The University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) is excited to invite applications for the 2019-2021 cohort of the PBTi Fellowship programme.
Application Deadline:15th September, 2018 11:59 PM PST.
Eligible Countries: International
To Be Taken At (Country): USA
About the Award: The UCSF Preterm Birth Initiative (PTBi) is a multi-year, transdisciplinary and multi-sector research effort aimed at reducing the burden of prematurity.
Philanthropically funded by Marc and Lynne Benioff and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the PTBi applies scientific, clinical, and community expertise to address prematurity, the leading cause of childhood death worldwide. We have two parallel arms that are geographically focused in California and East Africa and conduct place-based discovery and implementation science research across the reproductive life course.
Postdoctoral scholars from a variety of disciplines come together to acquire skills necessary to conduct powerful, collaborative research that is place-based, stakeholder-engaged, relevant, and likely to haveimpact on a critical health epidemic affecting millions of familiesacross the world
Type: Fellowship (Academic)
Eligibility: This Fellowship is open to US and non-US citizens. Fellows cannot hold concurrent active faculty positions. Candidates are eligible if they have completed any one of the following:
Number of Awards: Not specified
Value of Award: The fellowship offers the following:
Duration of Programme: 2 years
How to Apply: Please submit the Fellowship application materials listed below as a single PDF to fellowship manager Nicole Santos (Nicole.Santos@ ucsf.edu) by 11:59 PM PST, September 15, 2018. Interviews will take place in November and December 2018 with notification of final decision no later than January 15, 2019.
Visit Programme Webpage for Details
Award Providers: Marc and Lynne Benioff and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation