Immana Fellowships For Emerging Leaders In Agriculture, Nutrition, And Health Research
Innovative Methods and Metrics for Agriculture and Nutrition Actions (IMMANA) is a research initiative led by the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine in partnership with Tufts University and School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London.
The organization is calling for applications to their annual fellowship programme sfor emerging leaders in agriculture, nutrition, and health research, co-funded with UK Aid from the UK government through the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, through their programme on Innovative Methods and Metrics for Agriculture and Nutrition Actions.
The initiative will select six applicants for the 2020-2021 fellowship. Successful applications will build on the candidate’s previous research, proposing a 12-month work plan to test and use new methods and metrics to guide improvements in agriculture and food systems for
nutrition and health. Proposals will specify the existing data and methods they will bring to the project, and a realistic timeline for new data collection (if any), analysis and writing needed to complete new scientific manuscripts. Applications will be ranked based on realistic potential for submission of high impact publications to specified target journals or other scientific outlets within the Fellowship year.
Programme Benefits
Fellows will receive the following financial support:
- A fixed stipend of £40,800 paid in quarterly instalments against satisfactory completion
of program milestones. - A research allowance of £9,000 to cover travel and other fieldwork expenses, also paid as lump
sums for achievement of program milestones. - An honorarium of £2,100 to each of the Mentors paid in two instalments at mid-term and end of
the year, on submission of a satisfactory mentorship report.
Available Programmes
Fellowship
Length of Programme
One year
Number of Awards
6 applicants will be selected for this fellowship
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Eligibility
Eligible candidates will have completed a doctoral degree (PhD, DPhil, DPH, MD, DVM or similar terminal degree) in any field related to agriculture, nutrition health research and practice, and be actively engaged in research, education, and engagement at the intersection of two or more of these fields. We are particularly interested in applicants who aim to build careers or already have institutional affiliations in a research institute or university in Sub-Saharan Africa or South Asia, but applicants maybe of any nationality and have earned their doctorate anywhere. During their Fellowship year, successful candidates will complete and submit for publication at least one potentially high-impact research finding, which they will also communicate through scientific groups including the
Agriculture, Nutrition and Health Academy. IMMANA Fellows are expected to play an active role in the ANH Academy, bringing diverse perspectives to leadership across disciplinary and institutional boundaries. The IMMANA programme aims for equal representation of women and men with a wide range of expertise, and we particularly welcome applications from citizens of LMIC countries.
Applicants must propose to to validation and/or apply a recently-developed methodological
approach to agriculture, nutrition and health research under the joint supervision of two Mentors, one from the applicant’s current or previous employer or academic institution, and one from a host institution where the applicant proposes to advance their work. At least one of the two Mentors must be physically located in Sub-Saharan Africa or South Asia.
How To Apply
Application for this fellowship is done online at the application portal.
Application Deadline
31 December 2020
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