HIV Research Trust training scholarships announcement by IAS

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This year the IAS is again working with the UK-based HIV Research Trust to

promote their 2010 competition for research training scholarships.

These scholarships are for physicians, nurses, scientists, and other health care

professionals who are undertaking research in resource poor settings. The award

is used to develop a candidate's career and, on return to the home institution,

add to the capacity of their department to carry out research related to

treatment and prevention.

Examples of acquired skills might be clinical trial experience, good

clinical trial practice, data and trial management, acquisition of

laboratory techniques and analyses, trial nurse skills, statistical

expertise, aspects of ethics, economics, education and health behaviour.

The scholarships are usually for a period of 3-6 months depending on the nature

of the proposal. Approximately US$1,200 a month will be available to cover

return travel and subsistence while carrying out the research project with an

additional sum (maximum US$2,000) to cover consumables and other additional

expenses incurred by the hosting unit.

This year, the top-scoring grantee will also receive a scholarship to attend the

XVIII International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2010) in Vienna, Austria.

dditional information is available on the IAS website at

http://www.iasociety.org/Default.aspx?pageId=278 or on the HIV Research

Trust website at http://www.hivresearchtrust.org.uk.

Applications are now open, and close 26 October 2009. All questions

regarding the research training scholarships should be directed to the HIV

Research Trust: hivresearchtrust@....

Kind regards,

IAS Awards Team

E-MAIL: awards@...