Europe’s leading travel management company, Key Travel and LSTM have created a new PhD studentship fund to support an LSTM research student. Support from Key Travel is matched by LSTM and offered towards the cost of a research degree. The studentship is open to applicants from anywhere in the world with a research focus in one of the following areas: Vector Biology; Parasitology; Public Health; Sexual & Reproductive Health; Maternal & Newborn Health; Clinical Tropical Medicine or Humanitarian Research.
LSTM has over 100 research students, from over 30 countries and maintains a high level of interest from prospective students competing for scholarships. Director of
Postgraduate Research, Professor Richard Pleass said: “Being able to fund research students is often very challenging, many worthy candidates with outstanding research ideas, are simply unable to obtain the necessary funding. Partnerships such as this, provide the vital support necessary to develop and deliver new effective health interventions.”
“The collection of specialists cannot be found anywhere else, and the experience and enthusiasm these people have for their subject is what make LSTM unique” LSTM Alumni survey.
Key Travel are dedicated to serving the travel requirements of the not-for-profit, academic and faith sectors. For over 30 years they have been helping organisations to maximise the value of their travel budget and manage staff welfare through effective travel solutions. Key Travel’s MD, Andy Speller says: “We are very pleased to partner with LSTM in this important research development. Over the last four years we have developed an extremely successful partnership and have identified a unique opportunity to support LSTM with this valuable PhD Studentship”.
The studentship will be open to applications from 5 July 2014 and the deadline for applicants intending to start in September/October 2015 is 9 January 2015.