Training Fellowships in Public Health and Tropical Medicine - Wellcome Trust

This scheme offers research experience and training to early-stage researchers from low- and middle-income countries. The scheme aims to support research that will improve public health and tropical medicine at a local, national and global level.

You can apply for a Training Fellowship in Public Health and Tropical Medicine if you’re a researcher based in a low- or middle-income country. You must want to undertake a guided period of research so that you can consolidate your existing experience and explore new areas of research.

Your research proposal should focus on one of the areas within the Wellcome Trust's public health and tropical medicine remit. 

The Trust will review:

• your research experience
• the quality and importance of your research question(s)
• your knowledge of the scientific area
• the feasibility of your proposal
• the suitability of your choice of research sponsors and environments
• your vision of how this fellowship will contribute to your career development.

Funding: Salary, fees and research expenses covered

Duration: 3 years

Eligibility: early career researchers in a low or middle income country ( this includes Thailand) 

Deadline: 30 November 2017 

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

International Society for Infectious Disease Small Grants

The Small Grants Program is designed to fund pilot research projects by young investigators in developing countries. The goal is to support and foster the professional development of young individuals (less than 40 years of age) in the field of infectious diseases research by helping them to acquire additional skills and data to apply for other grants. Areas of interest include, but are not limited to investigations of the epidemiology, pathophysiology, diagnosis or treatment of infectious diseases, the epidemiology and control of hospital-acquired infections, and modeling of cost effective interventions.
Up to five grants of up to US $6,000 each will be awarded annually.  The nearest deadline is 1 April 2012.


Click here for more information: http://www.isid.org/grants/grants_small.shtml

NIH Biomarkers of Infection-Associated Cancers (Exploratory R21)

This grant seeks applications that propose to identify biomarkers for cancers where the cause of the disease is attributed to infectious agents.


Specifically projects that look at either:
1.) Molecular profiles of normal, precancerous, and cancerous lesions following infection and of body fluids from infected individuals.
-or-
2) Evaluating these molecular profiles for use in gaining a better understanding of the role of infectious agents in cancer development and use in early detection, risk assessment, and prevention of cancer


For more information, see: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-11-159.html


This grant opportunity has regular submission deadlines every October, February, and May.  The grant is worth $275,000 over two years.

International Society for Infectious Disease Small Grants

The Small Grants Program is designed to fund pilot research projects by young investigators in developing countries. The goal is to support and foster the professional development of young individuals (less than 40 years of age) in the field of infectious diseases research by helping them to acquire additional skills and data to apply for other grants. Areas of interest include, but are not limited to investigations of the epidemiology, pathophysiology, diagnosis or treatment of infectious diseases, the epidemiology and control of hospital-acquired infections, and modeling of cost effective interventions.
Up to five grants of up to US $6,000 each will be awarded annually.  The nearest deadline is October 1


Click here for more information: http://www.isid.org/grants/grants_small.shtml