Call for applicatons: TDR Clinical Research Leadership fellowship programme
The Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases (TDR) is calling for applications for the Clinical Research Leadership fellowship.
TDR will fund fellows employed by academic and research institutions in any low- and middle-income country across the globe to be placed in pharmaceutical companies, product development partnerships (PDPs) and academic-affiliated research organizations, in Africa, America, Asia, Europe and Latin America, to train and develop new research skills on infectious diseases.
The Clinical Research Leadership (CRL) fellowship programme, launched by TDR in 2023, is based on four pillars:
- Pillar 1: Improved clinical research skills obtained through flexible placement of fellows at Training Partner Organizations (TPOs).
- Pillar 2: Strong clinical research leadership skills acquired through customized learning, coaching and leadership experience at the home institution, geared to each fellow’s needs and interests.
- Pillar 3: Enhanced gender equity promoted through active measures to ensure fair participation of women, men and people who do not fit into these binary gender identities.
- Pillar 4: Strengthened institutional capacity by maximizing the fellow’s contribution on re-entry.
Eligibility:
- be a national of, and resident in, an LMIC.
- be a postgraduate PhD or MD; MSc pharma graduate, with proof of experience of clinical research activities in the scope of TDR.
- have obtained their first degree within 15 years of submission of the application.
- have been a researcher or clinical staff member employed for the last 24 months in an institution with a registered legal entity in an LMIC conducting clinical research activities in poverty-related infectious diseases, emerging infectious diseases, pandemic preparedness, antimicrobial resistance and NTDs.
Financial details:
Budget
Each grant covers:
- one economy class return ticket (home – TPO – home);
- a monthly stipend based on the location of the placement;
- health insurance and support to present at the relevant international conference during the fellowship
- access to an alumni network.
- successful applicants are placed from 6 to 12 months in TPOs and receive a reintegration plan for 12 months at their home institutions. Fellowship duration will be based on the proposed targeted training offered by each TPO.
A break at six months can be offered to allow the fellows to go back to their home institution to present to their peers the acquired training and the scientific progress made so far.
The grant also includes provisional funds for reintegration, conditional upon the approval of a progress report and reintegration plan.
Click here to apply.
Application deadline, 30 March 2025, 17:00 (CET).
