The Lown Fellowship in Cardiovascular Disease in the Developing World offers training in non-invasive and preventive cardiology, public health, and research methodology for physicians from developing countries. The program's goal is to train physicians from the developing world as preventive cardiovascular specialists in order to address the mounting epidemic of CVD facing their countries.
Jobs and Announcements
Fellowship on Management of Public Health Training
Nationals from the WHO Eastern Mediterranean Region or WHO Africa Region are invited to apply for a 12-24 month career development fellowship on management of public health training. The fellowship is a placement at the WHO Mediterranean Centre (Tunis, Tunisia) working with the professional staff located in the centre.
Further details: /newsletter/id/29827
Fellowship opportunities 2007 : Five college African scholars program
Amherst, Massachusettes, USA
The Five College African Scholars Program invites applications for competitive residency fellowships for 2007 from junior and mid-level teaching staff employed full-time in African universities. There are two residency periods: mid-January to May 2007 OR mid-August to December 2007. Proposals for the January residency are invited on the topic of Globalization & Development, while the August residency is open to all applicants with projects relevant to the study of Africa in the humanities and social sciences. The deadline for applications is May 1, 2006.
Contact: asp@fivecolleges.edu
Fellowships for HIV/AIDS and Public health policy research in Africa
Social Science Research Council
The Social Science Research Council is pleased to announce the 2006-2007 Fellowship for HIV/AIDS and Public Health Policy Research in Africa. The program is open to African researchers, policy analysts, program planners and practitioners to support research on health and social policy in Eastern and Southern Africa relating to (1) political economy of care giving and HIV/AIDS with particular emphasis on gender analysis; or (2) sexual violence and HIV/AIDS. Two senior fellowships of up to $25,000 and six associate fellowships of up to $10,000 will be awarded. The deadline for applications is 12:00 noon on July 15, 2006 (GMT).
Contact: hivaids@ssrc.org
Fellowships for threatened scholars around the world: Scholar’s Rescue Fund (SRF)
Institute of International Education (IIE)
The IIE-SRF selects outstanding professors, researchers, and public intellectuals for fellowship support and arranges visiting academic positions with partnering institutions of higher learning and research. Their fellowships enable scholars to pursue their academic work in safety and to continue to share their knowledge with students, colleagues, and the community. If conditions in the scholars’ home countries improve, scholars may return after their fellowships to make meaningful contributions to their national academies and civil society. If safe return is not possible, scholars may use the fellowship period to identify longer-term opportunities.
Fellowships in International Health
Harvard School of Public Health. Takemi Programme
Possible fields of study for the fellowship include mobilisation, allocation, and management of scarce resources to improve health; and creation of sound strategies for disease control and health promotion. The purpose of the fellowship is to investigate how resources are allocated and used for health purposes and to develop methods for making such policy choices more rational and equitable, especially in developing countries. The duration of fellowship is ten months. The deadline for application is 1 February 2007.
Fellowships on Sexuality and Education in Sub-Saharan Africa
The African Population and Health Research Center (APHRC) based in Nairobi, Kenya is an international non-profit, non-governmental organization committed to conducting high quality and policy relevant research on population and health issues facing sub-Saharan Africa. Through funding from the Ford Foundation's Education and Sexuality Program, the Center seeks to facilitate development of scientific research on sexuality in sub-Saharan Africa. The program is aimed at strengthening scholarly capacity to investigate the notions and perceptions of sexuality, the process of learning, and transmission of sexuality knowledge across generations in the region.
Further details: /newsletter/id/30435
Fellowships to Support Doctoral Research on Gender-Based Violence (GBV)/ Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG)
Closing date for applications: 31 March 2016 (11:59pm, Nairobi time)
As part of efforts to increase capacity to conduct research on GBV/VAWG in the continent, the African Population and Health Research Center, in partnership with the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, International Rescue Committee and the Department for International Development has announced a call for applications to support 3 doctoral students interested in working in and contributing to this field of research. The expectation is that the fellows will contribute to the field through their doctoral research and, in future, will work in this field, applying their knowledge and expertise. The award of these fellowships is contingent on funding availability. See website for details.
Feminist Perspectives on Globalisation
IDRC, Carleton University, University of Ottawa: 29 June 2008
This two-year (2008-2010) programme offers highly qualified researchers working on issues of globalisation from a feminist perspective, from developing countries in Africa, the Middle East, Asia, Latin America, the Caribbean and the South Pacific, the opportunity to spend a research term in Ottawa based at one of the two universities. The Visiting Scholar in Feminist Perspectives on Globalisation will contribute to gender and development research at both universities and provide a unique opportunity for collaboration between feminist scholars in Canada and the developing world and between North and South. The Pauline Jewett Institute of Women’s and Gender Studies and the Institute of Women’s Studies will alternate in welcoming one visiting scholar per year. However, both Institutes look forward to the opportunity of engaging with the Visiting Scholar. Applications are invited for the 2008-2009 Visiting Scholar in Feminist Perspectives on Globalisation to be based at the Pauline Jewett Institute of Women’s and Gender Studies at Carleton University. (In 2009-2010, the Visiting Scholar will be based at the University of Ottawa Institute of Women’s Studies.)
Further details: /newsletter/id/33209
Fifteenth African Union Summit
19–27 July 2010: Kampala, Uganda
The theme of this year's African Union Summit is: ‘Maternal, infant and child health and development in Africa’. The agenda of meetings will be as follows: From 19–20 July 2010 the 20th Ordinary Session of the Permanent Representatives Committee (PRC) will be held. From 22–23 July 2010, 17th Ordinary Session of the Executive Council will be held. The Summit will conclude on 25–27 July 2010 with the 15th Ordinary Session of the Assembly.