USA UJMT Fogarty Global Health Fellowship Program 2015-2016
Applications are invited for 2015/2016 UJMT Fogarty global health fellowship. The fellowship program offers 11-months of mentored clinical research training for pre and postdoctoral candidates. This program provides a new opportunity in global health research training for selected junior faculty, fellows and scholars. US citizens and trainees from LMIC (low-or middle- income countries) who are currently involved in research at one of the international training sites affiliated with one of the four consortium partners are eligible for this fellowship.
Study Subject(s): Fellowship is awarded for global health research.
Course Level: This global health fellowship program offers 11-months of mentored clinical research training for pre and postdoctoral candidates.
Scholarship Provider: It is sponsored by the Fogarty International Center and other NIH Institutes, Centers and Offices such as the National Cancer Institute and the Office of Research for Women’s Health.
Scholarship can be taken at: USA and LMIC countries in training sites i.e. Ghana, Malawi, Rwanda, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Bangladesh, China, India, Malaysia, Thailand, Argentina, Brazil and Multiple locales in Peru. Each trainee will be work with a team of mentors, with at least one U.S. and one LMIC mentor.
Eligibility:
-Early-stage postdoctoral researchers in any of the basic science disciplines (U.S. citizen or permanent resident).
– Doctoral students from schools of dentistry, medicine, nursing, pharmacy, public health and veterinary medicine (U.S. citizens).
-Trainees from low- or middle-income country (LMIC) international training sites can apply as postdocs or as a predoc who is then “twinned” with the U.S. doctoral student trainee.
-Junior faculty with K awards who wish to spend the year overseas can apply for travel and research supplements.
US. Postdoctoral Fellows and Junior Faculty
-U.S. Citizen, non-citizen national or permanent resident
-MD’s will have completed residency prior to the departure date for the training site.
-PhD’s will have defended their dissertation prior to the departure date for the training site.
-U.S. trained MD or PhD from any U.S. academic institution can work at one of the established training sites.
-A two-to-three member team can apply to jointly conduct a research project. Each member of the research team must be from a different health science for instance public health, medicine, and biomedical engineering.
-MD’s or PhD’s from one of the four consortia institutions may identify a training site outside of the 17 established training sites.
LMIC Research Clinicians and Postdoctoral Fellows
-Postdoctoral trainees from low-or middle- income countries who are currently involved in research at one of the international training sites affiliated with one of the four consortium partners.
-Those who have, or will have, the in-country equivalent to an MD or PhD level of education prior to the start of the fellowship in the summer of 2015.
US Predoctoral Fellows
-U.S. Medical Students and Predoctoral Scholars
-3rd or 4th year medical student status prior to departure for the training site
-Doctoral student in one of the health science disciplines (PhD, DrPH, DSc, DDS, DVM, PharmD, DrNP) with course work and preliminary examinations completed prior to departure for the training site
-U.S. citizen, non-citizen national, or permanent resident
LMIC Predoctoral Scholars: Predoctoral candidates from one of the LMIC training sites are selected by the local PI and mentors and paired during the fellowship with predoctoral trainees from the U.S.
Scholarship Open for Students of Following Countries: Students of USA and low-or middle- income countries who are currently involved in research at one of the international training sites (Ghana, Malawi, Rwanda, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Bangladesh, China, India, Malaysia, Thailand, Argentina, Brazil and Peru).
Scholarship Description: The UJMT Fogarty Global Health Fellowship Consortium provides a new opportunity in global health research training for selected junior faculty, fellows, and scholars. This global health fellowship program offers 11-months of mentored clinical research training for pre and postdoctoral candidates. It is sponsored by the Fogarty International Center and other NIH Institutes, Centers and Offices such as the National Cancer Institute and the Office of Research for Women’s Health. Based in over 20 years of research and training collaboration, this consortium brings together 19 primary research training sites in Africa, Asia and South America.
Duration of award(s): Fellowships are offered up to 11 months.
What does it cover? Fellowship trainees originating from the U.S. will receive a monthly stipend dependent upon experience, research funding, health and emergency evacuation insurance, and re-location funds. LMIC trainees will receive stipend support, research funds, and conference travel funds. The expectation for trainees is that they effectively conduct high-quality, ethical research documenting their research findings with at least one publishable, for peer-review paper.
Selection Criteria: For postdoctoral candidates priority is given to those with likely faculty appointment during or immediately after completing the fellowship. All applicants will be judged primarily on the following criteria: training record to date, quality of the research project, previous publications, letters of recommendation, institutional support in terms of supplemental funding and potential faculty appointment, and the likelihood of a successful research career and future academic plans.
How to Apply: The mode of applying is online.
Scholarship Application Deadline: The deadline for application is 16 January 2015.
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