The National Graduate School in Infection Biology and and Antimicrobials (IBA) was a graduate school funded by the Research Council of Norway, coordinated at the University of Oslo. IBA held courses and workshops in infectious disease and infection biology across their partner institutions, and connected the research environments of infectious disease and infection biology throughout the country via the IBA network.

The aim of the program (that ran from fall 2016 – 2023) was to strengthen the national recruitment base and quality for promoting research on infectious diseases and other risks to health. A particularly important objective was to strengthen domestic and international networking in the subject area. Both PhD students and postdocs registered at Norwegian universities participated in IBA.

The program funded courses and workshops focused on basic and clinical research as well as on different technical aspects. IBA also had annual networking meetings. The program supported participation in these activities by co-funding of travel and accommodation costs. No mandatory activities were included in membership.