Professor Robin Shattock and members of Imperial's COVID-19 vaccine development team

Advancing the development of an effective COVID-19 vaccine

We will soon be recruiting more participants for the next phase of our COVID-19 vaccine trial at our West London study facility.

Following extensive pre-clinical testing, this next phase of the trial will allow us to refine our innovative, self-amplifying RNA vaccine for the first time in humans.

If you are interested in taking part, please see further details on how to participate and complete our pre-screening questionnaire. You can also find more information about the trial and its structure, as well as the science behind the vaccine, on this site.  

This trial is supported by generous funding from the UK government, UK Research and Innovation (UKRI), the Medical Research Council (MRC), the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR), Partners of Citadel and Citadel Securities, Sir Joseph Hotung Charitable Settlement, Jon Moulton Charity Trust, Pierre Andurand and Restore Our Planet.

Find out more about our response to the coronavirus pandemic.

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The BBC's Fergus Walsh reports as hundreds of volunteers are to take part in the trial of a new vaccine against coronavirus over the coming weeks, as part of a project led by scientists at Imperial College London.

BBC News: revolutionary COVID-19 vaccine trial begins

BBC News: revolutionary COVID-19 vaccine trial begins

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