This fellowship is the most senior of a series of career awards aimed at building sustainable capacity in areas of research that have the potential for increasing health benefits for people and their livestock in low- and middle-income countries.
Research should be aimed at understanding and improving public health and diseases of local, national and global relevance. Topics include:
- demographic, social science and health economic studies
- epidemiological, field and community based studies
- health care systems and policy research
- measurement of infectious and chronic disease burden
- population studies
- clinical trials and case control studies
- studies of disease mechanisms in the natural host
- determinants of disease susceptibility and resistance
- immunity or resistance in natural hosts or vectors.
- Preliminary application - assessment of eligibility and advice on competitiveness
- Invited main application - review by the relevant Expert Review Group and shortlisted for interview
- Interview - by Interview Panel, with additional peer review from relevant scientific experts.
