The NDPIA programme is affiliated with the Laboratory for Molecular Infection Medicine Sweden (MIMS), a national research infrastructure hosted by Umeå University and the Umeå Centre for Microbial Research (UCMR) and is closely affiliated with the University Hospital of Umeå. UCMR is an interdisciplinary consortium of academic research groups with outstanding track records in the fields of microbial pathogenesis, molecular and cell biology, chemistry, clinical microbiology, structural biology, immunology, epidemiology, microbial ecology, physics, mathematics, and data-driven science. MIMS is the Swedish node of the Nordic European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) Partnership for Molecular Medicine that is an internationally leading institute for basic infection biology research with a national task of linking Swedish researchers to the growing network of EMBL centres of excellence. Moreover, MIMS supports a Clinical Research Fellows initiative for young clinicians to strengthen clinical research and to incorporate preclinical and clinical research within the molecular infection medicine research. Together, MIMS-UCMR researchers have established a strong national and international programme in infection and chemical biology to investigate mechanisms of microbial infections and to develop novel, sustainable strategies to combat emerging infectious diseases and antimicrobial resistance. The UCMR-MIMS investigators have been and will continue to be organizers, teachers, and mentors for the NDPIA courses and activities.