

Julius Julian Lutwama · Uganda Virus Research Institute · funded by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

$2.2M

2019–2024 · cooperative agreement · U01

Identification, Surveillance, and Control of Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases in Uganda

Julius Julian Lutwama · Uganda Virus Research Institute · funded by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

$2.8M

2019–2024 · cooperative agreement · U01

Identification, Surveillance, and Control of Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases in Uganda

Julius Julian Lutwama · Uganda Virus Research Institute · funded by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

$2.1M

2019–2024 · cooperative agreement · U01

Identification, Surveillance, and Control of Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases in Uganda

Julius Julian Lutwama · Uganda Virus Research Institute · funded by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

$2.7M

2019–2025 · cooperative agreement · U01

CK19-001 - Identification, Surveillance, and Control of Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases in Uganda

Julius Julian Lutwama · Uganda Virus Research Institute · funded by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

$400k

2017–2018 · grant · Discretionary Award - Vaccines

Controlled Human Infection Models for Schistosomiasis in Uganda

Prof Alison M Elliott · Uganda Virus Research Institute · funded by Wellcome Trust

£36.5k

2017–2022 · grant · Population and Public Health

Integrating the management of depression into routine HIV care in Uganda (the HIV+D trial)

Uganda Virus Research Institute · funded by Wellcome Trust

£2MHIV/AIDS Research and Interventions

2017–2018 · grant · Vaccines

Controlled Human Infection Models for Schistosomiasis in Uganda

Uganda Virus Research Institute · funded by Wellcome Trust

£36.5kParasites and Host Interactions

2016–2017 · grant · DELTAS Initiative

Makerere University UVRI Centre of Excellence for Infection & Immunity Research and Training (MUII-plus)

Prof Alison M Elliott · Uganda Virus Research Institute · funded by Wellcome Trust

£658.8k

2015–2020 · research · R01

IMMUNOLOGICAL AND VIRAL FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH HIV-1 SUPERINFECTION

Pontiano Kaleebu · Uganda Virus Research Institute · funded by National Institutes of Health

$131.7k

2015–2020 · research · R01

IMMUNOLOGICAL AND VIRAL FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH HIV-1 SUPERINFECTION

Pontiano Kaleebu · Uganda Virus Research Institute · funded by National Institutes of Health

$139.6k

2015–2020 · research · R01

IMMUNOLOGICAL AND VIRAL FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH HIV-1 SUPERINFECTION

Pontiano Kaleebu · Uganda Virus Research Institute · funded by National Institutes of Health

$134.8k

2015–2020 · research · R01

IMMUNOLOGICAL AND VIRAL FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH HIV-1 SUPERINFECTION

Pontiano Kaleebu · Uganda Virus Research Institute · funded by National Institutes of Health

$135k

2015–2020 · research · R01

IMMUNOLOGICAL AND VIRAL FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH HIV-1 SUPERINFECTION

Pontiano Kaleebu · Uganda Virus Research Institute · funded by National Institutes of Health

$135.7k