The 2026 GSK Africa Open Lab Postgraduate Fellowship in Biostatistics /Health Data Science for early-career African scientists (Fully Funded)

Application Deadline:  18 April 2026 (23:00 GMT)

Applications are actually open for the GSK Africa Open Lab Postgraduate Fellowship. a completely funded alternative hosted right here at Medical Research Council Unit The Gambia on the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine inside our Statistics and Computational Bioinformatics division.

Fellowship Details
Fellows shall be part of energetic analysis programmes and achieve hands-on expertise throughout:

• Clinical trials
• Epidemiology
• Modelling & machine studying
• Bioinformatics

  Eligibility Requirements
  𝐀𝐩𝐩𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐭:

• Be a nationwide and resident of a Sub-Saharan African nation
• Hold a BSc (minimal 2:1 or equal) in Mathematics, Statistics, or a associated discipline
• Hold an MSc (GPA ≥ 3.2 or equal) in Biostatistics, Health Data Science, or a associated self-discipline
• Have at the very least 1 yr of related work expertise
• Be in a position to code in R, Stata, or SAS (or prepared to improves
• Demonstrate proficiency in English

  Applicants with a PhD are additionally inspired to apply
  
  Fellowship Details

• Practical expertise in study design, information administration, and statistical evaluation
• Mentorship from skilled biostatisticians and researchers
• Training in statistical strategies, software program, and scientific writing
• Exposure to real-world biomedical and public well being analysis
• Access to the ISEP community for continued studying and collaboration

  Benefits

• Annual stipend
• Accommodation
• Return air journey

  𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐃𝐚𝐭𝐞: Mid-April 2026
  𝐃𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧: 12 months

  𝐀𝐩𝐩𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐃𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞:

  𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐨 𝐀𝐩𝐩𝐥𝐲
  Submit your application to: 𝐦𝐫𝐜𝐠-𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠@𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐬.𝐥𝐬𝐡𝐭𝐦.𝐚𝐜.𝐮𝐤

  𝐑𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐝𝐨𝐜𝐮𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 (𝐏𝐃𝐅 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐭):

• CV (cv_)
• Personal assertion (ps_)
• Two references (re_)
• Academic transcripts (at_)
  

For More Information:

Visit the Official Webpage of the GSK Africa Open Lab Postgraduate Fellowship