AAS Call for Applications: Johnson & Johnson-AESA Research & Development (R&D) Fellowship Programme

The African Academy of Sciences (AAS) and Johnson & Johnson (JnJ) are launching the Johnson & Johnson-AESA Research & Development (R&D) Fellowship Programme for highly talented, suitably qualified and experienced African physicians, pharmacists, epidemiologists and/or MSc’s in public health to help close the R&D knowledge and experience gap that exists in many African countries. This fellowship programme is managed by the Alliance for Accelerating Excellence in Science in Africa (AESA).

Purpose:

The Johnson & Johnson-AESA R&D fellowship programme is committed to building drug development capacity and networks in Africa to enable countries to address diseases with high medical needs, locally. In that spirit, Johnson & Johnson has established an R&D Training Fellowship Programme for highly talented, suitably qualified and experienced African doctors and scientists, to help close the R&D knowledge and experience gap that exists in many countries in Africa to be hosted by the AAS.

Programme Design:

• Year 1-2 | Training at the Janssen R&D campus in Belgium
• Year 2-3 | Return to home country in Africa

Eligibility:

1. A citizen of any of these listed sub-Saharan African countries that lie within geographical and language zones currently not represented in the ongoing Johnson & Johnson Fellowships: Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Côte d’Ivoire, Democratic Republic of Congo, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Guinea, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Republic of Congo, Rwanda, Swaziland, Senegal, the Seychelles, Togo, Zambia and Zimbabwe; 
2. Employed in public, not-for-profit, or academic institutions, or industry;
3. Holding of a scientific University degree (PhD, MD, physicians, pharmacists, epidemiologists, relevant master’s qualifications) with high interest to expand knowledge and experience in drug development and clinical development;
4. Holding a degree and / or demonstrated experience in Public Health and/or local healthcare;
5. Aged between 30 and 45 years at the time of application.

Read more here. 

Applications deadline July 31, 2020.