Deadline: 28 February 2015
The Center for Tobacco Control in Africa (CTCA) invites Masters’ students in below mentioned 7 schools of public health in Africa to participate in tobacco use research. The tobacco use research intends on building evidence to drive policy and programs for tobacco control. The grant aims to provide evidence for tobacco control policy and legislation for governments in Africa.
Grant Objectives are to –
- Build capacity for research in tobacco control in Africa
- Contribute to the tobacco control Research agenda in Africa
- Develop tools and document best practices for policy and legislation
Students enrolled on Masters’ of Public Health, Masters in Health Services Research or students admitted on other masters’ programs such as economics, statistics, agro-economics or environment and health services research can apply for the research grant if they are interested to pursue research in tobacco control.
The research projects will involve data review, data collection, data entry, cleaning, analysis and report writing. The scholarship grant shall in addition support costs of local travel, equipment (related to data collection such as recorders), stationery and dissemination of results. Maximum grant per student is $7500. The students will be provided a supervisor from their own university and a Tobacco Control expert Mentor.
Selected 7 Schools of Public Health
- Moi University in Kenya
- Jimma University in Ethiopia
- Muhimbili University in Tanzania
- National University of Rwanda in Rwanda
- Makerere University in Uganda
- University of Nairobi in Kenya
- University of Botswana
Eligibility Criteria
- Applicants must be enrolled/admitted on Master’s program in one of the above mentioned universities.
- For 2014/15 grant, students should be starting their second year
- Applicants’ major subject should be one of the following – Public Health, Health Services Research, economics, statistics, agro-economics or environment.
- Applicants must have an interest to pursue research in tobacco control.
- Applicants can be both Anglophone and Francophone.
Complete application includes – completed application form, research proposal along with proposed budget and research project timeline.
For more information, please visit Call for Proposals for Tobacco Control Program.
