Other Opportunities - WHO/NIDA/CPDD International Traveling Fellowship Awards

DEADLINE: JANUARY 15

NIDA, the World Health Organization, and College on Problems of Drug Dependence (CPDD) sponsor International Traveling Fellowship Awards for drug abuse scientists from developing countries* to support a 1-week research visit with a NIDA grantee and participation in the NIDA International Forum and the CPDD Annual Scientific Meeting. Fellows are required to submit an abstract to both the NIDA International Forum and the CPDD meeting, and must provide a post-travel report.

Eligibility

• Be a drug abuse investigator from a developing country* who completed his or her doctoral degree or residency no more than 10 years ago.
• May not have received travel support from NIDA, WHO, or CPDD between July 1 of the previous year and June 1 of the award year.
• Live and work outside the United States at the time of application and travel.

Applications must Include

• A curriculum vitae documenting research experience.
• Two letters of recommendation indicating your eligibility for the award.
• A travel plan for visiting a NIDA-supported researcher for 1 week after the CPDD Annual Meeting that describes the potential for collaborative research between you and the NIDA grantee.
• A one-page abstract of current work that could be presented at both meetings.
• A letter of acceptance from the director of the research unit you wish to visit.

E-mail applications are encouraged. Applications should include a fax number and e-mail address whenever possible.

Incomplete applications will not be considered.

The NIDA International Program will coordinate travel arrangements after the awards are announced. Awards will cover meeting registration fees as well as reasonable travel and living expenses during the meetings and associated research visits. Award selections will be announced in March.

Applications must be received by the chair of the CPDD International Committee no later than January 15:

Gabriele Fischer, M.D.
Medical University of Vienna
Department of Psychiatry
Waehringer Guertel 18-20
1090 Vienna, Austria
Phone: +43-1-40400-2117
Fax: +43-1-40400-3629
E-mail: gabriele.fischer@meduniwien.ac.at

*For this program, eligible countries are those in Africa; Asia (except Japan, Singapore, South Korea, and Taiwan); Central and Eastern Europe (except EU members); Russia and the Newly Independent States of the Former Soviet Union; Latin America and the Caribbean; and the Pacific Ocean Islands (except Australia and New Zealand).