Wellcome Trust is offering Senior Fellowships in Public Health and Tropical Medicine for Developing Countries at an academic institution in a low- and middle-income country.
This fellowship is the most senior 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.
The Wellcome Trust is an independent global charitable foundation dedicated to improving health, because good health makes life better.
Applications are particularly encouraged from outstanding low- and middle-income country researchers working overseas who wish to return to their home country.
Course Level: Fellowship is provided for pursuing a research program at an academic institution in a low- and middle-income country.
Study Subject: Research should be aimed at understanding and improving public health and tropical medicine of local, national and global relevance. Public health and tropical medicine cover a wide range of health problems, including communicable and non-communicable diseases.
List of Subjects : This fellowship is available in following research areas:-
-demographic, social science and health economic studies
-epidemiological, field and community based studies
-health care systems and policy research
-measurement of infectious and chronic disease burden
-population studies
-clinical trials and case control studies
-studies of disease mechanisms in the natural host
-determinants of disease susceptibility and resistance
-immunity or resistance in natural hosts or vectors.
Scholarship Award: The value of fellowship is as follows:-
Fellowships are for up to five years in the first instance 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)
-course fees where appropriate and justified
-research management and support costs
-an inflation allowance and support to attend academic/scientific conferences
-provision for public engagement costs.
– The salary should normally be based on the pay scales of the employing institution and must be justified by the head of the institution. The salary level should be appropriate for the holder of a competitive grant and allow him/her to focus full-time on research.
-If the fellow is already in receipt of a salary from the host institution, the host institution may use the salary to pay for a replacement member of staff while we provide the fellow’s salary for the duration of the fellowship. It is not expected that the fellow will hold a salary in addition to the one provided by the Trust.
-Overseas allowances will be provided for periods of training or collaborative research spent outside the home institution country, where appropriate.
-Research-dedicated costs (excluding salary costs) should not exceed £100 000 per annum.
Scholarship can be taken at: Low- and middle-income country.
Eligibility: Each of the scholarships has its own set of eligibility criteria which applicants should check carefully to make sure you are eligible before they apply.
In order to apply for scholarship, you must follow the given criteria:
Wellcome Trust will consider applications that fall within the Public Health and Tropical Medicine remit. This covers research on infectious and non-communicable diseases within the fields of public health and tropical medicine that is aimed at understanding and controlling diseases (either human or animal) of relevance to local, national or global health. This includes:
-demographic, social science and health economic studies
-epidemiological, field and community based studies
-health care systems and policy research
-measurement of infectious and chronic disease burden
-population studies
-clinical trials and case control studies
-studies of disease mechanisms in the natural host
-determinants of disease susceptibility and resistance
-immunity or resistance in natural hosts of vectors.
-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.
-You must be a national of a low- and middle-income country, and be either a:
-graduate in a subject relevant to public health or tropical medicine (for example; biomedical or social science, veterinary medicine, physics, chemistry or mathematics) with a PhD and at least five years’ postdoctoral experience, or medical graduate with a higher qualification equivalent to membership of the UK Royal College of Physicians (i.e. qualified to enter higher specialist training), or be recognised as a specialist within a relevant research area, and have at least five years’ research experience.
-Applicants who do not have a PhD but who are educated to first degree or Master’s level and have substantial research experience, as evidenced by their publication record, may be considered.
-You should have a substantial record of publications in your chosen area of research in leading international journals. Applications are particularly encouraged from outstanding low- and middle-income country researchers working overseas who wish to return to their home country.
Nationality: Applicants from low and middle income countries (Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, American Samoa, Angola, Argentina, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Belarus, Belize, Benin, Bhutan, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Verde* (Capo Verde), Central African Republic, Chad, China, Colombia, Comoros, Congo, Dem. Rep., Congo, Rep., Costa Rica, Côte d’Ivoire, Cuba, Djibouti, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, Arab Rep., El Salvador, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Fiji, Gabon, Gambia, The Georgia, Ghana, Grenada, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Hong Kong, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Iran, Islamic Rep., Iraq, Jamaica, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kiribati, Korea, Dem Rep., Kosovo, Kyrgyz Republic, Lao PDR, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Macedonia, FYR, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Marshall Islands, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico, Micronesia, Fed. Sts., Moldova, Mongolia, Montenegro, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nepal, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Pakistan, Palau, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Romania, Rwanda, Samoa, São Tomé and Principe, Senegal, Serbia, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Solomon Islands, Somalia, South Africa, South Sudan, Sri Lanka, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Sudan, Suriname, Swaziland, Syrian Arab Republic, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Togo, Tonga, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Tuvalu, Uganda, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Venezuela, RB, Vietnam, West Bank and Gaza, Yemen, Rep., Zambia and Zimbabwe) are eligible to apply for this fellowship.
College Admission Requirement
Entrance Requirement : Student must have completed PhD or first degree or Master’s level having substantial research experience.
English Language Requirement : Applicants from outside the home country will often need to meet specific English language/other language requirements in order to be able to study there.
Fellowships for Developing Countries
Supporting Material: In addition to the application for the fellowship, the applicant must submit the following documents:
If successful, and before an award letter is issued, candidates will be asked to provide:
-full details of the costs requested
-information on human participation, biological samples and personal data
-information on consultancies, equities, directorships and commercial exploitation
-details of key collaborator(s)
-other details, as required.
How to Apply: Eligible applicants should complete an online fellowship application.
Download a sample of the full application form.
Application Deadline: Applications are considered three times a year. The timetable for the next round of the competition is below: Next preliminary application deadline: 24 May 2016. Main application deadline: 27 July 2016. Schedule for preliminary applications submitted to 8 December 2015 deadline: Main application deadline: 26 February 2016.
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