Deadline: 15 March 2017
The Collaborative Initiative for Paediatric HIV Education and Research (CIPHER) is seeking applications for its 2017 Growing the Leaders of Tomorrow Fellowship Programme to contribute to strengthened HIV clinical research capacity in high-burden countries in sub-Saharan Africa by providing two-year research fellowships to three emerging young leaders in paediatric HIV clinical science.
Programme Outcomes
- Fellows have increased knowledge and skills in HIV clinical research;
- Fellows can compete more effectively for international research funding opportunities;
- Fellows have strengthened relationships with a leading clinical scientist in paediatric HIV and with an institution of excellence in sub-Saharan Africa;
- Priority research gaps in paediatric HIV clinical science are addressed.
Benefits
- The final three awardees will be selected to receive a two-year fellowship of up to US$ 70,000 (US$ 35,000 per year).
- The fellowship funds are to provide a stipend for the fellow and can support travel to attend one scientific meeting to present results; fellowship funds are not intended to cover direct research expenses, which must be provided by the mentor’s institution or additional grants.
Eligibility criteria
- Mentors:
- The mentor must be either an Associate or Full Professor or Chief/Principal Research Officer with an established position at a research institute in sub-Saharan Africa.
- Submit their CV, including publication record in paediatric HIV clinical research;
- Demonstrate that they are the principal investigator of the proposed research project that the fellow will be contributing to and that direct research expenses and adequate infrastructure for the period of the fellowship will be provided for by other grants or sources of funding;
- Establish a mentorship plan that demonstrates how the fellowship will contribute to skill building and professional development of the fellow, as well as ensuring successful completion of the research project.
- Fellows:
- The fellow must be a junior investigator with a doctoral degree (PhD) or a doctor of medicine degree (e.g., MD, MBBS or equivalent) obtained no more than ten years before the application deadline and who has less than five years of relevant research experience.
- The fellow must hold a passport from a country in sub-Saharan Africa.
- The fellow must fulfil one of the following criteria prior to the application submission deadline:
- He/she is a clinical/research trainee (e.g., research or clinical fellow, senior medical resident/Registrar) at a sub-Saharan African academic institute or a sub-Saharan African institute whose primary mission is research.
- He/she has a faculty or comparable position (e.g., assistant professor, lecturer, research officer) at a sub-Saharan Africa academic institute or a sub-Saharan Africa institute whose primary mission is research.
- He/she is working at a sub-Saharan Africa organization with adequate research infrastructure to undertake the proposed research activities.
- The fellow (and mentor) must demonstrate that funding to support the direct costs of the proposed research is available.
How to Apply
Interested applicants must apply online via given website.
Eligible Countries: Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Democratic Republic of the, Congo, Republic of the, Cote d’Ivoire, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, South Africa, South Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, United Republic of, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe.
For more information, please visit Fellowship Programme.