Deadline- 1 March 2013
Wellcome Trust is pleased to invite applications for research programme in the fields of Public Health and Tropical Medicine. Fellows must be based primarily in a low- and middle-income country. Research projects should be aimed at understanding and controlling diseases (either human or animal) of relevance to local, national or global health. This can include laboratory based molecular analysis of field or clinical samples, but projects focused solely on studies in vitro or using animal models will not normally be considered under this scheme. This fellowship is part of a series of career awards aimed at building sustainable capacity in areas of research that have the potential for increasing health benefits for people and their livestock in low- and middle-income countries.
Fellowships are for up to five years (non-renewable) and provide support that includes-
- a basic salary for the fellow
- research expenses (e.g. consumables, equipment, collaborative travel, research assistance, technical support, fieldwork and data collection)
- training costs where appropriate and justified
- an inflation and flexible funding allowance
- support to attend scientific meetings.
Training fees may be considered where a course leads to a recognised qualification in a discipline relevant to the fellowship research project and is a necessary part of the fellow’s training. It is expected that registration for a higher degree should be done locally and PhD fees at overseas rates will not normally be provided.
Overseas allowances will be provided for periods of training or collaborative research spent outside the home institution country, where appropriate.
Eligibility–
- Applicant must be a national or legal resident of a low- and middle-income country and should be either-
- a graduate in a subject relevant to public health or tropical medicine (e.g. biomedical or social science, veterinary medicine, physics, chemistry or mathematics) with a PhD and three to six years’ postdoctoral experience, or
- a medical graduate with a higher qualification equivalent to membership of the UK Royal Colleges of Physicians (i.e. qualified to enter higher specialist training) or recognized as a specialist within a relevant research area, with three to six years’ research experience.
- Applicant must have a relevant high-quality publication record and show potential to become a future scientific leader.
- Applicants who do not have a PhD but who are educated to first degree or Master’s level and have extensive research experience, as evidenced by their publication record, may be considered.
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