Weekly round-up #57
Here at VALIDATE Christmas is nearly upon us and everything is slowing down ready for the new year; we wish everyone who celebrates it a Happy Christmas, and a Happy New Year! We look forward to what 2019 will hold for the Network and our members.
We would like to welcome some of our final new members of 2018:
Associates: Dr Victor Agah (Ebonyi State University, Nigeria)
Affiliates: Mr Bernard Abeiku Sam (University of Debrecen, Hungary / University of Ghana, Ghana); Dr Alberto Odhiambo Ng'ong'a (Department of Health, County Government of Kisumu, Kenya); Inácio Mandomando (CISM, Mozambique); Dr Joshua Kamani (National Veterinary Research Institute (NVRI), Nigeria); Ms Yanie Tayipto (Eijkman-Oxford Clinical Research Unit (EOCRU), Indonesia); and Hanif Shaikh (KEM Hospital Research Centre Pune, India)
And a special congraulations to Dr Nawamin Pinpathomrat, who has completed his PhD at the University of Oxford and succesfully applied to be upraded to an Associate!
- MRC-KHIDI UK-Korea Partnering Awards - deadline 31 Jan 2019
- VALIDATE Pump-priming grants - up to £50,000 for up to 12 months for projects leading to relevant and useful data for the field, or pilot data that will lead to larger grant applications. Cross-pathogen research, cross-discipline research, projects promoting the One Health agenda, in vivo research, translational research, collaborative projects led by and/or involving LMIC researchers, new collaborations between VALIDATE members, projects led by and/or including Early Career Researchers,and projects with industry involvement are particularly encouraged - deadline 12 Feb 2019
- VALIDATE Training grants - up to £3,000 for Associate members to take advantage of training opportunities that will contribute to their professional development - deadline 12 Feb 2019
- DAERA UK Postgraduate Studentships - covers fees and maintenance support over 3 years for PhD study in the UK for British citizens/EU nationals - deadline 05 Mar 2019
- MRC/DFID African Research Leader scheme - open to talented and enthusiastic African investigators working in all biomedical and health research areas within the MRC/DFID remit on global health, up to £750,000 over up to 5 years - deadline 09 Apr 2019
Take a look at other funding opportunities on our website.
Our training opportunities page has information about all upcoming opportunities we have spotted.
Further external events can be found on our website.
Our website has details about relevant vacancies and PhD opportunities.
Our publications page lists relevant publications by our members and others.
On Twitter this week: watch a short video primer about vaccine hesitancy; read about the vaccine heroes who help to protect millions of people every year; take a look at the current state of global TB funding in Nature; there is a new series of 3 papers on TB transmission in HIV-endemic settings in The Lancet Infectious Diseases; find out more about Leishmaniasis and MSF activities to combat it; an artivle in the Deccan Herald highlights the need to do more to protect the rights of people with leprosy; don't forget to register for the LSHTM online course about Leishmaniasis control and elimination; get some advice from The Royal Society about how to make better decisions in groups; and read about the growing anti-vaccincation movement and the search to find a way to fight it.
We keep our feed @NetworkVALIDATE up to date daily with the latest information and news that we find - go and take a look!
The VALIDATE Team will be out of the office over the Christmas period from Dec 21st and back again on Jan 7th.
Published: 19 December 2018