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MASTERCARD/CIFAR WOMEN IN RESEARCH LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT SYMPOSIUM

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Application Deadline: 15 July, 2024

LOCATION: Rwanda

The CIFAR Women in Research Leadership Development Symposium convenes exceptional early career researchers from across sub-Saharan Africa, in any academic discipline, to strengthen their leadership skills through facilitated training; expand their professional networks; build their capacity for leading-edge, interdisciplinary research and collaboration; and receive mentorship from amongst Africa’s top women research leaders.

ELIGIBILITY:

Interested applicants must hold a primarily research-focused position (typically as a senior graduate student, postdoctoral fellow or early career faculty member) at an academic or research institution in sub-Saharan Africa,

be 35 years of age or younger as of January 27, 2025.

All academic disciplines and areas of research are welcome.

Applicants of any gender may apply; at least 70% of selected participants will be women.

Applicants are required to submit a CV and articulate how attending this symposium would advance their career goals and vision for impact.

Applications are accepted only through the application form linked above.

The symposium will be conducted in English. If you have any questions, please contact us at nextgen@cifar.ca.

BENEFIT:

Participants will:

Engage in facilitated leadership training. Sample topics may include: effective practices for building and sustaining a research group; science communication; negotiation.

Network with peers from wide-ranging disciplines and countries across sub-Saharan Africa, with an opportunity to explore potential research collaborations.

Receive mentorship from established female research leaders based in Africa.

Travel and accommodation for all successful applicants will be paid for by CIFAR.

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STANFORD AFRICAN SCHOLARS IN GLOBAL

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Application Deadline: Deadline: February 25, 2024, 11:59pm PT

LOCATION: USA

Applications are now open for the first two cohorts of the Stanford African Scholars in Global Health (SASH) Program. This three-year program supports 24 mid-career physicians from African countries to travel to Stanford for a six-week period of time, gaining a specific skill set identified by the African scholars as a need to improve health outcomes at their academic institution.

ELIGIBILITY:

This program is open to licensed African physicians with a faculty appointment, who are currently working at an African academic institution. It is open to physicians from all specialties and primary care who seek a specific skill to improve health outcomes at their institution. However, we will prioritize those from Sub-Saharan Africa interested in the fields of antimicrobial resistance, oncology, vaccine uptake or inflammatory diseases.

To be considered, applicants must meet all the following eligibility criteria:

Be in good standing within their institutions and demonstrate an ongoing commitment to improving health outcomes in their home countries.

Be an African citizen* who is currently living, teaching and practicing clinically in an African country.

Be a board-certified medical doctor with one of the following degrees: MD, MBChB or MMed.

Be a mid-career physician, appointed as a faculty member for at least 3 and less than 15 years.

Have strong working proficiency in written and spoken English (as determined by the selection committee).

BENEFIT:

The program includes/provides:

Visa costs

Living expenses while at Stanford during Phase 1

Honorarium for Phase 1

Travel to and from a San Francisco regional airport, economy class roundtrip airfare for the awardee only, and associated travel costs to Stanford for Phase 1

Up to $50,000 in grant funding from Pfizer provided directly to scholars’ academic institutions for phase 2 project implementation. These funds cannot be used to purchase capital equipment.*

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