AREF/EDCTP Preparatory Fellowship: Joint Call with the Africa Research Excellence Fund

AREF/EDCTP Preparatory Fellowship: Joint Call with the Africa Research Excellence Fund

Deadline: 1 February 2019

The European and Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership (EDCTP) is seeking proposals for a program entitled “Preparatory Fellowships – Joint call with the Africa Research Excellence Fund”.

The purpose of the AREF/EDCTP Preparatory Fellowship is to enhance the competitiveness of up and coming post-doctoral sub-Saharan African scientists and clinicians aspiring to receive international /regional /national fellowships or grant support, such as the EDCTP Career Development Fellowships.

The AREF/EDCTP Preparatory Fellowship targets outstanding early-career researchers residing in or wishing to relocate to sub-Saharan Africa who demonstrate independent scientific thinking and have potential to deliver locally relevant research with measurable impact and within the scope of the EDCTP programme.

Objectives

The objectives of this call are to:

Enable outstanding sub-Saharan African researchers (0 to 3-year post-PhD) to:

further advance their research skills, through short-course(s) and hands-on training, especially using biological samples and data they or their home organisations have generated;

strengthen their competencies in project and proposal design;

enhance essential their generic/transferable researcher skills that will allow them to secure research partnerships, and make effective use of fellowships;

contribute to creating a pool of researchers optimally equipped with the expertise and skills to address local research needs.

Enable individuals to deploy their own resourcefulness and research relationships to best effect in competing for early/mid-career fellowships, such as (but not limited to) the EDCTP Career Development Fellowships

Enhance career development and retention of postdoctoral researchers and postgraduate medical researchers in research in and for sub-Saharan Africa

Provide a firm foundation and increase the quality, efficiency and impact of fellowship projects funded by organisations such as EDCTP.

Funding Information

The call budget is EUR 400.000.

The requested EDCTP contribution per project should not exceed EUR 400,000. The funding level is 100% of eligible costs.

Eligibility Criteria

A proposal will only be considered eligible if:

its content corresponds, wholly or in part, to the topic/contest description for which it is submitted

it complies with the eligibility conditions set out below, depending on the type of action:

The applicant must be an organisation with an established legal entity in sub-Saharan Africa (the applicant legal entity)

The fellow must be employed or have guaranteed employment by the applicant legal entity (the home organisation) where they intend to remain working for a minimum of two years after the expiration of the grant

Fellows must:

be a post-doctoral scientist;

have been awarded their doctorate within 3 years before submission deadline of the AREF-EDCTP Preparatory Fellowship application;

have been either a PhD student or MD, who have been active researchers for up to three years following award of their doctorate;

be resident of or be willing to relocate to a sub-Saharan African country;

not have been funded under this fellowship scheme before.

The requested EDCTP contribution per action shall not exceed EUR 70,000

Placements sought shall be for a period of at least 3 and up to 9 months, following which there will be a re-integration period of up to 3 months. The maximum fellowship duration shall be 12 months.

How to Apply

Applicants can apply online via given website.

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