Mid-Career Fellowships for Low and Middle Income Countries

Wellcome Trust is offering mid-career fellowships in Public Health and Tropical
Medicine. This scheme helps mid-career researchers from low- and middle-income
countries establish independent research programmes in those countries.

The scheme aims to
support research that will improve public health and tropical medicine at a local,
national and global level.

The Wellcome Trust
is a biomedical research charity based in London, U
nited Kingdom. It was
established in 1936 with legacies from the pharmaceutical magnate Sir Henry
Wellcome to fund research to improve human and animal health.

Course
Level:
Fellowships are available for an independent research programme.

Study
Subject:
Fellowships are awarded in the field of Public Health and Tropical Medicine.

Scholarship
Award:
An Intermediate Fellowship in Public Health and Tropical Medicine is for up to
five years and cannot be renewed. It can be held on a part-time basis. Support
includes:

A basic
salary (determined by your host organisation)
Personal
removal expenses
Research
expenses, directly related to your proposal

Scholarship can be
taken in Low- and middle-income countries

Eligibility:
Students
can apply for an Intermediate Fellowship in Public Health and Tropical Medicine
if they:

Are a
national of a low- or middle-income country
Have a
PhD or a degree in medicine and are qualified to enter higher specialist
training
Have
three to six years postdoctoral experience.
If they
don’t have a PhD or degree in medicine, Welcome Trust may still consider
them if they have a first or Master’s degree and can show substantial
research experience.

Students must also:

Have a
strong track record in your area of research and show the potential to
become a scientific leader
Have
sponsorship from an eligible host organisation in a low- or middle-income
country
Have a
research proposal that is within the public health and tropical medicine
remit.

Nationality:
Researchers
from low- and middle-income countries can apply for these fellowships.

List of Countries:
Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, American Samoa, Angola, Antigua
and Barbuda, Argentina, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Belarus, Belize, Benin,
Bhutan, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, Bulgaria, Burkina
Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African
Republic, Chad, Chile, 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,
Georgia, Ghana, Grenada, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Haiti,
Honduras, India, Indonesia, Iran, Islamic Rep., Iraq, Jamaica, Jordan,
Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kiribati, Korea, Dem Rep., Kosovo, Kyrgyz Republic, Lao PDR,
Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Lithuania, Macedonia, FYR, Madagascar,
Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Marshall Islands, Mauritania, Mauritius,
Mayotte, 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, Russian
Federation, Rwanda, Samoa, São Tomé and Principe, Senegal, Serbia, Seychelles,
Sierra Leone, Solomon Islands, Somalia, South Africa, Sri Lanka, St. Kitts and
Nevis, 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, Uruguay, Uzbekistan,
Vanuatu, Venezuela, RB, Vietnam, West Bank and Gaza, Yemen, Rep., Zambia and
Zimbabwe