The Disease Control and Elimination Theme of MRC Unit The Gambia has been awarded a Grand Challenge Exploration grant, an initiative funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, to pursue an innovative global health and development research project using medical-detection dogs
PhD Studentships in West Africa: Medical Research Council Unit The Gambia. The Medical Research Council Unit The Gambia invites applications, from African and UK citizens only, for its full-time PhD studentships in one of the project areas outlined below: Prevalence, vertical transmission and mechanisms of S.aureus resistance induced by one oral dose of 2g of […]
The Africa Research Excellence Fund is pleased to give news of a new opportunity for outstanding early-career African researchers. The new programme of AREF Research Development Fellowship is designed to enable talented, African postdoctoral researchers to develop their own research ideas and funding proposals through placements of up to 9-months in leading research organisations in […]
The UK MRC has launched a further call to support ‘rising star’ African Research Leaders. This is a prestigious award, jointly funded by the UK MRC and the UK’s Department for International Development (DFID). The aim of the scheme is to strengthen research leadership across sub-Saharan Africa by attracting and retaining exceptionally talented individuals who […]