AREF-MRC Towards Leadership Programme 2025-2026 (Funded) – YOA

Deadline: May 2, 2025

Applications are open for the AREF-MRC Towards Leadership Programme 2025-2026. The Africa Research Excellence Fund (AREF) Towards Leadership programme goals to empower proficient, rising scientists in Africa to compete efficiently for UKRI MRC and different main funding alternatives in world well being analysis. Together they’re investing in proficient African scientists in Africa, enhancing their world well being analysis and management potential.

The programme will run between Dec 2025 to Nov 2026, consisting of two residential workshops (opening and shutting) and one digital workshop. 

The curriculum is designed to help have interaction and improve the contributors’ capabilities and to empower proficient, rising scientists in Africa to compete efficiently on a degree enjoying subject for UKRI MRC and different main funding alternatives in world well being analysis. The programme is directed in direction of to successful grant funding, empowering efficient groups, collaborating internationally, influencing stakeholders, and constructing rewarding analysis careers.

Programme Outline

The Programme contains the next components: 

• Three inspiring and sensible blended workshops at six-month-to-month intervals 
• Supplementary webinars, tutorials, and on-line assets 
• Baseline and finish-of-programme assessments and analysis 
• Collaboration between collaborating people  

Cost

• The prices of the workshops and related lodging and journey of chosen nominees will likely be met by MRC and AREF.

Eligibility

• You are a citizen of a rustic in Africa.
• You are at the moment employed in Africa by a recognised college and/or specialist analysis establishment.
• You are an early profession researcher, having accomplished your analysis training and are actually on the early levels of main your individual analysis group.
• You will maintain a analysis doctorate (PhD/DPhil/MD) from a recognised tutorial establishment OR you could have a medical/scientific qualification PLUS a analysis-related Master’s diploma, each often throughout the final 10 years. If it has been longer than 10 years since your final diploma, please clarify in your application why it’s best to nonetheless be thought of an early profession researcher (i.e. caring duties or profession break/change impacting your analysis profession).
• You are at the moment accountable for managing/supervising a number of analysis college students and/or analysis workers members and are concerned in constructing analysis collaborations.
• You exhibit proof of being on the early levels of main a analysis staff or being an energetic member of a analysis staff conducting Global Health Research.
• A big part of your present worker position is to develop and conduct well being analysis.
• You have already got expertise in acquiring analysis funding (Combined worth of £500,000 or much less).

Application

The purposes for the Towards Leadership Programme should be submitted on-line by May 2, 2025.

Click here to apply

For extra info, go to Towards Leadership Programme.