South African Medical Research Council and South African AIDS Vaccine
Initiative Africa Fellowships

Applicants providing proof of a research doctorate or equivalent in a
health-related area (including health economics, nursing, public
health) will be considered. Applicants that do not hold a research
doctorate or equivalent must have proven research capabilities. They
must be citizens of an African country, currently working in that
country, and must be able to provide assurance that there is a posi-
tion to return to in their home country on completion of the fellow-
ship. Three letters of support for the applicant must be submitted
from referees. The host institution must be a university or research
institute, including research councils and government laboratories
but excluding industrial laboratories. The host must be a tenured
member of staff of the host institution.

Applicants should send preliminary applications to the MRC by Friday
30 November 2001. Applications must include the curricula vitae and
full publications lists of the visiting scientist and the host re-
searcher, a letter of support from the host, a 2-page project outline
with a preliminary research budget (in US$) and a letter from the
home institution assuring a post to return to after completion of the
fellowship.

The preliminary application will be evaluated by an MRC nominating
committee. Applicants will be notified of the outcome by Friday 14
December 2001. Please note: applicants are requested to provide reli-
able telephone, cellular/mobile 'phone, fax and E-mail contact de-
tails so that they can be informed of the outcome of their applica-
tions as quickly as possible. Successful preliminary applicants will
be asked to submit a full application which must reach the MRC by
Friday 1 February 2002. The full applications will be reviewed by the
MRC nominating committee and also by independent external assessors.
Applicants will be notified of the nominating committee's final deci-
sion by Friday 22 March 2002. The successful applicant(s) may com-
mence work no earlier than May 2002.

MRC's research priorities
(please refer to the following URL):
http://www.mrc.ac.za/research/ourresearch.htm

The MRC's six National Programmes focus on:
* Molecules to Disease,
* Health Systems and Policy,
* Women and Child Health,
* Infection and Immunity,
* Non-communicable Diseases,
* Environment and Development.

The Lead Programmes focus on:
* HIV/AIDS,
* Tuberculosis,
* Crime, violence and injury,
* Malaria,
* Genetics and Genomics.

Cross-cutting programmes:
* Ethics and human rights,
* Capacity Development,
* Culture and Indigenous Knowledge,
* Information and Knowledge Management,
* Health Promotion,
* Intellectual Property.

Applications should be sent to:

Carole Roberts
Medical Research Council
P.O.Box 19070
7505 Tygerberg, South Africa

Street address for hand/courier delivery:
Medical Research Council
Francie van Zijl Drive
7500 Parowvallei, South Africa

Queries:
Carole Roberts
Tel: +27-21-938-0359
Fax: +27-21-938-0239
mailto:[email protected]

Deadlines:
PRELIMINARY applications: Friday 30 November 2001
FULL applications: Friday 1 February 2002

Important - please note:
E-mailed or faxed applications will be accepted. Late and/or incom-
plete applications cannot be accepted: applicants must submit all the
required documentation by the deadlines indicated in order to be eli-
gible and in order to have their application considered.