Infection & Immunity

Understanding infections and the immune system, from new vaccines to tackling antibiotic resistance

#6 of 29 research categories by total funding · About £85 per person in the UK

Funded awards

9,322

Published funding

£5.7B

Average published award

£819K

Active funded awards

1,614

NIHR-supported projects

1,950

Amounts are published for 6,915 of 9,322 funded awards. Data as of 16 July 2026.

BBSRC funds the most Infection & Immunity research — 2,613 grants (28% of the topic). The busiest year was 2020, with 688 grants.

Top Funders by Funded Award Count

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Funder	Funded awards
BBSRC	2,613
Wellcome	2,026
MRC	1,973
UKRI	486
InnovateUK	453
EC	366
EPSRC	304
NERC	226
NIHR	198
AMS	179

Funded Awards by Year

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Year	Funded awards
2006	281
2007	355
2008	331
2009	350
2010	336
2011	401
2012	411
2013	319
2014	326
2015	524
2016	603
2017	570
2018	583
2019	538
2020	688
2021	548
2022	564
2023	602
2024	519
2025	317

Grants


TB immunopathology across the M. tuberculosis infection and TB disease spectrum	Associated with Africa Health Research Institute · University College London · University of Alabama · University of Cape Town	Wellcome	£6.0M	2025	Active
Makerere University UVRI Centre of Excellence for Infection & Immunity Research and Training (MUII-plus)	Associated with London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine · Uganda Virus Research Institute · University of Cambridge	Wellcome	£4.6M	2015	Completed
Understanding influenza A virus: linking transmission, evolutionary dynamics, pathogenesis and immunity in pigs	The Pirbright Institute	BBSRC	£4.4M	2014	Completed
MICA: Study of disease mechanisms in enteric fever to characterise innate & adaptive immunity in mucosa & blood in controlled human infection model	—	MRC	£3.7M	2013	Completed
Inhibitory leukocyte immunoglobulin-like receptors (LILRs) in bacterial infection biology	Imperial College London	Wellcome	£2.6M	2023	Active
Tuning Immunity: Regulation and Functions of CaMKII at the Host-Pathogen Interface	King's College London	Wellcome	£2.3M	2025	Active
A bivalent vaccine to reduce the risk of Nipah virus outbreaks	The Pirbright Institute	InnovateUK	£1.5M	2024	Completed
Characterisation of signal transduction pathways that restrict activation of the innate immune system to prevent inflammatory and autoimmune diseases	University of Dundee	MRC	£1.5M	2013	Completed
New Antivirals for Infections with Pandemic Potential	University of Oxford	UKRI	£1.4M	2024	Active
The IMMaged study: understanding the balance of immunity and immune disease in an aged immune system	University of Cambridge	MRC	£1.4M	2023	Active
The interaction of paramyxoviruses with the interferon system.	University of St Andrews	Wellcome	£1.2M	2014	Completed
Mechanisms of antibody-mediated protection against tuberculosis.	University of Cambridge	Wellcome	£1.2M	2023	Active
Definition and induction of broadly protective responses against HIV-1	—	MRC	£1.2M	2016	Completed
Monitoring antibody protection against SARS-CoV-2 variants	—	MRC	£1.2M	2024	Active
Understanding trypanosome-mediated immunosuppression of B cell memory responses in cattle.	University of Edinburgh	BBSRC	£1.1M	2025	Active
Uncovering the divergent roles of type I and III Interferons in Salmonella infection	King's College London	MRC	£1.1M	2024	Active
Mechanisms and consequences of interferon induction by influenza viruses.	Imperial College London	Wellcome	£1.1M	2009	Completed
The evolutionary and mechanistic basis of virus host shifts.	University of Exeter	Wellcome	£1.0M	2016	Completed
Integrated Surveillance and Vaccine Development to Combat Community-Acquired Klebsiella Pneumoniae Infections	—	UKRI	£982K	2025	Active
Identification of Nogo-B as a novel regulator of Toll-like receptor activation in virus-induced inflammation	Cardiff University	MRC	£879K	2023	Active

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