Medical Research Foundation Meade Collaboration Travel Grants in Epidemiology for African Researchers 2022

The Medical Research Council is delighted to be funding collaboration travel grants for epidemiology researchers in sub-Saharan Africa.

Applications are welcomed from mid-career researchers in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) who are making the transition to research independence and wish to develop collaborations with researchers based at a UK research organisation.

Researchers should aim to advance their epidemiological skills, develop or advance collaborations and networks, share expertise, or undertake a short project which could not be completed at their employing organisation in SSA. The proposed work should complement the applicant’s current or planned research but represent a clear and distinct development.

The Medical Research Foundation is an independent charitable foundation. Formed by the Medical Research Council (MRC), we grow and nurture people and ideas wherever we see research opportunities with great potential. The research supported in this competition is possible thanks to a generous donation by Professor Thomas Meade.

About Medical Research Foundation

We independently fund and support promising research in areas of great clinical need but where there is low investment, creating the conditions required to take the improvement of human health to new and exciting frontiers.

Meade Collaboration Travel Grants in Epidemiology

Aim and Benefits of Meade Collaboration Travel Grants in Epidemiology

Applicants may apply for funding for a visit to a UK research organisation for between one to three months.

Applicants may apply for up to £5,000 for one month in the UK, £9,000 for two months in the UK and a maximum of £13,000 for three months in the UK to support travel, visas, subsistence and research consumables during the applicant’s stay at the UK research organisation.

The Foundation is committed to awarding between three to six Meade Collaborative Travel Grants per year, depending on the length of the visits. This competition will run once per year.

Requirements for Meade Collaboration Travel Grants in Epidemiology Qualification

Applications should represent a collaboration between a mid-career researcher who is a national of and based in a sub-Saharan African country working in the field of epidemiology and a UK-based researcher who has their own research group in the UK and can accommodate the visiting researcher.

Application Deadline

How to Apply

For more details, visit Medical Research Foundation website.