Wellcome Trust is accepting applications for the International Engagement Awards for global health research. A wide range of people including media professionals, educators, science communicators, health professionals and researchers in bioscience, health, bioethics and history can apply for these awards, which offer grants of up to £30,000 for a period of maximum three years. These grants will be given to projects that aim to achieve some or all of the following:
- to strengthen the capacity of people in low- and middle-income countries to facilitate public engagement with health research
- to stimulate dialogue about health research and its impact on the public in a range of community and public contexts in low- and middle-income countries
- to investigate and test new methods of engagement, participation, communication or education around health research
- to promote collaboration on engagement projects between researchers and community or public organisations
- to support Wellcome Trust funded researchers in low- and middle-income countries in engaging with the public and policy makers.
Projects could involve:
- communities and members of the public (particularly those affected by or involved in health research)
- science communicators, health and science journalists
- healthcare professionals, educators, field workers, community workers
- policy and decision makers.
Applicants should be from low-and-middle income countries. Applicants from the UK can apply for the grants in partnership with local partners from low-and-middle-income countries. “All projects must involve engagement with health research. Projects dealing purely with development research not related to health are not eligible. Please note also, that the scheme is not intended to support standard delivery of health education and promotion which does not focus on health research or involve health researchers.”
Applicants can contact the Trust before the set deadlines to find out whether they are eligible to submit the applications. Applications form can be downloaded from the Trust’s website. There are two upcoming deadlines and preliminary expression of interests should be submitted earlier than these:
- 29 October 2010 (Preliminary expressions of interest should be sent by 17 September 2010)
- 21 April 2011 (Preliminary expressions of interest should be sent by 11 March 2011)
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