{"id":157,"date":"2017-12-04T15:29:41","date_gmt":"2017-12-04T15:29:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/icmresearchfunding\/?p=157"},"modified":"2017-12-04T15:29:41","modified_gmt":"2017-12-04T15:29:41","slug":"mrcdfid-african-research-leader-scheme-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/icmresearchfunding\/2017\/12\/04\/mrcdfid-african-research-leader-scheme-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"MRC\/DFID African Research Leader scheme 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif\"><span style=\"color: #000000;font-size: medium\">We are pleased to announce that the Medical Research Council has launched a further call to support \u2018rising star\u2019 African Research Leaders. This is a prestigious award, jointly funded by the MRC and the Department for International Development (DFID). The aim of the scheme is to strengthen research leadership across sub-Saharan Africa by attracting and retaining exceptionally talented individuals who will lead high quality programmes of research on key global health issues pertinent to the region and beyond.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif\"><span style=\"color: #000000;font-size: medium\">Please see the link below for further information on the scheme and guidance on how to apply:<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><u><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mrc.ac.uk\/funding\/browse\/arl-2018\/mrc-dfid-african-research-leader-scheme-2018\/\">https:\/\/www.mrc.ac.uk\/funding\/browse\/arl-2018\/mrc-dfid-african-research-leader-scheme-2018\/<\/a><\/span><\/u><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif\"><span style=\"color: #000000;font-size: medium\">Please could I ask you to pass this email on to anyone who you think might be interested in this scheme. Many thanks.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif\"><span style=\"color: #000000;font-size: medium\">Please direct any queries to <\/span><a href=\"mailto:ARLadmin@headoffice.mrc.ac.uk\">ARLadmin@headoffice.mrc.ac.uk<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We are pleased to announce that the Medical Research Council has launched a further call to support \u2018rising star\u2019 African Research Leaders. This is a prestigious award, jointly funded by the MRC and the Department for International Development (DFID). The &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/icmresearchfunding\/2017\/12\/04\/mrcdfid-african-research-leader-scheme-2018\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6759,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-157","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-researchfunding"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/icmresearchfunding\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/157","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/icmresearchfunding\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/icmresearchfunding\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/icmresearchfunding\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6759"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/icmresearchfunding\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=157"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/icmresearchfunding\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/157\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":158,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/icmresearchfunding\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/157\/revisions\/158"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/icmresearchfunding\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=157"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/icmresearchfunding\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=157"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/icmresearchfunding\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=157"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}