Apply to Be a human health Fellow and Fund Your Study with African Research Excellence Fund for Sub-Saharan Students

The AREF Researchيتم إطلاق برنامج زمالة AREF لتطوير الأبحاث (RDF) لدعم الباحثين الأفارقة الذين يعملون على تحديات مهمة في مجال صحة الإنسان في إفريقيا. يهدف البرنامج إلى دعم الباحثين في إفريقيا و الذين هم قادة ناشئون ويعملون لايجاد حلول لتحديات مهمة في مجال صحة الإنسان ومن أجل تطوير مهاراتهم كباحثين. يهدف برنامج AREF RDF إلى تعزيز القدرة التنافسية البحثية للباحثين الأفارقة الناشئين الذين يعملون على تحديات مهمة لصحة الإنسان في إفريقيا. في عام 2020 ، ستشمل هذه التحديات الأمراض المعدية والأمراض غير المعدية. الهدف هو تأمين هذه الفرصة لما يصل إلى 15 عالمًا موهوبًا لما بعد الدكتوراه في إفريقيا في عام 2020 للمساهمة في تقليل عبء المرض من خلال البحوث الرائدة التي تستجيب للأوضاع الأفريقية. Development Fellowship (RDF) Program is being launched to support African researchers who are working on important challenges for human health in Africa. The Program aims to support researchers in Africa who are emerging leaders and are working on important challenges for human health to develop their skills as a researcher. The AREF RDF Program aims to enhance the research competitiveness of emerging African researchers who are working on important challenges for human health in Africa. In 2020, these challenges will include infectious disease and non-communicable diseases. AREF’s goal is to transform the opportunities for up to 15 talented postdoctoral scientists in Africa in 2020 to contribute to reducing the burden of disease through leading research that is responsive to African settings. Opportunity focus area: -Human Health -Medicine

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Africa Research Excellence Fund Research Development Fellowship 2020

The AREF Research Development Fellowship (RDF) Program is being launched to support African researchers who are working on important challenges for human health in Africa.

The Program aims to support researchers in Africa who are emerging leaders and are working on important challenges for human health to develop their skills as a researcher.

The AREF RDF Program aims to enhance the research competitiveness of emerging African researchers who are working on important challenges for human health in Africa. In 2020, these challenges will include infectious disease and non-communicable diseases. AREF’s goal is to transform the opportunities for up to 15 talented postdoctoral scientists in Africa in 2020 to contribute to reducing the burden of disease through leading research that is responsive to African settings.

Opportunity focus area:

-Human Health
-Medicine

Specialties

Complementary & Alternative Medicine, Health Sciences, Human Medicine, Medicine & Health

Eligibilities

Not Specified

Gender

Nationality

Comoros, Djibouti, Mauritania, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan

Required Languages

Required Degree

Required Experience

Specific Requirements

Minority/Ethnic

Equality and diversity are core values of AREF and we encourage applications by scientists irrespective of gender, colour, race, or creed. We strongly welcome eligible applicants from francophone and lusophone countries as well as from anglophone countries.

Have Doctorate Degree

If you do not currently have a PhD, you must provide evidence that a recognised examining institution expects you to have been examined for the degree of PhD/DPh by September 2020.

Master Student

Clinically-qualified applicants without a doctorate may apply. They must have been awarded a research-relevant Master’s degree. They should also have at least two and not more than seven years of active research experience. Experience both before and after gaining the Master’s qualification counts towards the experience total. They will normally have plans to gain a PhD or equivalent doctorate (although not funded as part of the AREF Fellowship). Medical College memberships and fellowships are not counted as doctorates.

Other Requirements

Nationality and Employment

Applicants have to be nationals of and employed in Sub-Saharan Africa.

Researcher's Focus Area

Applicants will need to demonstrate a credible, ambitious vision for their research career in an area of human-health challenge for Africa; and a transformational, well-supported development plan that would be significantly enhanced by the RDF Programme.

At Early Stage

Potential applicants are strongly encouraged to discuss their plans at an early stage with their employing and potential host organisations.

Residency

Applicants need not be resident in Africa at the time of applying, provided that your application is officially supported by an African institution that meets the eligibility criteria for an employing institution and which attests that it intends to employ you locally.

Benefits

Cover Tuition Fees

A three to nine-month placement at a leading research institution in Europe or Africa.

Salary

Additional support at your home institution before and after the placement, up to a maximum of £40,000(GB Pounds).

Grant

You may request funds up to £1500 to cover well-specified and justified preparatory costs at your Employing Organisation.

Others

AREF will fully fund all workshops and mentorship support costs associated with the programme.

Others

The Program aims to support researchers in Africa who are emerging leaders and are working on important challenges for human health to develop their skills as a researcher.

Others

This program aims to promote development of technical skills, collaborations and networks.

Costs

Others

The RDF Programme does NOT provide Fellows with funds for a whole research project; it focuses on developing researcher skills.

Stipend/Allowance

Salary for the Fellow during the placement: this must be guaranteed by the Employing Organisation

Participation/Program fees

Unspecified research and training costs

Cover Tuition Fees

Residential or distance-learning Masters course fees or other examination or professional fees

Others

Fees to advisors or mentors

Others

Contingency funds

Others

The direct costs of collecting or generating substantial new datasets or the costs of taking a research project from start to completion (i.e. the kind of project that can be supported through a standard research grant)

Others

costs that are not specific to the Fellow’s research and training set out under the application. These include general office costs, the costs of basic laboratory or other workplace consumables, library and learning services, secretarial support, financial, communications and departmental services, central and distributed information and technology services, estates costs (building and premises costs) and utilities such as electricity; and clinical infrastructure.