Scientific Research
 

PhD Studentship Research Programme in Health and Well Being

Programme areas

We aim to improve the health and well being of communities through PhD Capacity Building Programmes in Health and Social Science. These include areas such as primary, secondary and Community care, health services research, medical sociology, health policy, conflict resolution, and health management. The foundation also wishes to support health science in connection to its other activities:

  • Public Health, Health Services Research, Medical Sociology and Health Policy research
  • Evaluation of Prevention programmes of significant impact globally; particularly those that link with the Foundation’s other activities
  • Evaluation of:
    • Chronic disease management to improve health and well being
    • Health and social care: estimates of populations’ and communities’ needs and identification of cost effective solutions
    • Maternal, Newborn and Child Health (MNCH), ageing
    • Research related to refugees, war victims, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
    • Conflict Resolution
    • The role of the Arts on health and well being

Recipients and recipient organisations

We support PhD Studentships through the payment of salaries of the PhD student and a contribution to Bench fees (training and research costs). The candidates must be enrolled at a University in the UK or Switzerland that has multi faculty disciplines and can demonstrate interdisciplinary working to address the aims of the Foundation’s Health Research Programme. The formal application must be submitted from the University, not from individual students.

Further selection criteria

  • A university with multidisciplinary excellence in the theme area
  • A coherent PhD Programme that supports the aims of the theme
  • Evidence of high quality research in the area
  • High quality of the supervision of the PhD
  • Credentials of the PhD student, if known at the time of application
  • A University, which can demonstrate partnership working globally
  • Projects with a multipliable, systems building approach
  • Projects that are innovative

Funds are not available for applications, which

  • Do not directly address the aims of the foundation
  • Do not fulfil the selection criteria, e.g. are not for PhD studentships
  • Do not directly address the health research themes
  • Are basic or early translational research
  • Are submitted from individual applicants
  • Are for travel costs, publications, conferences, equipment or institutional support