PhD Research Fellowships in Infectious Diseases of Poverty for ECOWAS Students Resident in Africa

Welcome trust project-call for applications:
PhD Scholarship for Citizens of an ECOWAS country

Course(s) Offered:Infectious Diseases of Poverty
Course Level: Graduate (PhD)
Provider: IIDP/IRMP
Country to Study in: West Africa

Scholarship Description
The Institute for Infectious Diseases of Poverty/ Institut de Recherche sur les Maladies de la Pauvreté (IIDP/IRMP) in conjunction with a Welcome trust project calls for applications for PhD Scholarship for Citizens of an ECOWAS country with residency in West Africa.

The PhD Scholarship will offer six awards which will be used towards studies at University of Ghana (Ghana), University of Ibadan (Nigeria), l’Université de Bamako (Mali), Federal University of Technology, Yola (Nigeria) and l’Institut Universitaire d’Abidjan (Côte d’Ivoire).

A core goal of IIDP/IRMP is to produce interdisciplinary research in biological, clinical and socio-cultural aspects of IDPs that supports regional disease control programmes.

Eligibility
You must be a citizen of an Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) region to apply successfully for this scholarship programme.

You must have been resident in the ECOWAS sub-region for at least 5 years before your application

Eligible groups
Citizens of ECOWAS countries

Participating Institutions
The Institute for Infectious Diseases of Poverty/ Institut de Recherche sur les Maladies de la Pauvreté (IIDP/IRMP):

• University of Ghana (Ghana),
• University of Ibadan (Nigeria),
• l’Université de Bamako (Mali),
• Federal University of Technology, Yola (Nigeria) and
• l’Institut Universitaire d’Abidjan (Côte d’Ivoire).

Fields of study
Applications are in the following research areas:

1. Applied social sciences (medical anthropology, health geography, health economics and social epidemiology);
2. Clinical and biological aspects of infectious diseases (parasitology, pathogenesis, molecular and cellular biology, vector biology and control);
3. Pharmacology, including the development of novel therapeutics and diagnostics
4. Public health, epidemiology, parasitology and implementation research in tropical disease control.

Number of awards
Six (6) PhD studentships are available for candidates in the research disciplinary areas

Sponsorship duration
Scholarship will cover the whole duration of the doctoral studies

Scholarship benefits
Funded by the Wellcome Trust, the Institute for Infectious Diseases of Poverty/ Institut de Recherche sur les Maladies de la Pauvreté (IIDP/IRMP) has the mission to develop the intellectual, regulatory and physical infrastructure required for the production of the high quality interdisciplinary science necessary to address the problems of Infectious Diseases of Poverty (IDPs).

Method of Application
To apply, visit the official website to download the Application Form. You must fully fill in the form and submit it in a timely manner. See the application deadline dates below.

DEADLINES:
The deadline to apply is 30th April, 2011

PLEASE NOTE:
The Institute for Infectious Diseases of Poverty/ Institut de Recherche sur les Maladies de la Pauvreté (IIDP/IRMP) is a consortium of Anglophone and Francophone multidisciplinary West African Institutions: University of Ghana (Ghana), University of Ibadan (Nigeria), l’Université de Bamako (Mali), Federal University of Technology, Yola (Nigeria) and l’Institut Universitaire d’Abidjan (Côte d’Ivoire).

Application Deadline: 30 April 2011
Open to International Applicants: Yes (ONLY Africans)

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