HIV Prevention Research Advocacy Fellowships

Organization
AVAC: Global Advocacy for HIV Prevention
423 W 127th St., 4th Fl.
New York, NY 10027
Phone Number
(212)796-6423
Emails
avac@avac.org
Level of Study -
Professional Development
Award Type -
Fellowship
Purpose
To provide support to emerging and mid-career advocates to design and implement advocacy projects focused on biomedical HIV prevention research and implementation activities in their countries and communities.
Focus -
AIDS.
Qualifications -
Applicants must be emerging or mid-career community leaders and advocates involved or interested in advocacy around HIV prevention research and implementation; must be individuals with some experience or education in the areas of HIV and AIDS, public health, medicine, international development, women's rights, communications or advocacy with key populations, such as sex workers, LGBT people and drug users; must be based in low and middle-income countries where biomedical HIV prevention clinical research is planned or ongoing and/or where there is current work on implementation of voluntary medical male circumcision, pre-exposure prophylaxis, treatment as prevention and combination prevention packages that link biomedical strategies. Advocates can also develop proposals that seek to catalyze plans and policies in the country where little activity on these issues has happened to date; must be able to collaborate with English-speaking mentors; must demonstrate strategic analysis of how Fellowship-related activities will relate to this work.
Criteria
Selection will be based on the committee's criteria.
To Apply
Applications form can be downloaded at the website. Applicants must submit the individual and host organization information forms, the essay/short answer questions, the host organization letter of support and applicants' CV/resume.
Deadline -
September 20.
Contact -
Email: fellows@avac.org.
For more information
http://www.avac.org