2025 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 2025 Early Career Grants Programme below.

Dr Tamale Elvis runs a workshop on neglected tropical diseases at the Nakivale settlement refugee camp, Uganda.
Grant Awardees 2025

We are thrilled to announce the awardees of our 2025 Early Career Grants Programme. 

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NIHR Grant Awardees 2025

We are excited to announce our NIHR Early Career Grant awardees. The National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR), in partnership with RSTMH, funded these Early Career Grants in 2025.

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2025 Early Career Grants Applications

Read more about the process for applying for a 2025 Early Career Grant.

 

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Grant Funding 2025

Learn more about supporting the RSTMH Early Career Grants Programme.

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30 May 2025 Round-up: 2025 Early Career Grants Programme applications

RSTMH Grants Manager, Greta Holmes looks at the applications to the 2025 Early Career Grants programme.

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Grant Partners 2024 and 2025

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

Eradication in Action A Day in the Life of Guinea Worm Warriors
23 December 2025 RSTMH Early Careers Grants: insights from the 2025 Awards Cycle

Each year there are common and consistent themes in the reasons that applications are not considered fundable. In this blog, we look at some of these themes and provide top tips on how to prevent making these mistakes.