South African Research Ethics Training Initiative (SARETI) Leadership Program

University Of Kwazulu-Natal, Durban

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PROJECT SUMMARY / ABSTRACT ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPLEMENT TO SUPPORT FELLOWSHIPS AWARDED BY THE GLOBAL FORUM ON BIOETHICS IN RESEARCH (GFBR) The Global Forum on Bioethics in Research (GFBR) exists to provide a global platform for the exchange and sharing of experience and expertise on research ethics among researchers, research policy makers and ethicists, among others. Its core aims are to give voice to lo-w and middle-income country (LMIC) perspectives in debates about global health research ethics and to promote collaboration. The essential values of the GFBR include: • the promotion of ethically conducted research; • respect for the differences between many stakeholders in research – both geographical, cultural, and scientific; • the importance of bringing these together for mutual learning; • the urgency of capacity building in health research ethics review in many LMICs; • the need for partnership between north and south in capacity building in ethics and ethical review in the south. The GFBR Fellowships The GFBR fellowships provide a unique opportunity for the Forum participants to work in partnership to explore issues that have arisen during a GFBR meeting. There are three types of fellowship: (1) TRAVEL: The GFBR travel fellowships are intended to support visits to a country other than the country where the applicant is based. They are designed to give the applicant the time needed to develop a topic and learn from being in a different research environment. The length of the visit is usually between 2 weeks and 3 months. One of the key aims of the GFBR is to promote new global South/South or North/South collaborations. The scheme is not designed to support travel from one high income country to another; (2) PROJECT: The GFBR project fellowships are intended to support specific projects, the outputs of which may be conference presentations, academic papers etc. Please note that one of the key aims of the GFBR is to promote new global South/South or North/South collaborations. It is expected that any academic outputs are not sole-authored pieces or collaborations solely with others from your current institution; and (3) MEETING: The GFBR meeting fellowships are intended to support the costs of holding an event that builds on the annual GFBR meeting discussion and furthers the GFBR’s aim to promote new global South/South or North/South collaborations. SARETI will administer the GFBR fellowship scheme which may include grants to travel, conduct projects and/or hold meetings.