HIV Prevention Research Advocacy Fellowship
Call for Applications
Forwarded from ProCAARE (www.procaare.org)
Are you interested in advocacy for new HIV prevention options?
Would you like to spend a full-year working on a project that you get to design?
The AIDS Vaccine Advocacy Coalition (AVAC) and the Global Campaign for Microbicides (GCM) are launching a new Fellowship program that will pair emerging leaders in advocacy and activism with existing organisations to develop and execute creative, context-specific projects focused on HIV prevention research. Projects will focus primarily on advocacy around biomedical HIV prevention research (such as clinical trials of vaccine, microbicides, pre-exposure prophylaxis) or roll-out of male circumcision for HIV prevention.
Fellows will receive training, full-time financial support, and technical assistance to plan and implement a targeted one-year project within host organisations focused on HIV/AIDS.
What does the Fellowship entail?
* A small stipend and technical assistance for initial development of a detailed work plan (up to forty hours total over a maximum of two months).
* Full-time financial support and technical assistance for implementation of the work plan (12 months.)
* Collaboration between the Fellow and a host organisation in his or her country
* Mentoring and capacity building from AVAC/GCM for both the Fellow and the host organisation
Who can apply to be a Fellow?
* Individuals living in developing countries where biomedical HIV prevention research (see above) or roll-out of male circumcision for HIV prevention is ongoing or planned. Applicants from countries in East and Southern Africa are especially encouraged to apply.
* Emerging/mid-career community leaders and advocates (the program is not intended for senior level staff or researchers)
* Individuals with some experience or education in the areas of HIV/AIDS, public health, medicine, international development, women's rights, communications, or advocacy.
* Applicants are not required to have extensive experience in HIV prevention research.
How to apply:
Applications are due by 15 July 2009!
Please visit
www.avac.org/fellows.htm or www.global-campaign.org/fellows.htm
to learn more about the Fellowship and download application materials.
Learn More:
Prospective applicants who want to learn more or have questions about the process are invited to join a conference call on Thursday, June 18th at 9 am East Coast USA, 3 pm South Africa, 4 pm East Africa time.
Call in information:
U.S. & Canada: 866.740.1260
South Africa: 0800990940 (Toll Free)
Access Code: 3671222
For participants outside of South Africa, please send an email to
_fellows@avac.org_ including your name and the phone number you would like to be reached at on the day of the call and we will call you a few minutes before the meeting starts.
For more information on microbicides please email
_info@global-campaign.org_
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