Fellowships

Our flagship programme – the Research Development Fellowships – has supported 46 health researchers with placements at world-class research institutions across Africa and Europe.

These awards enable early-career postdoctoral researchers to pursue three to nine-month placements at a research institution of their choice.

Find out more about our fellows.

The AREF Research Development Fellowship call is closed for 2020. This funding opportunity will re-open in 2021; please check our webpage for updates. Find out about our selection process.

Latest

Grand Challenges Canada’s Stars in Global Health program

The Stars program is seeking bold ideas that will improve the sexual and reproductive health and rights of women, adolescents, children and LGBTQI+ people in Sub-Saharan Africa. Deadline for registration 20 May 2021.
Prix Galien Africa Prize 2021

The Prix Galien Africa aims to reward researchers, pharmaceutical institutions and industries in the public or private sector that have developed initiatives, services, pharmaceutical, biotechnological, herbal medicine, diagnostic products and medical devices recently introduced to the African market. Deadline Wednesday 30 June 2021.
Governance Manager

Full-time, Permanent, ca. £38,000
Wellcome Trust funding opportunities

There are 7 funding opportunities in their final rounds which are open to researchers who are based at host organizations in low- and middle-income countries.