Sub-Saharan African Consortium for Advanced Biostatistics Fellowships

Sub-Saharan African Consortium for Advanced Biostatistics Fellowships

The DELTAS Africa SSACAB II Consortium is inviting full time applications for 37 MSc, 18 PhD & 7 Post-Doctoral fellowships in Biostatistics for the 2024 academic year. Fellowships are open to candidates with a strong background in Statistics, Mathematics, Demography, & other quantitative fields.

Further, competent candidates from health science fields, such as biomedical sciences, pharmacy, & medicine who may benefit from a biostatistics qualification, are also encouraged to apply. Eligible applicants should apply for a place at one of the Consortium Partner or Collaborating Institutions.

Eligibility:

MSc scholarships are open to candidates with a strong background in Statistics, Mathematics, Demography, and other quantitative fields. Additionally, the following are also encouraged to apply:

Competent candidates from the health science fields, such as biomedical sciences, pharmacy, and medicine who may benefit from a postgraduate course in biostatistics.

Candidates who have completed their masters’ coursework and require support with their research component.

Eligible applicants should have applied for a place at either the partner or collaborating institutions offering postgraduate biostatistics degree programs.

The scholarship is open to nationals of low and middle-income countries in the Sub-Saharan African region who are resident in the region as per World Bank definition

Applicants should be under 35 years of age to

qualify for the MSc program. Applicants

Applicants must meet the admission requirements of the respective universities offering the MSc degree before applying for the fellowship

Host Institutions:

Wits University

UMCU

Wits Global Change Institute (GCI)

University of Abomey- Calavi

Moi University

University of KwaZulu Natal

KEMRI Wellcome Trust Research Programme

University of Pretoria and South African Medical Research Council (SAMRC)

London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine

University Medical Center Utrecht

Benefits

The MSc scholarships will cover the following for selected fellows in the 2024 academic year:

Tuition fees and basic medical insurance.

A monthly stipend to cover accommodation and living expenses.

Reasonable support for the MSc research project and supervision.

Travel costs to and from the academic training institution and the host research institution

How to Apply

For more information and job application details, see; Sub-Saharan African Consortium for Advanced Biostatistics Fellowships

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