AIDS, health and development: gender and HIV Research projects

Source : FONDATION DE FRANCE Sida Santé et développement

Application deadline : April 15th 2012.

Fondation de France wishes to draw the interest of researchers in academic disciplines such as social sciences (sociology, anthropology, etc.), epidemiology, public health or applied research. Fondation de France will particularly focus on young researchers (PhD or postdoctoral students).

The goal of Foundation de France is to support projects that will help the targeted populations in the short or medium term.

Geographic areas:
Research fields will include the following geographic areas:
- French overseas departments in America (French Caribbean Islands and French Guyana);
- African countries;
- In Asia : Cambodia, India, Laos, Thailand, Vietnam;
- In South America: Brazil and Argentina.

Grant modalities
The support from the Fondation de France will, in a matter of priority, provide grants to research teams. Part of the grant can be used to finance the salary or as mobility grants for a post-doctoral researcher and/ or for a PhD student.
The support will consist in annual (possibly renewable) or multi-year grants (with a maximum duration of 3 years). The "AIDS research" programme of the Fondation de France manages for 2012 a global budget of approximately 500,000 Euros.

To apply
Applicants should use the provided application form: please ask for an application form via e-mail, or down- load one from the website (www.fondationdefrance. org).
Applications must be received before April 15, 2012 for the first session, and before October 15, 2012 for the second session. The grant application form should be submitted in two printed copies AND one electronic copy to the following address:
Fondation de France Programme « Sida, santé et développement » Jury recherche 40, avenue Hoche - 75008 Paris - France Cet e-mail est protégé contre les robots collecteurs de mails, votre navigateur doit accepter le Javascript pour le voir
Decisions will be notified by post, no later than June 2012 for the first session, and December 2012 for the second session.

AIDS research projects : call for proposals 2012 [PDF]

Application : 2012 grant proposal file.doc (301,00 kB)