Application Deadline: 12 November 2023.
LOCATION: London, England
Applications to the second round of Crick Africa Network fellowships are now open. The Crick Africa Network (CAN) is offering African Career Acceleration Fellowships supported by LifeArc for early-career biomedical scientists to develop translational scientific programmes and become independent scientists.
ELIGIBILITY:
To be eligible to apply for the African Career Acceleration Fellowship you must have:
Citizenship or permanent residency status for an African country
A PhD in a relevant field with two to five years of postdoctoral experience, or a clinical PhD (MBChB) with at least three years of relevant research experience
A strong track record indicating potential as a scientific leader on the African continent
A strong translational science proposal in one of the CAN research areas
Approached and reached an agreement regarding your proposed science with your mentor in your chosen African partner institute and your chosen mentor at the Crick before submitting your scientific proposal.
In exceptional circumstances we may accept a candidate with less than two years’ postdoctoral experience. If this is the case, please contact the CAN programme manager, Jennifer Brown at can-fellowships@crick.ac.uk to discuss before submitting your application.
BENEFIT:
LifeArc-sponsored African Career Acceleration Fellowship will provide four years of funding and be hosted primarily in one of five African partner institutions
The fellowships will cover salary, research costs, research assistant salary, and travel and subsistence costs.
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