2024 Early Career Grants Programme

The RSTMH Early Career Grants Programme provides grants every year to those early in their career, from anywhere in the world, to carry out their first piece of research into tropical medicine or global health. 

Read more about our 2024 Early Career Grants Programme.

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Grant Awardees 2024

We are thrilled to announce the awardees of our 2024 Early Career Grants programme. 

HIV screening in rural communities. Credit: Joshua Kwabena Aniaku
NIHR Grant Awardees 2024

We are excited to announce the first of our NIHR Early Career Grant awardees. The National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR), in partnership with RSTMH, will fund over 240 Early Career Grants in 2024.

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Grant Partners 2024 and 2025

Read about our partners for the 2024 RSTMH Early Career Grants Programme.

Gender balance, 57% male, 42% female
31 May 2024 Round-up: 2024 Early Career Grants Programme applications

Tamar Ghosh provides a breakdown of the applications to this year's Early Career Grants programme - another record-breaking year for applications.

Gender split: Male 161, Female 137
19 February 2025 Round-up: 2024 Early Career Grants programme awardees

In this blog, RSTMH Grants Manager Greta Holmes looks at the awardees of the 2024 Early Career Grants Programme, including where in the world they are based and their research areas.