The 2026 GSK Africa Open Lab Postgraduate Fellowship in Biostatistics /Health Data Science for early-career African scientists (Fully Funded)

The 2026 GSK Africa Open Lab Postgraduate Fellowship in Biostatistics /Health Data Science for early-career African scientists (Fully Funded)

Application Deadline: ย 18 April 2026 (23:00 GMT)

Applications are now open for the GSK Africa Open Lab Postgraduate Fellowship. a fully funded opportunity hosted here at Medical Research Council Unit The Gambia at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine within our Statistics and Computational Bioinformatics department.

Fellowship Details
Fellows will be part of active research programmes and gain hands-on experience across:

  • Clinical trials
  • Epidemiology
  • Modelling & machine learning
  • Bioinformatics

    Eligibility Requirements
    ๐€๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ:
  • Be a national and resident of a Sub-Saharan African country
  • Hold a BSc (minimum 2:1 or equivalent) in Mathematics, Statistics, or a related field
  • Hold an MSc (GPA โ‰ฅ 3.2 or equivalent) in Biostatistics, Health Data Science, or a related discipline
  • Have at least 1 year of relevant work experience
  • Be able to code in R, Stata, or SAS (or willing to improves
  • Demonstrate proficiency in English

    Applicants with a PhD are also encouraged to apply

    Fellowship Details
  • Practical experience in study design, data management, and statistical analysis
  • Mentorship from experienced biostatisticians and researchers
  • Training in statistical methods, software, and scientific writing
  • Exposure to real-world biomedical and public health research
  • Access to the ISEP network for continued learning and collaboration

    Benefits
  • Annual stipend
  • Accommodation
  • Return air travel

    ๐’๐ญ๐š๐ซ๐ญ ๐ƒ๐š๐ญ๐ž:ย Mid-April 2026
    ๐ƒ๐ฎ๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง:ย 12 months

    ๐€๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ƒ๐ž๐š๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐ž:

    ๐‡๐จ๐ฐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐€๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ฒ
    Submit your application to:ย ๐ฆ๐ซ๐œ๐ -๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐ข๐ง๐ข๐ง๐ @๐ฅ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฌ.๐ฅ๐ฌ๐ก๐ญ๐ฆ.๐š๐œ.๐ฎ๐ค

    ๐‘๐ž๐ช๐ฎ๐ข๐ซ๐ž๐ ๐๐จ๐œ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ (๐๐ƒ๐… ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ๐š๐ญ):
  • CV (cv_)
  • Personal statement (ps_)
  • Two references (re_)
  • Academic transcripts (at_)

For More Information:

Visit the Official Webpage of the GSK Africa Open Lab Postgraduate Fellowship

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