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PhD students and postdocs are welcome to apply for the SSV travel grants. See how to apply under Member info. Applications for travel grants from SSV are now accepted during the autumn term, with deadline October 1. Decisions on travel grants are then taken by the board. Each award amounts to a maximum of 10.000 SEK.

The board welcomes nominations of candidates to the Pandemifonden Awards (Fenyö Prize and Olofsson Prize), which will be given by Virus- och pandemifonden – Svenska Sällskapet för Virologi, to up to two junior, talented virologists working at Swedish universities or hospitals, for the purpose of promoting virus research. For 2025, the award will be 100 000 SEK given to each awardee, see link

The “Virus- och pandemifonden” in collaboration with the “Svenska Covidföreningen, ME föreningen and föreningen för svårdiagnosticerade infektionssjukdomar” organized a fundraising campaign for post-covid research in the spring of 2025. The campaign collected 100,000 SEK, see link

Senior Lecturer in Virology, Lund University, to be placed at the newly established Lund University Virus Centre. For application and information see link. Application deadline Nov 6. 

23rd Smögen Summer Symposium on Virology, August 20-22, 2026. Add to your calenders ! 
11th National Infection Biology Meeting, October 20-21, Aronsborg, Bålsta. For information and registration, see link

Young GfV regularly organizes workshopsfocused on specific scientific topics. These workshops are intentionally kept small (around 20-40 participants) to provide a unique opportunity for students and early-career researchers. Further information about the workshops and preliminary programs can be found on Young GfV homepage

THE NEED OF VIRUS RESEARCH IS BIGGER NOW THAN EVER, BUT WE NEED RESOURCES AND SUPPORT, see link

Folkhälsomyndigheten söker en specialistläkare till enheten för vaccinationsprogram. Sista ansökningsdag 17 augusti 2025.

En specialist inom infektion, mikrobiologi, virologi, immunologi eller angränsande specialitet, vore ett mycket värdefullt tillskott!

LÄNK: https://www.folkhalsomyndigheten.se/om-folkhalsomyndigheten/jobba-hos-oss/lediga-jobb/

KI to make important recruitment of 20 Assistant Professors. Read more

Exciting Postdoctoral Opportunity in HIV Immunology Research at Molecular Virology, Linköping University, Sweden. The lab, led by Professor Marie Larsson, focuses on HIV immunology, particularly the intricate interactions between HIV-1 and dendritic cells (DCs) and their role in T cell activation and the events of primary HIV infection of mucosal tissues. Read more (pdf)