Advanced Training Fellowships provide an opportunity for individuals to train in scientific skills that will enhance their ability to carry out research in the field of tropical medicine. Fellows will be expected to undertake research training in a discipline that differs from their previous experience. A period of training may be spent in an appropriate overseas laboratory. These awards are open to postdoctoral basic scientists and to veterinary graduates with a minimum of two years' research experience. Candidates should be graduates of a UK or Irish Republic university, or be overseas graduates who have worked for at least three years in a UK or Republic of Ireland university, hospital or research institute.
Awards are usually for three years and are tenable in a UK university.
Interviews will be held in February 1999. The candidate must have recently completed PhD training or held a research fellowship in the UK or Republic of Ireland. Research proposals should address issues of health and disease that are of regional significance in the country concerned. All applicants must hold a full-time established post in an appropriate university or research institute in a developing country. Awards are tenable for a maximum period of three years.