APPLICATIONS FOR 2025 NOW CLOSED

NEXT CALL OPENING IN MARCH 2026

ISAC Project Grant applications 2025

Funding amount £15,000

Applicants are required to demonstrate that ISAC funds will be utilised for a clearly defined piece of research, which will have an identifiable outcome on completion of the work. At least one applicant must be from a low- to middle- income country.

Research projects should address one of the three following areas:

• What are feasible and effective prevention strategies to prevent transmission of (resistant) pathogens in low resource settings?
• What basic laboratory support does a healthcare system minimally need to tackle infectious diseases?
• How do we improve antimicrobial use worldwide to ensure it is delivered only to those who need it?

Funding

• Applicants can apply for up to £15,000.
• Recipients will receive 50% of the grant in advance of the project and 50% on completion.

Project criteria

• Projects can last up to 24 months.
• 6-monthly updates are required.
• Funds can be used for staff or materials.
• At least two countries should be involved in the project of which at least one is from a low- or middle-income country.
• Awardees will be expected to present at an ISAC webinar and at the International Congress of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy.

Eligibility of applicants

• Principal applicant must be a member of an ISAC Member Society. Visit the website to see the full list of ISAC Member Societies. Any relevant society which is not a member can apply to join - find out more here. Once the society’s application has been approved, members can apply for Project Grants.
• The other applicants do not need to be a member of an ISAC Member Society.
• The principal applicant must be the principal investigator on the intended research.
• At least one investigator must be from a low- to middle- income country.
• At least two countries must be involved.

Reporting Results

• Awardees will be required to provide a written report within three months of finalising the project.
• Awardees to provide written updates every 6 months on progress (200 words).
• The final report should be a maximum of two pages (Arial, 12) with a 200-500-word summary for the website / ISAC / APUA Newsletter / society information page within both IJAA and JGAR.
• Manuscripts which result from the ISAC funded work must be submitted to either IJAA or JGAR in the first instance. A manuscript may only be submitted to an alternative journal if it has been rejected by both IJAA and JGAR. The grant is to be acknowledged in the appropriate section.

Application Process

To apply for a grant, applicants will be required to submit the following:
• An application form (submit in word format).
• Proof of Member Society membership.
• A Curriculum Vitae (one page) of the main applicants.
• Confirmation of the application from the Head of Department and confirmation that the Department has the resources required to undertake the project.
• Please send your completed application form and supporting documents to secretariat@ISAC.world.

Terms and Conditions

• International Society of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy to be acknowledged on all resulting publications and presentations.
• 6-monthly progress reports to be submitted to the ISAC Executive Committee.
• Research funds to be used for the project, as per the budget application only. ISAC does not support indirect costs to institutions.
• Budget must be presented in £ (GBP).
• Applications / reports to be written in English.
• Only one application per applicant per year.
• Grant applications will be assessed by a panel of independent reviewers / the ISAC Executive Committee, using a standardised scoring system.

ISAC Project Grants 2024 - Awardees

We are delighted to end 2024 by announcing ISAC's 2024 Project Grant Awardees.

We received many high quality applications which made the decision of the Board very difficult.
However, we are pleased to announce that ISAC will fund 4 projects this year:

1. Delly Chipta Lestari
Comparison of serogroup distribution and antimicrobial resistance profile of Neisseria meningitidis among adolescents and elderly before and after meningococcal vaccination in Indonesia

2. Wenyi Li
Advancing antifungal combination therapies

3. Anne-Valérie Burgener-Gasser
Enhancing Infection Prevention and Control in C-Section Care in Rural Lesotho

4. Anniemarie Suma Maumba / Alma Tostmann
The Impact of Enhanced Infection Prevention and Control Measures and Antimicrobial Stewardship on the Incidence of hospital acquired infections in a Burn Unit in Tanzania. (HAI-BURN)

Congratulations to all awardees and also a thank you to everyone who submitted an application. We hope you will consider submitting in 2025 when the next call opens on 1 April 2025.

Congratulations to the awardees!

 See a list of previous awardees here.