CMS Call for Applications: Malaria Modelling Fellowship

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Corona Management Systems (CMS) is calling for applications to the Malaria Modelling Fellowship (MMF).

MMF is an initiative to build the mathematical modelling capacity of public health professionals in Nigeria. The Fellowship will expose participants to a comprehensive curriculum that includes core modelling content, in-depth knowledge of malaria epidemiology including transmission dynamics, and adjunct modules crucial to enhancing their careers and equipping them with in-demand modelling competence. Funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF), the Fellowship is a collaborative effort between Corona Management Systems (CMS), National Malaria Elimination Programme (NMEP), Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC), and the World Health Organisation (WHO).   

Fellowship aim:

  • Increasing the number of doctoral and post-doctoral-level trained mathematical modelers with malaria expertise based at Nigerian institutions;
  • Increasing the capacity of the National Malaria Elimination Program (NMEP) on modelling approaches as a tool that can support strategic planning and evaluation.
  • Increasing the capacity of the National Malaria Elimination Program (NMEP) on modelling approaches as a tool that can support strategic planning and evaluation

Eligibility:

  • This is a Nigeria-focused fellowship, and only Nigerians residing in the country are eligible to apply;
  • Master’s degree or higher in the field of public health, epidemiology (including environmental, parasite, and veterinary epidemiology and related studies), biostatistics, bioinformatics, and applied mathematics;
  • Specialised training in malaria and other infectious disease control programmes, especially Residents and Graduates from accredited Field Epidemiology training programmes;
  • Specialised training in quantitative data analysis (desirable).

Tuition/duration:

  • The MMF is fully funded, and fellows will get logistical assistance to attend in both physical and online sessions, with specific support for female fellows with children less than 18 months.
  • The fellowship is anticipated to take ten months to complete at an advanced level. The fellowship provides three levels of competency with a total of 640 notional hours: beginner (310 hours), intermediate (505 hours), and advanced (640 hours).

Read more here.

Application deadline May 24, 2023.

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