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Deadline for submission of application: 9 October 2013
The Medical Research Council Unit, The Gambia (‘the Unit’) and the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (‘the LSHTM’) are seeking to appoint outstanding early career post-doctoral researchers to three new MRC-LSHTM West African Global Health Research Fellowships. Each Fellow will undertake an original research project in the West Africa region and our two institutions. The project must be aligned with the research strengths of the two host organisations. Fellowships will be for up to three years, and include salary, research and training support costs. Fellowships should start between 1 April and 30 June 2014.
The MRC-LSHTM West African Global Health Research Fellowship Programme is supported by a £1M award from the UK MRC, with partnership funding from the Institutional Strategic Support Fund from the Wellcome Trust and the LSHTM.
The Fellows will benefit from access to the exceptionally strong research and training resources of the two institutions and their partner organisations, and so enable them to accelerate their scientific and professional development.
The scheme is open to West African and EU nationals (see Notes) who are active clinical or non-clinical researchers with up to three years postdoctoral research experience at the application deadline date, and preferably with experience of working with the Unit, or the LSHTM, or both.
Full details, application forms and guidance are available from the MRC Unit, The Gambia website: http://www.mrc.gm/news/three-prestigious-research-fellowships.html#more-3186