Grant for Early-Career Researchers and Global Health Professionals with a Value of £5,000
Applicant criteria
- No specific age required
- Both
Opportunity criteria
Opportunity description
Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (RSTMH) announces the early career grants program for researchers and global health professionals with a value of £5,000. The projects can be on any topic related to tropical medicine and global health, from across the research spectrum of lab, translation, implementation, and policy, and should take up to one year. The maximum RSTMH Early Career Grant award is £5,000 (including any taxes on relevant purchases) and for up to one year in duration. If you have a question about the scope and content of your proposal, please email info@rstmh.org.
Benefits
Applications for grants of up to £5,000 (GBP) are welcomed from early career researchers and global health professionals based anywhere in the world, who have not had research funding of £5,000 (GBP) or more in their own name before.
Eligibility criteria
- Anyone early in their research career with any nationality based anywhere in the world can apply. The overall aim of the program is to encourage and inspire the next generation of global health leaders, innovators, and professionals by providing the opportunity for them to carry out projects which could improve tropical medicine or global health.
- Only RSTMH members can receive the funding, but anyone can apply.
- Find out more about becoming a member here.
- Candidates should not have received a research grant of £5,000 or more in their own name before. They should be to be able to:
- Carry out research under supervision.
- Have the ambition to develop knowledge of research methodologies and discipline.
- Have demonstrated a good understanding of a field of study.
- Demonstrate the ability to produce data under supervision.
- Use critical analysis, and evaluation and be able to synthesize new and complex ideas.
- Competently explain the outcome of their research and the value thereof to colleagues.
About the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (RSTMH):
The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene is a charity and membership society that has been dedicated to improving tropical medicine and global health since 1907.
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