TDR Career Development Fellowship

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TDR Career Development Fellowship: This is a one-year programme designed for scientists from developing countries to work with pharmaceutical and research institute partners to learn how to lead clinical drug and vaccine trials. The ultimate goal is to reduce research bottlenecks as more new products enter the development pipeline, and develop strong research capability in low- and-middle income countries with infectious diseases.

It’s having an impact. These Fellows have been building teams and producing data of internationally accepted quality, and that data is being used.

Dr Dermot Maher, TDR coordinator of research capacity strengthening and knowledge management

Founded in 1999 to promote high quality clinical research in low and middle income countries, the CDF started out as a partnership between TDR and the Belgium-based GlaxoSmithKline Biologicals, a global vaccine research, development and production company.

“You need networks,” says Dr Opokua Ofori-Anyinam, Senior Manager of Clinical Development at GSK Biologicals. A native of Ghana, she has been involved in the programme since its inception and has mentored no fewer than ten Fellows. “You may be clever, but if you’re not allowed to see what is beyond your small field, you don’t know what you can do.” With the CDF, she says, the aim is to provide researchers the kind of opportunities they can’t find in academia – “the chance to do things differently, taking into account exposure to different aspects of research, and to help other people do better. That is what I really love about the programme,” she says. “That’s why I’m dedicated to it.”

The programme has grown to 18 partners, including 13 pharmaceutical companies, 3 Product Development Partnerships (PDPs) and 2 public research institutions.

Those selected to participate in the programme receive 12 months of on-the-job training in R&D project management, Good Clinical Practice and regulatory requirements before returning to their home institutions. The programme has supported 27 fellows from 16 countries, and many are now leading clinical development projects and helping their countries’ institutions increase research capacity

http://www.who.int/tdr/capacity/strengthening/career_development/en/

Contact :Pascal Launois
E-mail:launoisp@who.int

e-Medhabruti Scholarship for Odisha students

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What is e-Medhabruti Scholarship ?: In order to encourage and motivate bright students of Odisha prosecuting higher professional studies like Engineering, Medical, BDS or other courses, the state government provides an e-Medhabruti Scholarship. Here an eligible candidate can get scholarship amount per annum as per the scholarship type they apply. In a year 24,544 bright students can avail the scholarship. The objective of this project is to provide incentive and facilities to meritorious students of Odisha who have secured admission in Technical / Medical institutions inside or outside the state or in the national institutes of repute in accordance with the terms and conditions specified by the Government of Odisha.

Understanding e-Medhabruti:An advertisement will be published by the Government of Odisha for Medhabruti mentioning the eligibility criteria of the students and the last date for application submission. Students can then register themselves online for scholarship and should submit the printed form along with the necessary documents to the schools, colleges or university for the same. Then the school/colleges/institutions will validate the forms from their college login regarding the following specifications:

  • If he is already availing the scholarship or not.
  • Check for student of Odisha persuading course outside Orissa.
  • Check for permanent resident of Odisha.
  • Check for annual income of parents.
  • Check whether the information entered matches with the hard copy or not.

Eligibility:

e-Medhabruti Scholarship for Odisha students Eligibility

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Eligibility: All the students of Odisha are eligible for e-Medhabruti scholarship  if they fullfil certain criteria decided by the government of Odisha.

A Student already in receipt of any other scholarship awarded by the State Government cannot avail one of these scholarship unless he/she opts to forgo the other scholarship.

In case requisite number of candidates are not available under any categories of scholarship, then the balance number scholarship shall be awarded to other eligible applicants of the same scholarship category.

If an eligible student could not be able to apply for scholarship during 1st year of his/her higher study for any reason, he/she can apply for scholarship in subsequent year. In case scholarship shall be awarded for remaining year/years of study.

Eligibility Criteria

  • The students must be a permanent resident of Odisha.
  • The annual income of parents from all sources shall not exceed Rs.6.00 lakh
  • A student already in receipt of any scholarship cannot avail these scholarships unless he/she opts to forgo the other scholarship.
  • For girl students pursuing +2, +3 & P.G. courses the minimum eligibility marks for applying scholarship is 60 %.
  • Similarly for boy students the minimum eligibility marks required for applying scholarship is in the following manner.
    (i) for +2 course :70 %
    (ii) for +3 & P.G. courses :70 % ( for Science), 60 % ( for Arts & Commerce)
  • For technical & Professional courses marks secured in the last examination, is not a bar for applying scholarship as the rank obtained by the students in the respective entrance examination conducted by the State / Central Agencies /Universities plays vital role in selection procedure of the scholarship.
  • Special Girls’ Merit Scholarship is awarded to such meritorious girls who have taken admission in selected technical and professional institution of repute within and outside the state.

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For more information about eligibility, deadlines etc.. please visit the link below.

http://www.medhabruti.org/eligibility.html