RSTMH: 2018 small grants round

Closing date: Extended to 9 April 2018 (was 2 April 2018)

 

The purpose of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine & Hygiene small grants is to enable early career researchers and global health professionals in the field of tropical medicine or global health to undertake clinical or scientific research or fieldwork, as stand-alone projects or distinct elements within a larger project.

 

The maximum RSTMH small grant awarded is £5,000 (including VAT).

 

Small grants can be used for the following expenditure:

  • Travel
  • Accommodation
  • Consumables
  • Field expenses, including salaries or per diems
  • Field transport
  • Items of equipment or software

 

Applications focused on the thematic areas listed in RSTMH’s five-year strategy will be prioritised. These are:

  • Neglected tropical diseases, with a particular focus on their overlap with non-communicable diseases and the Sustainable Development Goals
  • Malaria, with a particular focus on drug resistance
  • One Health and wider planetary health. The consideration of human health alongside animal health, and the environment, in the context of social, economic and political factors
  • Topical issues including, but not limited to, emerging diseases
  • Drug resistant infections

 

Applications for small grants open on Friday 2 February 2018 and close on 9 April at 12:00 GMT, with disbursements from June 2018.

 

For the full call text please visit the grant call webpage.

 

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