European Vaccine Initiative

About us The European Vaccine Initiative's (EVI) work is rooted in our commitment to the UN Millennium Development Goals. Our vision is 'a world free of the intolerable burden of diseases of poverty and emerging infectious diseases within the coming decades'. Our objectives seek to deliver this vision. We fund studies to bridge the gap between promising vaccine candidates and late-stage clinical trials. More broadly, we foster an environment in which potential vaccines can be brought to clinical trials and made accessible to low income populations. In all this we collaborate with multiple stakeholders, to whom we offer a forum and focal point. EVI was established by Stockholm University and Heidelberg University, in March 2011 four new institutions were registered in the European Economic Interest Grouping, which is the legal identity of EVI, and in 2014 Institut Pasteur joined the EEIG. Current members of EVI-EEIG are the following organisations: Biomedical Primate Research Centre (BPRC),The Netherlands Jenner Vaccine Foundation, University of Oxford, United Kingdom Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI), Ireland Institut Pasteur (IP), France. EVI is governed by Statutes. The EVI Board sets strategy and is advised by EVI Scientific Advisory Committee. EVI communicates progress to stakeholders and donors through the annual reports. EVI booklet: overview of the diverse aspects of the EVI mandate logo logo logo logo logo