The INF/Ellison Medical Foundation Fellowships

The aim of the INF/EMF Fellowships is to improve the capacity of selected developing country institutions to conduct research on pressing health problems. The program is based on experiences gathered from highly successful international fellowship programs at the Rockefeller Foundation, the United Nations University, and the Kellogg Foundation that were specifically designed to build the competence of developing country institutions. The program is being carried out in collaboration with United Nations University and the International Union of Nutrition Sciences (IUNS).

The INF/EMF program awards carefully targeted fellowships to individuals associated with key, selected institutions. These institutions, which are national or regional in scope, have been personally site-visited by one or both of the co-chairs and/or designated site visitors and identified as current or potential centers of excellence in sophisticated areas of nutrition and/or infection related health research. Since the program’s inception in 2002, more than 25 institutions in 20 countries have been assessed for incorporation into the program and 16 institutions have so far met the criteria based on the examination of publication records, annual reports, or site visits. Since 2002, we have awarded a total 172 short and long-term INF/EMF Fellowships.