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African Postdoctoral Training Initiative (APTI)

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The African Academy of Sciences (AAS), in partnership with the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF), is accepting applications for the third cohort of the African Postdoctoral Training Initiative (APTI) fellowships.

Past funding call: African Postdoctoral Training Initiative (APTI) requirements, selection criteria, FAQs and application from the African Academy of Sciences (AAS)

  • Most recent application deadline: September 30, 2022
  • Final selection: March 2023
  • Fellowships start date: September 2023

Established in 2019, APTI is a postdoctoral training fellowship program. Fellows are trained and supported to become scientific leaders who can advocate for increased research and innovation projects in Africa. This is done through four-year postdoctoral fellowships where APTI Fellows are placed in various laboratories of the NIH Institutes or Centers (e.g., Intramural Research Program) for two years before returning to their home institutions in Africa for another two years of research.

Cohort 3: African Postdoctoral Training Initiative Fellows and NIH Hosts (2022-2023)

  • Alphonsus Ugwu
    Home institution: Redeemer's University, Nigeria
    Host institution: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
    Research area: Human immunobiology for surveillance
  • Amadou Niangaly
    Home institution: Faculty of Pharmacy - University of Sciences, Techniques and Technology of Bamako, Mali
    Host institution: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
    Research area: Malaria monoclonal antibodies
  • Carine Kilola
    Home institution: Stellenbosch University, South Africa
    Host institution: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
    Research area: Maternal and child health
  • Daniel Amoako-Sakyi
    Home institution: University of Cape Coast, Ghana
    Host institution: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
    Research area: Microbiome and  immune responses in children
  • Diana Marangu
    Home institution: University of Nairobi, Kenya
    Host institution: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
    Research area: Respiratory health in children
  • Kaelo Seatla
    Home institution: Botswana Harvard AIDS Institute Partnership, Botswana
    Host institution: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
    Research area: HIV genomics
  • Lobe Maloba
    Home institution: University of Buea, Cameroon
    Host institution: National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA)
    Research area: Drug discovery
  • Rita Boateng
    Home institution: Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, Ghana
    Host institution: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
    Research area: Malaria mol surveillance / antimalarial resistance
  • Vinie Kouamou
    Home institution: Charles River Medical Group, Zimbabwe
    Host institution: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
    Research area: HIV vaccine development / cure
  • Gildas Hounmanou
    Home institution: University of Abomey-Calavi, Benin
    Host institution: National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI)
    Research area: Genomics for surveillance

Cohort 2: African Postdoctoral Training Initiative Fellows and NIH Hosts (2021-2022)

  • Oluwaremilekun Ajakaye
    Home institution: Adekunle Ajasin University, Nigeria
    Host institution: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
    Research area: Protozoan parasites
  • Abdoulie Bojang
    Home institution: Medical Research Council (MRC) Unit, The Gambia
    Host institution: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
    Research area: Microbiome, respiratory infections, bioinformatics
  • Benjamin Chimukangara
    Home institution: University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
    Host institution: NIH Clinical Center
    Research area: Pneumocystis, HIV-related opportunistic infections
  • Chinwe Chukwudi
    Home institution: University of Nigeria, Nsukka
    Host institution: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
    Research area: Protozoan parasites
  • Michael Frimpong
    Home institution: Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Ghana
    Host institution: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
    Research area: Microbiome, respiratory infections, bioinformatics
  • Daniel Kiboi
    Home institution: Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology, Kenya
    Host institution: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
    Research area: Malaria
  • Olivia Matshabane
    Home institution: University of Cape Town, South Africa
    Host institution: National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI)
    Research area: Genetic diseases, stigma
  • Henrietta Mensah-Brown
    Home institution: University of Ghana
    Host institution: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
    Research area: Malaria
  • Nicholaus Mnyambwa
    Home institution: National Institute for Medical Research, Muhimbili Centre, Tanzania
    Host institution: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
    Research area: Tuberculosis
  • Kenneth Ssebambulidde
    Home institution: The Infectious Diseases Institute, Makerere University, Uganda
    Host institution: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
    Research area: HIV-associated cryptococcal meningitis

Cohort 1: African Postdoctoral Training Initiative Fellows and NIH Hosts (2019)

  • Idowu Aimola
    Home institution: Ahmadu Bello University, Nigeria
    Host institution: National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI)
    Research area: diabetes, maternal and child health
  • Nana Ama Amissah
    Home institution: Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, Ghana
    Host institution: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
    Research area: infectious diseases
  • Thomas Hormenu
    Home institution: University of Cape Coast, Ghana
    Host institution: National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)
    Research area: diabetes
  • Musa Kana
    Home institution: Federal University Lafia, Nigeria
    Host institution: National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS)
    Research area: tuberculosis, respiratory diseases, child health
  • Rania Labib
    Home institution: Children’s Cancer Hospital, Egypt
    Host institution: National Cancer Institute (NCI)
    Research area: child health
  • Hamma Maiga
    Home institution: Institut National de Recherche en Santé Publique, Mali
    Host institution: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
    Research area: malaria, maternal and child health
  • Bartholomew Ondigo
    Home institution: Egerton University, Kenya
    Host institution: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
    Research area: malaria
  • Kolapo Oyebola
    Home institution: University of Lagos, Nigeria
    Host institution: National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
    Research area: sickle cell disease
  • Irene Offei Owusu
    Home institution: Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, Ghana
    Host institution: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
    Research area: infectious diseases, viruses
  • Markos Tesfaye Woldeyohannes
    Home institution: St. Paul’s Hospital Millennium Medical College, Ethiopia
    Host institution: National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR)
    Research area: child health

Inquiries

  • Sheila Wetugi
    Grants Officer, African Academy of Sciences
    Phone: +254 20 240 5150
    Email: apti@aasciences.africa
  • Jackie Officer
    Program Specialist, Fogarty International Center, NIH
    Phone: +1-301-496-4784
    Email: jackie.officer@nih.gov
  • Stacy Wallick
    Program Officer, Fogarty International Center, NIH
    Phone: +1-301-496-4784
    Email: stacy.wallick@nih.gov

Updated December 28, 2023