EDCTP Call for Proposals: Global Health EDCTP3 JU training fellowship with return phase

The European & Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership (EDCTP) is calling for proposals for the “Global Health EDCTP3 JU training fellowship with return phase”.

Project results are expected to contribute to the following outcomes:

Foster the culture of pharmaceutical innovation and entrepreneurship in sub-Saharan Africa;
Increase the number of skilled clinical researchers and innovators in sub-Saharan Africa;
Promote the career development and retention of skilled personnel in sub-Saharan Africa;
Strengthen sub-Saharan African countries clinical human capital base in Research and Innovation (R&I);
Enhance talent retention, knowledge circulation and uptake across the research and innovation landscape in sub-Saharan Africa;
Establish sustainable and mutually beneficial collaboration between clinical research organisations, academia, and Industry Partners across sub-Saharan Africa and Europe.

Scope:

Proposals submitted to this topic should implement a master’s level training programme in a discipline relevant for the Global Health EDCTP3 JU, providing transferable R&D skills, fostering innovation and entrepreneurship, incl. commercialisation of results, Intellectual Property Rights, communication, public engagement, and citizen science. The training provided by the academic institutions is expected to be complemented by training modules provided by pharmaceutical companies. It is expected that pharmaceutical companies will join the consortium as beneficiaries and/or associated partners at a later stage. The companies are expected to bring cash or in-kind contributions to the training programme for the fellows
The training will address the research and development value chain from pre-clinical to clinical research including pharmaceuticals and vaccines.

Proposals must demonstrate all of the following:

A high-quality training programme related to R&D on diseases in the scope of the Global Health EDCTP3 JU at master level in global health/clinical research;
An open, fair and transparent procedure for selecting the fellows coming from different geographical regions of SSA, based on quality and with appropriate gender balance;
Design of a programme where training for each fellow includes a first phase (or outgoing phase) of minimum 12 and maximum 24 months enrolment into an academic organization, and a second phase (or return phase) of at least 12 months in the country of origin of the fellow;
A robust training and mentorship mechanisms to support the fellows through their first training phase and second home return phase;
Linkages with other Global Health EDCTP3 JU actions should be foreseen as relevant (e.g. Global Health EDCTP3 Training Networks or Global Health EDCTP3 Genomic Epidemiology Networks).

Funding details:

EUR 3.5 M per project

EDCTP Call for Proposals: Global Health EDCTP3 JU training fellowship with return phase

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