The Lister Prize 2025 Application round
is now open!
Deadline for submission is midnight on
Monday 23 September 2024
Learn more about the Lister Institute
The Lister institute is over 125 years old with a fascinating history.
The Lister Institute of Preventive Medicine funds researchers through annual prize grants.
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The Lister Institute Organisation
The latest Lister Institute news
Welcoming Cliona O’Farrelly and strengthening the Lister’s Irish connection
Professor Cliona O’Farrelly, Professor of Comparative Immunology at Trinity College Dublin, will join the Lister Institute Scientific Committee…
The Lister Prize has increased to £300,000 and applications for 2025 are now open
From 2024 onwards, the Lister Prize includes flexible funding of £300,000 for each recipient. This is an increase…
Lister community members awarded prestigious new fellowships
A number of current and former members of the Lister community have been made fellows of leading scientific…
Research Prizes
The Lister Institute’s competitive research prizes give young scientists the opportunity to develop their potential through flexible funding over a five-year period.
The awards are aimed at younger, researchers in the early years of running their own groups, for whom receipt of the prize would make a significant difference to their research work.
Our History
The Lister Institute of Preventive Medicine was founded in 1891 and is one of the UK’s oldest medical charities.
Originally a Research Institute developing, and subsequently producing on a commercial scale, vaccines and antitoxins it has over the years adapted to the changing research environment; always seeking to support research in an innovative way. Take a look at our heritage and find out more about us. Today, from its endowment funds, it is a grant-giving charity whose principal award is the Lister Research Prize Fellowship. The Institute has sought to retain the ‘Lister family’ tradition and remains in touch with all its former and current Fellows.