Deadline: 10-Jul-2024
The Wildlife Conservation Society is seeking applications for the Pandemic Prevention Leadership Initiative Fellowship Program.
The Pandemic Prevention Leadership Initiative (PPLI) is designed to build capacity and strengthen collaborative approaches in Southeast Asia to address threats to global health security and biodiversity conservation posed by the unregulated trade in wildlife species.
Through its activities the PPLI will develop a network of multidisciplinary leaders who will be ready to identify and respond to the spillover of high-consequence pathogens (HCPs) in Southeast Asian live animal markets and supply chains. The Pandemic Prevention Initiative will utilize a cohort approach, case-based training, and opportunities for grant-supported independent projects.
Focus Areas
- The PPLI will deliver specialized in-person and remote training to Fellows to strengthen working knowledge and skills in the following key areas:
- Live animal trade chains – source to markets/consumers
- Field Biorisk Management: Biosafety and Biosecurity
- Bio-surveillance
- Risk Assessment, Risk Mitigation and Risk Modelings
- Outbreak Detection and Response
Benefits
- Travel costs
- Travel costs, including airfare, to attend each in-person workshop as part of the PPLI
- Shared resources
- Lifelong access to the PPLI’s online platform for discussions with experts and resource sharing
- Project grant
- A small grant to conduct an independent project in your respective country
- Mentorship
- Mentorship throughout the duration of your Fellowship
Who can apply?
- Fellows will be early-mid career professionals identified as future leaders in their respective fields or institutions (such as government, non-government organizations, academia, and civil society organizations) with an interest, authority, or organizational capacity to promote pandemic prevention by addressing high-consequence pathogen spillover in Southeast Asian live animal markets and associated supply chains.
- Fellow selection criteria will include:
- Passionate individuals (academic, non-governmental, OR governmental) from diverse backgrounds including public health, animal health, food safety, counter-wildlife trafficking, environmental conservation, emergency management, law enforcement, and agriculture, will be selected
- Must be nationals of eligible ASEAN nations – Cambodia, China, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Thailand, and Vietnam
- Strong English skills (written, spoken, and reading) are required
- Minimum of a Bachelor’s degree or related qualification is required
- Strong interest and commitment to pandemic prevention
- Capacity to drive change in their respective fields
- Commitment to the time investment required throughout the PPLI
- The PPLI Fellowship Program is open to nationals of eligible ASEAN nations: Cambodia, China, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Thailand, and Viet Nam.
For more information, visit Wildlife Conservation Society.