Deadline:27 November 2017
This scheme enables researchers from low- and middle-income countries to establish themselves as leading investigators in their scientific field. The scheme aims to support research that will improve public health and tropical medicine at a local, national and global level.
Eligibility and suitability
- You can apply for a Senior Research Fellowship in Public Health and Tropical Medicine if you’re an established researcher leading your own independent research programme. The programme of work you propose must be innovative and ambitious.
- You must be a national of a low- or middle-income country . 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, The 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., and Zambia and Zimbabwe
- You should have a PhD or a degree in medicine and be qualified to enter higher specialist clinical training. You must also have significant postdoctoral research experience.
- If you don’t have a PhD or a degree in medicine, we may still consider you if you have a first or a Master’s degree and can show substantial research experience.
You should be able to show:
- your work is important, original and has impact
- you have made important contributions to your area of research, eg publications, patents, software development or an impact on health policy or practice
- you have an international reputation as a research leader in your field
- you’re committed to developing and mentoring less experienced researchers.
- You must have an eligible sponsoring organisation in a low- or middle-income country that will administer the fellowship for the full duration of the award.
- If you’ve been away from research (eg for a career break, maternity leave, or long-term sick leave), we’ll allow for this when we consider your application.
- This scheme may be of particular interest if you’re an intermediate career fellow (such as an Intermediate Fellow in Public Health and Tropical Medicine ) and this fellowship is the next step in your career as a research scientist.
We particularly encourage applications from researchers from low- and middle-income countries who want to return to their home countries.
Your research proposal
- Your proposal should focus on one of the areas within our public health and tropical medicine remit. Research can include laboratory-based molecular analysis of field or clinical samples, but we don’t normally consider projects focused solely on studies in vitro or using animal models.
Your research proposal must:
- describe an innovative and ambitious programme of work
- explain the approaches you will use to deliver that programme of work
- be distinct from, and not replace, activities already supported by other awards.
We will review:
- your research contributions as an independent researcher
- the importance of your research question(s)
- the feasibility of your proposal
- the suitability of your research environment(s).
Benefits:
Senior Fellowships in Public Health and Tropical Medicine provide support that includes:
- a basic salary: 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.
- 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 scientific meetings
- provision for public engagement costs.
- 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.
Who can’t apply
You can’t apply if:
- you’re a researcher in India – instead go to the Wellcome Trust/Department of Biotechnology India Alliance website
- you’re currently applying for another Wellcome fellowship.
- If you’ve already been unsuccessful with a full application for this scheme, please contact us before you apply again.
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Application
Submit your full application: You must submit your full application through the Wellcome Trust Grant Tracker.
