Deadline: April 26, 2020.

The TEG Training Fellowship Scheme launched in 2005 and forms a key part of TEG’s investment in capacity development strategy. The Scheme enables promising research students from Sub-Saharan Africa to undertake MSc training in Medical Statistics at LSHTM followed by a year working as a statistician at one of our partner centres in Africa. The fellow continues to receive mentoring, supervision and support for the duration of their fellowship from members of our Group.

ELIGIBILITY

(i) be resident in and a national of a country in sub-Saharan Africa
(ii) be in possession of an excellent degree with a background in mathematics, statistics or a related subject
(iii) have at least 1 year of work experience in medical statistics or epidemiology
(iv) be able to meet the English language requirements as set out in the policy here

BENEFITS

The fellowship will provide costs for fees, stipend (£16,400 per annum) and return air travel.

OFFICIAL LINK

https://www.lshtm.ac.uk/research/centres-projects-groups/mrc-tropical-epidemiology-group#fellowships