Apply for Meade Collaboration Travel Grants in Epidemiology 2024

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), they grow and nurture people and ideas wherever they see research opportunities with great potential.

Funding Information

• 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.

Eligibility Criteria

• 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. SSA Principal Investigator:
  • Hold a PhD, DPhil or post-graduate medical doctorate (equivalent to a UK MD), have active research experience and be in the process of, or be ready for, transition to research independence.
  • Work in the field of epidemiology.
  • Have guaranteed employment with a legally established research organisation in Sub-Saharan Africa for the duration of the Grant (equivalent to a recognised UK research organisation, such as university, government-funded research institute, or not-for-profit research organisation). Nationality and country of residence/employment may be different.
  • Not have already secured substantial research funds and/or have already established their own research group. Applicants who have held an early-career fellowship may still be eligible.
• UK Co-Investigator:
  • Hold a PhD, DPhil or (UK) MD. UK Co-investigators may be research group leaders at any level from mid-career up to senior researchers.
  • Have guaranteed employment at an eligible institution for the duration of this Grant (UK HEIs, Research Council, research institutes, hospitals, and other independent research organisations).

Selection Criteria

• Applications will be reviewed by a Panel of Experts from the field of epidemiology, who will make a recommendation to the Medical Research Foundation for approval. Applications will be assessed on the potential to establish collaborations, learn and share new skills, and on the contribution to research networking and capacity building in the field of epidemiology.
• The Medical Research Foundation strongly encourages applications from researchers based in countries in sub-Saharan Africa currently under-represented in the research landscape. The Foundation will take action to ensure a fair and inclusive review process and will work to support researchers from a wide distribution of geographical locations.

For more information, visit Medical Research Foundation.