Wellcome Trust is pleased to announce International Training Fellowships In Public Health. This scheme offers nationals of low- and middle-income countries the opportunity to receive training at the postgraduate or postdoctoral level.

The aim of this scheme is to provide support for you in the early years of your research career to consolidate your research skills and gain additional training to allow you to explore new research areas within the Science remit. This will enable you to mature as a researcher and develop your research vision.

The Wellcome Trust is a biomedical research charity based in London, United Kingdom. They support researchers, they take on big health challenges, and they campaign for better science and help everyone get involved in science and health research. They are a politically and financially independent foundation.

Brief Description

Study Subject(s): Fellowships will be awarded in the field of Public health.
Course Level: Fellowships are available for people who have, or are about to finish, an undergraduate degree and want to go on to do a Master’s or PhD.
Scholarship Provider: Wellcome Trust
Scholarship can be taken at: Applicants must be based primarily in a low- and middle-income country, but training may be undertaken at centres of excellence regionally or internationally. Links between low- and middle-income countries are encouraged. Applicants may apply to remain in their current laboratory (even if you already hold an established post), to return to one where you have previously worked, or to move to a new laboratory, in a low- and middle-income country.

Eligibility

• You can apply for an International Training Fellowship if:
  • you’re a national of a low- or middle-income country
  • your proposed research focuses on a health priority in a low- or middle-income country
  • you have sponsorship from an eligible host organization in a low- or middle-income country.
• You must: have a PhD and be an early-career researcher or have a degree in a relevant subject and some initial research experience or Be a clinically qualified doctor (and be qualified to enter higher specialist training), vet, dentist or clinical psychologist, and have some initial research experience.
• If you don’t have a Ph.D., we would expect you to register for one if you’re awarded this fellowship.
• You must want to undertake a guided period of research so that you can consolidate your existing experience and explore new areas of research.
• If you’ve been away from research (eg for a career break, maternity leave, or long-term sick leave), we’ll allow for this when we consider your application.

Scholarship Open for International Students: Citizens from low and middle-income country (Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, American Samoa, Angola, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Belarus, Belize, Benin, Bhutan, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Chile, China, Colombia, Comoros, Congo, Dem. Rep., Congo, Rep., Costa Rica, Côte d’Ivoire, Cuba, Djibouti, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, Arab Rep., El Salvador, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Fiji, Gabon, Gambia,  Georgia, Ghana, Grenada, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, India, Indonesia, Iran, Islamic Rep., Iraq, Jamaica, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kiribati, Korea, Dem Rep., Kosovo, Kyrgyz Republic, Lao PDR, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Lithuania, Macedonia, FYR, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Marshall Islands, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mayotte, Mexico, Micronesia, Fed. Sts., Moldova, Mongolia, Montenegro, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nepal, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Pakistan, Palau, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Romania, Russian Federation, Rwanda, Samoa, São Tomé and Principe, Senegal, Serbia, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Solomon Islands, Somalia, South Africa, Sri Lanka, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Sudan, Suriname, Swaziland, Syrian Arab Republic, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Togo, Tonga, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Tuvalu, Uganda, Ukraine, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Venezuela, RB, Vietnam, West Bank and Gaza, Yemen, Rep., Zambia and Zimbabwe) can apply for the fellowships.

Number of award(s): Not Known

Duration of award(s): This fellowship is normally for three years (non-renewable), but maybe for up to four years for those who wish to undertake a relevant Master’s training or diploma course.

What does it cover? An International Training Fellowship is for three years unless you want to hold it on a part-time basis. Salary, fees and research expenses covered

• If you want to do Master’s training or a diploma course relevant to the research proposal, the fellowship can last up to four years. You must be able to justify this training.
• The support includes:
  • a basic salary (determined by your host organization)
  • personal removal expenses
  • research management and support costs
  • research expenses, directly related to your proposal
  • course fees

How to Apply

You must submit your application through the Wellcome Trust Grant Tracker (WTGT).

• Submit your preliminary application: You must submit your preliminary application through Grant Tracker(opens in a new tab).
• Submit your full application to your host organisation for approval: Complete the full application form on Grant Tracker.

Application Deadline:  February 4, 2021