Medical training scholarships open for application
Senator, Dr. Rasha Kelej, CEO of Merck Foundation explained, “We strongly believe that building professional healthcare capacity and train healthcare providers is the right strategy to transform patient care in the public sector in Africa and developing countries. I am happy to announce the call for applications for scholarships for young local doctors in many critical underserved medical specialties. Our aim is to provide access to quality and equitable healthcare solutions by building professional capacity."
Applications are open for the following online courses:
PG Diploma (1 year) - Diabetes
PG Diploma (1 Year) - Preventative Cardiovascular Medicine
PG Diploma (1 Year) - Sexual and Reproductive Medicine
PG Diploma (1 Year) - Endocrinology
PG Diploma (1 Year) - Respiratory Medicine
PG Diploma (1 Year) - Acute Medicine
PG Diploma (1 Year) - Rheumatology
PG Diploma (1 Year) - Gastroenterology
PG Diploma (1 Year) - Dermatology in Clinical Practice
PG Diploma (1 Year) - Clinical Psychiatry
MSc (15 Months) - Biotechnology of Human Assisted Reproduction and Embryology
PG Diploma (18 months) - Cancer and Clinical Oncology
PG Diploma (18 months) - Endocrinology and Diabetes
PG Diploma (21 months) - Emergency and Resuscitation Medicine
PG Diploma (21 Months) - Laparoscopic Surgical Skills
MSc (3 years) - Psychiatry
MSc (2 years) - Critical Care
MSc (2 years) - Advanced Surgical Practice
PG Diploma (2 years) - Neonatal Medicine
MSc (2 years) - Pain Management
PG Diploma (2 years) - Pediatric Emergency Medicine
ChM (Urology) (2 Years) - Urology
ChM (General Surgery) (2 Years) - General Surgery
ChM (Trauma and Orthopedics) (2 years) - Trauma and orthopaedics
PG Diploma (2 Years) - Clinical Microbiology and infectious diseases
PG Diploma (2 years) - Primary Care Ophthalmology
PG Diploma (2 Years) - Internal Medicine
MSc (3 Years) - Neuroimaging for Research
How to apply:
Applications are to be submitted to: https://bit.ly/3BFtbye
Last Date to apply: 31st December 2021
Scholarship eligibility criteria
All Merck Foundation scholarships are provided to nationals of African countries, developing countries, and underserved communities as per the World Human Development Index list of developing countries. Refer to the link: https://bit.ly/2Y974Cu
Merck Foundation Scientific Committee and Scientific Committee of Academic Partners will focus on African countries with a special focus on French-speaking and Portuguese speaking and SIDS (Small Islands Developing State), with the aim to build healthcare capacity and transform patient care in the public sector which is under pressure due to its limited resources. Therefore, requests from Ministries of Health (MOH) or Medical Societies are preferable. In case of individual requests, a recommendation letter from MOH or Medical Societies of these countries will be required to indicate your country's gap in the specific specialty and the objective of improving access to equitable and quality patient care in your community is identified and fulfilled.
Moreover, Merck Foundation Scientific Committee will take into consideration in the selection process the following factors when it is needed: The Human Development Index, Population and number of eligible applications received from each country and number of scholarships that have been already provided to each country in such specialties.
Merck Foundation plans to offer English courses to candidates applied from French and Portuguese speaking African countries and also to Latin American countries, to give them an equal opportunity to benefit from the online specialty training which is provided only in English (List of Online courses given above).
In case of in-campus Clinical Training Scholarship provided in India, such as Fertility and Embryology Training and Oncology Fellowship, interpreters will be provided to non-English speaking scholars throughout their training programme.
Ministries of Health and Medical Societies of African and Developing countries can submit requests to: moc.noitadnuof-kcrem@ofni
Merck Foundation may require a financial statement to prove the monthly income - one-month salary/ payslip or salary statement or three months bank statements, for official purposes.