Deadline: April 15, 2019
The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (RSTMH) Small Grants Programme 2019 is now open. RSTMH provides seed funds of up to £5,000 to enable early career researchers and global health professionals in the field of tropical medicine or global health to undertake clinical or scientific research or fieldwork, as stand-alone projects or distinct elements within a larger project.
Thematic priorities
Applications focused on the thematic areas listed in RSTMH’s five-year strategy will be prioritised. These are listed below:
- Neglected tropical diseases, with a particular focus on their overlap with non-communicable diseases and the Sustainable Development Goals
- Malaria, with a particular focus on drug resistance
- One Health and wider planetary health. The consideration of human health alongside animal health, and the environment, in the context of social, economic and political factors
- Topical issues including, but not limited to, emerging diseases
- Drug resistant infections
Grant
The maximum RSTMH small grant awarded is £5,000 (including VAT).
Small grants can be used for the following expenditure:
- Travel
- Accommodation
- Consumables
- Field expenses, including salaries or per diems
- Field transport
- Items of equipment or software
Eligibility
Applicants for a small grant can be based anywhere in the world and can be of any nationality.
Applicants must meet the following criteria:
- Be early in their career. They do not define this in terms of years of work or study. They expect candidates to be able to:
- Carry out research under supervision;
- Have the ambition to develop knowledge of research methodologies and discipline;
- Have demonstrated a good understanding of a field of study;
- Have demonstrated the ability to produce data under supervision;
- Be capable of critical analysis, evaluation and synthesis of new and complex ideas;
- Be able to explain the outcome of research and value thereof to research colleagues.
- Have a clear research plan for which they are seeking support
- Ideally be employed by, or affiliated to an organisation, though we will consider applications from those not affiliated or employed
- Demonstrate limited alternative sources of funding
- Have access to adequate supervision
- Have the appropriate insurance to carry out the research
- Hold a registered bank account
- Be a RSTMH member. Applications can be submitted from non-members but, if successful, winners would need to join RSTMH
- Have not received a RSTMH small grant in the last two years
- Submit only one application for a small grant per year
Applications must meet the following criteria:
- Be full and complete
- Be submitted through our online system by the deadline of midnight GMT on 15 April 2019
- Not be for retrospective work
Assessment Criteria
Criteria used to assess applications for small grants:
- Originality, potential to make a contribution to this area of work
- Feasibility of project design and methodology
- Resource and cost effectiveness
- Potential to provide career progression to applicant
Application
For more information, visit RSTMH Small Grants.
