Deadline: 30-Nov-22

Applications are welcomed from mid-career researchers in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) who are making the transition to research independence and wish to develop collaborations with researchers based at a UK research organisation.

The Medical Research Foundation are delighted to be funding collaboration travel grants for epidemiology researchers in sub-Saharan Africa.

Researchers should aim to advance their epidemiological skills, develop or advance collaborations and networks, share expertise, or undertake a short project which could not be completed at their employing organisation in SSA. The proposed work should complement the applicant’s current or planned research but represent a clear and distinct development.

The Medical Research Foundation is an independent charitable foundation. Formed by the Medical Research Council (MRC), they grow and nurture people and ideas wherever they see research opportunities with great potential. The research supported in this competition is possible thanks to a generous donation by Professor Thomas Meade.

Funding Information

• Applicants may apply for funding for a visit to a UK research organisation for between one to three months.
• Applicants may apply for up to £5,000 for one month in the UK, £9,000 for two months in the UK and a maximum of £13,000 for three months in the UK to support travel, visas, subsistence and research consumables during the applicant’s stay at the UK research organisation.
• The Foundation is committed to awarding between three to six Meade Collaborative Travel Grants per year, depending on the length of the visits. This competition will run once per year.

Eligibility Criteria

• Applications should represent a collaboration between a mid-career researcher who is a national of and based in a sub-Saharan African country working in the field of epidemiology and a UK-based researcher who has their own research group in the UK and can accommodate the visiting researcher.
• SSA Principal Investigator Should:
  • Hold a PhD, DPhil or MD, have active research experience and be in the process of, or be ready for, transition to research independence.
  • Work in the field of epidemiology.
  • Have guaranteed employment with a legally established research organisation or a university in Sub-Saharan Africa for the duration of the Grant. Nationality and country of residence/employment may be different.
  • Not have already secured substantial research funds and/or have already established their own research group. Applicants who have held an early-career fellowship may still be eligible.
• UK Co-Investigator Should:
  • Hold a PhD, DPhil or MD. UK Co-investigators may be research group leaders at any level from mid-career up to senior researchers.
  • Have guaranteed employment at an eligible institution for the duration of this Grant (UK HEIs, Research Council, research institutes, hospitals, and other independent research organisations).

For more information, visit https://www.medicalresearchfoundation.org.uk/grants/meade-collaboration-travel-grants-in-epidemiology-2022