RSTMH is delighted to announce the launch of its 2010 Centenary Scholarships grants round. This programme is open to practitioners and research scientists living and working in developing countries who wish to improve their clinical and laboratory skills.

Building on the success of the 2008 and 2009 rounds, RSTMH will again offer two rounds per year with a view to disbursing up to £100,000 each June and December.

Chief Executive Gerri McHugh, said "RSTMH is now in the second year of a five-year programme of strategic investment in scientists and clinical staff in the poorest parts of the world where millions of people die unnecessarily each year from diseases that could be readily treated or prevented. Since the launch of the Centenary Scholarships programme in 2008 we have disbursed nearly £180,000 across twelve projects and will offer two rounds again this year and hope that this flexibility will lead to a large number of high-calibre applications from our colleagues overseas."

Full details of the Centenary Scholarships can be found here.