Wellcome Trust Fellowships - training, intermediate, senior

Wellcome Trust has three different fellowships on offer. Take a look at the options and find which one best fits your situation. They are all for researchers in Low and Middle Income Countries ( this includes Thailand). They all cover your salary and the research expenses of your proposed project. You can stay in your current job or move to a new university in an LMIC.

Training Fellowships

• For early stage researchers. You must have some research experience 
• Funding for 3 years
• You must have a PhD OR a degree in a subject relevant to public health or tropical medicine OR a degree in medicine. 

Preliminary application deadline - 30 November 2017

Full details - https://wellcome.ac.uk/funding/training-fellowships-public-health-and-tropical-medicine

Intermediate Fellowships

• For mid-career researchers
• Funding for 5 years
• You must have a PhD or a degree in medicine 
• You to need to have made contributions to your area of research - e.g. publications, patents, software development or an impact on health policy or practice

Preliminary application deadline - 30 November 2017

Full details - https://wellcome.ac.uk/funding/intermediate-fellowships-public-health-and-tropical-medicine

Senior Research Fellowships

• You need to be an established researcher leading your own independent research programme
• Funding for 5 years ( plus extension possible) 
• You must have a PhD or a degree in medicine 
• You to need to have made significant research experience and want to become a leading investigator 

Preliminary application deadline - 27 November 2017

Full details - https://wellcome.ac.uk/funding/senior-fellowships-public-health-and-tropical-medicine

Comparative Genomics Research Program (R01-Clinical Trial Not Allowed) PAR-17-482

Comparative Genomics Research Program 

R01

Clinical Trial Not Allowed

PAR-17-482

Open Date (Earliest Submission Date) January 5, 2018

National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) invites applications for research developing comparative approaches that can be used to understand genome structure and function and the relationship between genomic features and phenotypes. This program supports studies that enable the use of a diverse array of species to advance our ability to understand basic biological processes related to human health and disease, as well as studies that develop novel analytical tools and resources for the comparative genomics research community.

Eligibility: Non-domestic (non-U.S.) Entities (Foreign Organizations)

Eligible Individuals (Program Director/Principal Investigator)

Any individual(s) with the skills, knowledge, and resources necessary to carry out the proposed research as the Program Director(s)/Principal Investigator(s) (PD(s)/PI(s)) is invited to work with his/her organization to develop an application for support. Individuals from underrepresented racial and ethnic groups as well as individuals with disabilities are always encouraged to apply for NIH support

Specific areas of research interest:

NHGRI is interested in supporting development of comparative genomics methods and resources with strong justification of biological relevance, particularly relevance to human health and disease, that will enable areas of research including, but not limited to:

• Genome structure and organization across multiple species, particularly in lineages with diverse or unusual genomic architectures
• The relationship between genomic structure and function, especially in non-coding regions of the genome
• Evolutionary patterns and processes across multiple species including but not limited to divergent and convergent patterns of gene modification, gene regulation (including splicing), regulatory element activity, and regulatory networks
• Better understanding of the relationship between changes in DNA sequence, transcriptomic and epigenomic signatures, and phenotype/fitness, given that they do not always have simple correlations;
• The genetic underpinnings and evolution of health-related function in multiple species;
• The comparative population genomics of highly variable regions in multiple species;
• Integration of the genomes from ancient DNA and extant species to elucidate the genetic bases and evolutionary forces underlying speciation, adaptation to diverse environments, and the connections among genes, environments, and phenotypic form and function.

Link to Additional Information:	http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-17-482.html

Wellcome Trust - Collaborative Awards in Science

Collaborative Awards promote the development of new ideas and speed the pace of discovery. The Trust funds teams of researchers, consisting of independent research groups, to work together on the most important scientific problems that can only be solved through collaborative efforts.

Collaborative Awards are for teams of researchers bringing together the relevant expertise and experience to address the most important scientific problems.

Your proposal should describe a significant piece of work that addresses the most important questions, in an area relevant to the mission of the Wellcome Trust.

You should be able to demonstrate why the scientific problem you are tackling can only be solved through an integrated, collaborative team effort.

Each applicant must be essential to the proposed collaborative research and have:

• Proven research expertise and experience in their field.
• An academic or research post (or equivalent).
• A salary for the duration of the award period. 

Members of the team must have proven experience in collaborative research and consist of independent research groups.

Team size will depend on the proposed research, but should generally have more than two applicants, and no more than seven. Teams may be based in the same or in different organisations, and must bring different expertise or disciplines to the research question.


Eligibility - Applicants should be based at eligible organisations in the UK, Republic of Ireland, or low- or middle-income countries ( this includes Thailand).

Budget available - up to £4 million

Duration - up to 5 years

Deadline - Preliminary application deadline - 15 November 2017, Full application deadline - 26 February 2018

Full details - https://wellcome.ac.uk/funding/collaborative-awards-science

Short deadline - Thrasher Research Fund - Early Career Awards

The purpose of this program is to encourage the development of medical research in child health by awarding small grants to new researchers, helping them gain a foothold in this important area. The goal is to fund applicants who will go on to be independent investigators.

The Fund is open to a wide variety of research topics. They do not focus on a particulate disease, but always deal directly with children's health.

In the Early Career Award Program, the Fund is particularly interested in applicants that show great potential to impact that field of children's health through medical research. Both an applicant's aptitude and inclination toward research are considered. The quality of the mentor and the mentoring relationship are also considered to be important predictors of success.

Each project needs to be under the guidance of a mentor. The qualifications and experience of the mentor will be considered in the evaluation of the application.

There are no restrictions with regard to citizenship. The Fund is open to applications from institutions both inside and outside the United States.

Eligibility - Post-doctoral researchers who received the doctoral level degree no more than three years prior to the date of submission of the Concept Paper.

Budget available - maximum of $25,000

Duration - up to two years

Deadline - concept note - September 19 2017, full submission - November 3

Full details - www.thrasherresearch.org/SitePages/early-career-award.aspx