The HIV Research Trust is a charitable foundation that provides financial support to physicians, nurses, scientists and other health care professionals in resource-limited settings from low-income and lower-middle-income countries* working in the field of HIV infection. The Trust supports early/mid career researchers.
The support is in the form of financial awards allowing the scholar to undertake a placement or course of a few months’ duration intended to cover course or placement costs, travel, consumables and living expenses. The scholarships are awarded competitively based on a peer-review process on an annual basis. They are designed to enable the candidate to travel to another research unit to learn skills and techniques which should develop the candidate’s career and, on return to the home institution, add to the capacity of the department to carry out research related to treatment and prevention.
WORTH
- The scholarships provide support for travel, living expenses including accommodation, and may be provide support laboratory expenses at the institution to be visited
- The preference is for applicants to receive training in recognized centers in other resource poor countries but travel to other areas is not excluded.
- The usual period of support is 2-6 months but exceptionally support for one year may be given
- The maximum sum awarded is 8,000 or equivalent value
ELEIGIBILITY
- The scholarships are for health care professionals in early/mid-career who are located in resource limited settings from low income and low middle income countries working in the field of HIV infection.
Deadline: October 12, 2015
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