Malaria Modeling Fellowship 2025/2026 for Nigerian public health professionals. (Funded) Deadline: 20 July, 2025

Applications are now open for the 2025/2026 Malaria Modeling Fellowship. Build your modeling capacity in a partially funded fellowship designed around your routine work and providing in-demand skills to inform malaria and infectious disease control in Nigeria and globally.

Requirements

• Male and Female candidates are encouraged to apply.

Essential

• Master’s degree or higher in the field of public health, epidemiology (including environmental, parasite, and veterinary epidemiology and related studies), biostatistics, bioinformatics, and applied mathematics.
• GOLD
• Specialized training in malaria and other infectious disease control programs, including professionals from public, private, non-profit and non-governmental institutions across the One Health Ecosystem.

Desirable

• Specialized training in quantitative data analysis.

Essential

• A current affiliation to a Nigerian public institution working in one health – human health, animal health, and environment.
• At least 5 years’ professional experience.

Desirable

• Post-Docs and Junior Lecturers in Epidemiology and Biostatistics, working in universities, non-profit, and non-governmental organizations.
• Public Health/Community Medicine Resident Doctors in Training, including those affiliated with non-profit and non-governmental organizations.
• Data management specialists from the Malaria Program, National Stop Transmission of Polio cohorts, Rapid Response Teams, or other emergency preparedness and response teams, including those in non-profit and non-governmental organizations.
• Monitoring and Evaluation staff with expertise in quantitative data analysis, working in Ministries, Departments, and Agencies (MDAs), as well as in non-profit and non-governmental organizations, across the One Health ecosystem.
• Public health officers, biostatisticians and epidemiologists working in public, non-profit and non-governmental organizations

Funding

• The program will cover tuition and refreshments during in-person training sessions.
• However, fellows or their organizations will be responsible for their own travel, accommodation, and any other personal expenses during the program. Applicants are encouraged to obtain sponsorship letters from their institutions to ensure their full participation.

Skills

• Proficiency in the use of Microsoft Excel.
• Ability to communicate effectively in verbal and written English.
• Demonstrable problem-solving skills and ability to work effectively with minimal supervision.

Note:

• Deadline: 20th July 2025 app
• The MMF Aptitude Test will take place for eligible candidates on the 26th July 2025.
• Kindly ensure you review the Requirements section before applying

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Deadline: 20th July 2025 

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