Makerere / UVRI Infection and Immunity Research Training Programme
Post-doctoral fellowships in Infection & Immunity
Junior Post-Doctoral Fellowships
Applications are invited for junior postdoctoral fellowships within the MUll fellowship programme, to start in September 2013.
Post-doctoral fellowships in Infection & Immunity
Junior Post-Doctoral Fellowships
Applications are invited for junior postdoctoral fellowships within the MUll fellowship programme, to start in September 2013.
The programme is a
collaboration between Makerere University and the Uganda Virus Research
Institute, together with the London School of Hygiene & Tropical
Medicine and the University of Cambridge, and is funded by the Wellcome
Trust.
This scheme is aimed at supporting the most promising young Ugandan and East African scientists who wish to undertake rigorous research training.
This scheme is aimed at supporting the most promising young Ugandan and East African scientists who wish to undertake rigorous research training.
Successful applicants
will develop their potential to become research scientists within a
structured and mentored training environment.
The focus of the
programme is on research training relevant to East Africa, and research
projects will be carried out in Uganda.
Research areas within the
broad field of Infection and Immunity will be considered (including
basic or clinical science, or epidemiology). Fellowships allow for
sandwich attachments in overseas institutions, including (but not
restricted to) the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine and
University of Cambridge, UK.
Post-doctoral fellowships will be for up to two years, with up to eight months to be spent overseas.
Post-doctoral fellowships will be for up to two years, with up to eight months to be spent overseas.
Applicants will be
expected to have completed their PhD within the last three years. For
those just completing, the thesis must have been submitted by the time
of the interviews in August 2013.
Projects should be
designed to position the applicant’s potential to compete for further
international research funding. For example, the fellowship may enable
them to complete additional studies based on their PhD, to conduct
initial experiments or studies to prime further funding applications,
and, or, to establish collaborations relevant to their longer-term
plans.
Applicants must be East
Africans (from Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda or Burundi) and the
project work must be undertaken based at Makerere University or UVRI.
Candidates should
demonstrate how their research projects foster collaboration between
Makerere University and UVRI; and they must show a commitment to
pursuing an academic, research career in East Africa.
Support includes a salary for up to two years, research expenses, and travel costs.
Support includes a salary for up to two years, research expenses, and travel costs.
We hope to award two fellowships.
Further particulars and
application forms can be obtained from Moses, Kizza, the Administrator,
Uganda Virus Research Institute (mkizza@uvri.go.ug:
moses.kizza@mrcuganda.org: telephone 0414 320631) and from the MUII
website (www.muii.org.ug).
Closing date for the receipt of applications is 31st July 2013.
Interviews for short-listed candidates will be held in mid-August 2013.
