Welcome
The Africa London Nagasaki (ALN) fund is a scholarship fund set up to support African scientists to undertake a Master’s degree in a subject relevant to the control of infectious disease in Africa.
The awards will support a candidate to undertake an MSc at either the Institute of Tropical Medicine, Nagasaki University, Japan or at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, UK. Up to four awards will be made each year for the period 2010 to 2014. Successful applicants will receive a maximum of US$50,000 each to cover tuition fees, travel and living expenses.
An award will only be made on condition that the candidate meets the criteria set for entry on the course for which they have applied.
Find out how the first ALN Scholarship students are getting on in London and Nagasaki.
The Africa London Nagaski Scholarship Fund is a collaboration between the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) and the Institute of Tropical Medicine (NEKKEN), Nagasaki, Japan
Latest news
Second round of ALN scholarships awarded
At a lunch with delegates from the Embassy of Japan and from the Japanese Society for the Promotion of Science earlier in the year, Professor Geoffrey Targett, Chair of the ALN Selection Committee, was delighted to announce the scholarship awards for the academic year 2011-2012. Eight hundred and fifty-eight applications from a total of 31 African countries were received (approximately double the number received in the previous year). After an extensive selection procedure, the following applicants were successful:
Bassirou Diarra, MSc Clinical Tropical Medicine, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Nagasaki
Dodji Ange Dossou, MSc Molecular Biology of Infectious Diseases, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Siaka Konate, MSc Clinical Tropical Medicine, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Nagasaki
Nicholas Musinguzi, MSc Medical Statistics, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Claire Oluwalana, MSc Public Health by Distance Learning, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Dorothy Sebikari, MSc Public Health by Distance Learning, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Dodji and Nicholas will also be joined at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine by Abdoulbaki Ibrahim Diallo whose scholarship awarded in 2010 was deferred to 2011.