HIV Research Trust Scholarships for Health Professionals from Developing Nations

The
HIV Research Trust is a charitable foundation that provides financial support
to physicians, nurses, scientists and other health care professionals in
early/mid-career who are located in resource-limited settings from low-income
and lower-middle-income countries working in the field of HIV infection. All
aspects of research related to HIV infection and its consequences are eligible
including clinical care, basic and applied biology, epidemiology,
psychological, ethical, economic, educational and societal aspects. The support
is in the form of scholarships which are of variable duration and cover course
fees, travel, living expenses and consumables.

Scholarships
are awarded annually following a competitive peer-review process and are
designed to enable the candidate to travel to another research unit to learn
skills and techniques which should develop the candidate’s career and, on
return to the home institution, add to the capacity of the department to carry
out research related to treatment and prevention. Examples of skills and
techniques that may be acquired are; clinical management, clinical trial
experience and practice, data and trial management, statistical expertise, acquisition
of laboratory techniques and analysis, cell and molecular biology.

Eligibility
Requirements:

The
scholarships are for health care professionals in early/mid-career who are
located in resource-limited settings from low-income and lower-middle-income
countries working in the field of HIV infection.

Benefits:

The
scholarships provide support for travel, living expenses including
accommodation, and may provide support for laboratory expenses at the
institution to be visited.
The
preference is for applicants to receive training in recognised centres in
other resource-poor countries but travel to other areas is not excluded.
The
usual period of support is 2-6 months.
The
maximum sum awarded is £8,000 or equivalent value.