PhD students and postdoctoral fellows may become an NDP-VIP member if they are enrolled at a Swedish university/institute and if they are active in research on virus infections and/or pandemics.

The NDP-VIP programme does not have any mandatory activities. Participants will gain access to a national network focusing on virus infections and pandemics, with accommodation support for programme activities not provided at the home university.

Associate Membership

If you are NOT enrolled as a PhD student or postdoctoral fellow at a Swedish university/institute, but are active in research within virus infection biology and/or pandemics, you may become an associate NDP-VIP member.

Associate members may participate in our courses and other activities. However, NDP-VIP full members will have a priority over an associate member for course enrollment when participant numbers are limited.

Associate members may attend most courses and the biannual meeting for free. However, travel to attend an activity cannot be co-funded by NDP-VIP and should be paid by your home university, supervisor, stipends, or yourself.

How to Register

To register as a member or an associate member, you must complete the form below. Begin by choosing whether you want to apply as a full member or an associate member. None of the information provided is displayed publicly. Your project title, and project descriptionnare displayed for registered participants of the program via a log in function. Other requested information is not displayed at all.

Once your registration is submitted, you should receive confirmation via e-mail (please look in your junk mail folder if no confirmation appears in your inbox). If no confirmation is received, please try to register again or contact louise.lindback@umu.se.

• Membership application

• Membership* Membership*Associate memberFull memberIf you are enrolled at a Swedish university/institute and active in research on virus infections and/or pandemics, select "Full member." All others, select "Associate member".
• Username*
• First Name*
• Last Name*
• E-mail*
• Password* Minimum length of 8 characters.
  The password must have a minimum strength of StrongStrength indicator
• Repeat Password*
• Title* Title*PhD studentPostdocYoung clinical researcherOther
• If other title, please specify*
• University* University*Chalmers University of TechnologyKarolinska InstitutetKTH Royal Institute of TechnologyLinköping UniversityLinnaeus UniversityLuleå University of TechnologyLund UniversityMalmö UniversityStatens veterinärmedicinska anstaltStockholm UniversitySwedish University of Agricultural SciencesUmeå UniversityUniversity of GothenburgUppsala UniversityÖrebro UniversityOther university
• If other university, please specify*
• Department*
• Unit or equivalent if applicable
• Research areas VirologyEpidemiologyZoonosesAntiviral resistanceDrug developmentDiagnosticsTherapeuticsVaccinesHost responseGeneticsEvolutionPathogenicityAnimal infection modelsCell infection modelsTranscriptomicsGenome sequencingBioinformaticsMetabolomicsProteomicsImaging Select research related/interest specific keywords (maximum 5 words)

• Application documents

• Project title*
• Project description*Upload Please provide a short project description in the format of an abstract. No details are required but include the background and context of your research and your objectives/aims.
• Motivation letter*Upload Please provide a short motivation letter describing why you want to become a member.
• PhD student / postdoc certificate*Upload Please provide a certificate of PhD student registration or postdoc contract with your university (i.e. documents verifying you are employed as PhD student or postdoc).
• Letter of support*Upload Please provide a letter of support from your main supervisor or group leader (with respect to participating in the programme). No formal letter is required, a few sentences verifying that your supervisor supports your membership is enough.
• Data security*Umeå University will be the “controller of personal data” (personuppgiftsansvarig) and your data will only be processed for administrative purposes (i.e. to include you in our register of participants). We will not forward your information to a third party. For more information visit https://www.umu.se/en/about-the-website/legal-information/processing-of-legal-data/. Please check the box for agreeing to these terms and conditions.