Institute for Disease Modeling Fellowship Program

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The Institute for Disease Modeling (IDM), an embedded research institute that sits within the Global Health Division of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, supports global efforts to eradicate infectious diseases and achieve permanent improvements in health by developing, using, and sharing computational modeling tools and promoting quantitative decision-making. We believe that collaboration can magnify the impact of our work, so we build collaborations with partners worldwide. As part of our collaborative efforts, we are piloting the inaugural IDM Fellows Program, which aims to provide a professional and personal development opportunity for early-career modelers working in Lower- and Middle-Income Countries (LMICs), to leverage their talent, passion, and expertise to advance IDM and Foundation priorities in areas such as gender equality and malaria, and to contribute to a vibrant global community of modelers working to accelerate impact in the global health and development space. The 2024 intake of applications to this program is by invitation only. Future calls for Fellows may be open and will be advertised through the Grand Challenges platform.

Overview

IDM's Fellowship Program will offer early-career investigators working in math modeling a 2-year fellowship at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation's Seattle campus. Fellows will be embedded with IDM and will work closely with both IDM staff and partners from the Foundation's various strategy teams to use quantitative sciences to advance our collective understanding of priority areas across the Foundation (the first cohort of Fellows will focus on gender equality and malaria priorities). In addition to the career growth opportunity provided by the Fellowship, Fellows will benefit from unique leadership development opportunities through a range of workshops, programs, and projects offered by the Foundation. Following the conclusion of their 2-year term at IDM, Fellows will be eligible to apply for an up to 5-year grant to support their return to their home organization, or a new LMIC institution, as they launch and/or scale their independent research program.