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African Young Researchers Initiative - Young Minds, New Solutions: Achieving Universal Access
You are a young researcher (35 or under on 1st January 2010) resident in the SADC and EAC region. You have exciting and original research on Universal Access to prevention, treatment, care and support and you wish to submit an article to a reputable peer reviewed international journal. Applicants must submit their paper to HEARD by the 26th February 2010.
HEARD at the University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa is offering to support up to 12 young researchers by linking you to an international academic mentor who will support your writing of an article for submission for publication.
Achieving Universal Access
2010 is the target year in which the world is meant to achieve universal access to HIV/AIDS prevention, treatment, care and support. While there are significant gains being made in achieving this target, there remain huge steps still to be made, particularly in southern and eastern Africa.
Given the challenge of achieving universal access, we need to start to rethinking how to achieve these goals. What is needed is thinking 'outside-the-box', innovatively and creatively rather than in not the same old ways. HEARD believes that "Young Minds can develop New Solutions".
To support the development of young researchers in the region HEARD is offering young researchers selected, individualised academic writing support from a senior HIV researcher who provides writing support. This has already been successfully piloted among an initial group of young researchers in 2009.
Submissions to HEARD
Young researchers seeking consideration for involvement on this scheme in 2010 should submit an original paper (up to 10,000 words) based on their research, whether utilising primary or secondary data. All disciplines may submit papers on universal access but topics should focus on social science, humanities or economics issues. Bio-medical topics will not be considered for support.
Based on regional priorities, particular attention will be given to papers on issues faced by women - including sexual and reproductive health and rights; prevention topics in general and topics of health and economics.
Contact Information and Application Forms
More details are available by calling the HEARD office and speaking to Andy Gibbs on +27(0)31 260 7737, or e-mail , or apply here.
For more information, download the flyer here.
Applicants must submit their paper to HEARD by the 26th February 2010
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