AREF Excell Malaria Researcher & Leadership Development Programme 2026-2028 (up to $50,000) – YOA

Deadline: October 15, 2025

Applications are open for the AREF Excell Malaria Researcher & Leadership Development Programme 2026-2028. AREF’s mission is to assist a group of well being researchers throughout Africa in cultivating their information and abilities to develop into analysis leaders who can sort out African and world well being challenges. For the Africa Research Excellence Fund (AREF) Excell programme, they’ll present capability constructing wanted to equip African publish-doctoral malaria researchers with the analysis management abilities they want to progress and lead malaria analysis all through their careers.

AREF’s Excell malaria programme will allow 18 particular person researchers from three taking part establishments to construct robust analysis careers, empower glorious groups, win analysis funds, work collaboratively, have interaction with analysis customers – and so make a fair larger impression on bettering well being and saving lives. They will assist associate establishments to embed structural adjustments that can improve their lengthy-time period means to assist rising well being analysis leaders, with up to $50,000 USD over two years obtainable to assist proposed capability-constructing initiatives.

Programme Outline

In the 2 years from January 2026 to January 2028, the programme will embody:

• Opening and shutting conferences  
• Project funding up to $50,000 USD to embed coverage and observe 
• Three experiential workshops  
• Coaching and mentorship for institutional leads 
• Supplementary webinars and on-line assets 
• Monitoring and Evaluation of initiatives to embody baseline and finish-of-programme assessments 
• Collaborative initiatives and networking 

Eligibility

• Applicant needs to be an worker of an African establishment with a major and particular position in Malaria analysis. 
• A nationwide of an African state.
• 2-8 full years of lively publish-PhD analysis expertise; or a clinician and not using a PhD with each an MD and analysis grasp’s and 4-8 years of lively analysis expertise. 
• Not already having participated in earlier Excell programme.  
• AREF is eager to recruit proficient researchers specializing in malaria analysis from a broad vary of approaches, together with laboratory, scientific, behavioural, social, public well being, well being programs, and environmental and mathematical sciences. Their analysis should be directed in direction of reaching higher well being outcomes in Africa and present alignment with their nationwide Malaria analysis technique, the place relevant. 

Application

Each application shall be led by an Institutional Lead (IL), who will ideally be a mid to senior stage malaria researcher. Within the establishment, the IL will coordinate the aggressive collection of 5 proficient early profession malaria researchers (the nominees) to take part within the AREF Excell malaria programme. It is estimated that your entire application course of, together with the aggressive nomination of ECRs, will take about 6 to 8 weeks. Therefore, candidates are inspired to begin the method early.

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For extra data, go to AREF Excell Malaria Programme.