Fellowships
The IAS supports the growth of a new generation of HIV researchers, advocates and healthcare professionals in regions where resources for HIV are limited. Fellowship programmes strengthen change makers’ skills, facilitate their integration into international networks, and contribute to strengthening institutions in their home countries.
CIPHER Growing the Leaders of Tomorrow Fellowship Programme
The Growing the Leaders of Tomorrow Fellowship Programme contributes to strengthening research expertise in paediatric and adolescent HIV in Asia-Pacific and central, eastern, southern and western Africa. The two-year research fellowship provides up to USD 70,000 (USD 35,000 per year) for an early-career investigator to work with an established mentor on a funded research project that addresses key gaps in paediatric and adolescent HIV.
Applications are now closed.
Research-for-Cure Academy
This annual academy, organized with the South African Department of Science and Innovation and the Faculty of Health Sciences at the University of the Witwatersrand, awards fellowships to early- to mid-career investigators and clinical scientists to take part in workshops on HIV cure research with international experts. The academy provides training and resources on HIV cure and reinforces tools and methodologies in line with recommendations from Research priorities for an HIV cure: International AIDS Society Global Scientific Strategy 2021.
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Mark Wainberg Fellowship Programme
Africa
An initiative of the IAS – the International AIDS Society, the two-year Mark Wainberg Fellowship Programme provides expert training in medical management of people living with HIV, with focus on appropriate care for various client groups, including key populations. Selected clinicians from the African continent spend one year in Europe and one year in Africa at clinical institutions with the aim of contributing to improved HIV service delivery in Africa. Mark Wainberg, a Past President of the IAS, was a pioneer for HIV research, advocacy and science.Applications are now closed.
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Curriculum (EN) | Curriculum (FR) | Curriculum (PT)Asia and the Pacific
An initiative of the IAS – the International AIDS Society, the two-year Mark Wainberg Fellowship Programme provides expert training in medical management of people living with HIV, from diagnosis to treatment and including co-morbidities. It will focus particularly on appropriate care for various client groups, including key populations, aiming to contribute to improving HIV service delivery in Asia and the Pacific. The selected clinicians will spend one year at a clinical institution in the region and one year completing a research project.Apply now | Applications are now open.
Latin America and the Caribbeans
The two-year programme is an initiative of the IAS- the International AIDS Society, and builds on its success in Africa. It will provide expert training in medical management of people living with HIV, from diagnosis to treatment and including co-morbidities. It will focus particularly on appropriate care for various client groups, including key populations, aiming to contribute to improving HIV service delivery in Latin America and the Caribbeans. The selected clinicians will spend one year at a clinical institution in the region and one year completing a research project.Applications are now closed.
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Advocacy-for-Cure Academy
This academy, organized with AVAC, awards fellowships to advocates or peer educators to take part in workshops on HIV cure advocacy with international experts. The academy develops fellows’ cure research literacy and reinforces their advocacy and engagement skills in line with recommendations from Research priorities for an HIV cure: International AIDS Society Global Scientific Strategy 2021.
Applications are now closed.
Person-Centred Care Advocacy Academy
The Person-Centred Care Advocacy Academy awards fellowships to advocates, activists, researchers and healthcare providers dedicated to expanding the evidence and implementation of person-centred care approaches. Through a series of interactive sessions, participants are encouraged to identify service delivery gaps in their communities and develop action plans to overcome these challenges. Person-Centred Care academies are organized once or twice a year in different regions of the world.
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