International AIDS Society (IAS) and National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) Fellowship Programme Encouraging HIV and Drug Use Research

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The International AIDS Society (IAS), with the support of the National Institute

on Drug Abuse (NIDA), offers a research fellowship programme focusing on HIV and

drug use, with the goal of contributing to advances in the scientific

understanding of illicit drug use and HIV, while fostering multinational

research on HIV and drug use.

This fellowship programme consists of two awards: US$75,000 to be awarded to a

junior scientist for 18-months post-doctoral training and US$75,000 to be

awarded to a well-established HIV researcher for eight-month long professional

development training, both at leading institutes excelling in research in the

HIV-related drug use field.

The two initial fellowships were awarded at the IAS Conference on HIV

Pathogenesis, Treatment and Prevention (IAS 2009), which took place in Cape

Town, South Africa on 19-22 July 2009. In 2010, five fellowships were awarded in

conjunction with the XVIII International AIDS Conference (AIDS2010) in Vienna,

Austria on 18-23 July 2010.

In 2011, up to four fellowships will be granted at the IAS Conference on HIV

Pathogenesis, Treatment and Prevention (IAS 2011), to be held in Rome, Italy on

17-20 July 2011.

We are hoping to reach a maximum number of potential candidates and we are

requesting your help in the following ways:

1. Please distribute the attached flyer through your networks and to eligible

applicants at your institution.

2. Please advise us on specific networks we should be aware of in promoting this

fellowship programme.

The online application will be opened on www.iasociety.org from 8 December 2010

until 10 February 2011. For more information about the fellowship programme,

please click here.

Kind Regards,

Shirin Heidari

Senior Manager - Research Promotion

International AIDS Society

Jacques Normand

Director, AIDS Research Program

National Institute on Drug Abuse

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ADITYA BONDYOPADHYAY

Development Sector Consultant

Advocate (Regd. No. F-218/192 of 1997, Bar Council of W.Bengal, India)

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