Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (RSTMH) Small grants

The aim of the small grants is to enable early career researchers and global health professionals in the field of tropical medicine or global health to undertake clinical or scientific research and/or fieldwork.

Applications focused on the thematic areas listed in RSTMH’s five-year strategy are encouraged. These are listed below:

Neglected tropical diseases, with a particular focus on their overlap with non-communicable diseases and the Sustainable Development Goals
Malaria, with a particular focus on drug resistance
One Health and wider planetary health. The consideration of human health alongside animal health and the environment, in the context of social, economic and political factors
Topical issues including, but not limited to, emerging diseases
Drug resistant infections
We are also interested to see applications related to snakebite, mycetoma and other skin NTDs and other deep mycoses, co-morbidity and NCDs, coronavirus and emerging diseases. Email tamar.ghosh@rstmh.org for further areas of interest. Read more about the areas of interests HERE.

The maximum RSTMH small grant awarded is £5,000 (including VAT).