Crick Africa Network Career Acceleration Fellowship
No stated deadline.
Gates Foundation, Seattle WA
The Crick Africa Network (CAN) is offering African Career Acceleration Fellowships supported by LifeArc for early-career biomedical scientists to develop translational scientific programmes and become independent scientists.
We're looking for ambitious early-career African scientists who can demonstrate strong scientific and leadership potential, a keen interest in translational science, and a commitment to establishing their own research groups and continuing their careers on the African continent.
All projects should have translational potential. Our definition of translational science is that it serves clinical, commercial, or environmental benefit. It should address a clear unmet medical need and bridge the gap between basic discovery science and product development and can include:
human genetics, disease pathogenesis and immunogenetics, pathogen genomics or bioinformatics, host-pathogen interaction, diagnostics and biomarkers, pandemic preparedness, antimicrobial resistance (AMR), or drug and vaccine discovery for development.
diseases caused by viruses such as HIV, HPV and SARS-CoV-2, bacteria such as Mycobacterium tuberculosis and Mycobacterium ulcerans, other bacterial pathogens including AMR-priority pathogens, fungal pathogens, protozoal pathogens that cause diseases such as typanosomiasis, malaria and cryptospoidiosis, helminths, and other neglected tropical diseases.
