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Developing Research Innovation, Localization and Leadership in South Africa (DRILL)

Award Number: D43TW010131
ORGANIZATION: FOGARTY INTERNATIONAL CENTER
OPDIV: NIH
AWARD CLASS: DISCRETIONARY
AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: TRAINING/TRAINEESHIP
PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE START DATE: 08/26/2015
PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE END DATE: 07/31/2023

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Developing Research Innovation, Localization and Leadership in South Africa (DRILL) - DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This application is in response to RFA-TW-14-003: Limited Competition: Research Training for Career Development of Junior Faculty in Medical Education Partnership Initiative (MEPI) Institutions (D43) Program. The proposed program is called Developing Research Innovation, Localization and Leadership in South Africa (DRILL). The objectives of this program is to provide mentorship and support to junior faculty at the University of KwaZulu-Natal, build their research and leadership skills, build communities of practice which all respond to the health priorities in South Africa. By the end of the training program, the University of KwaZulu-Natal and the KwaZulu-Natal Department of Health will have twenty world-class emerging scientists and junior faculty who will be retained at the academic institution and enrolled into the accelerated development track for leadership. This group of researchers will in turn inspire, train and support others to follow their path. The proposed training program responds to a drive by UKZN and the KZN Department of Health to transform the health care system and education systems in a joint vision so that it becomes socially accountable and responsive the needs of the population it serves. The training program has been designed so that capacity is developed within junior faculty to address the challenges posed by the quadruple burden of disease in South Africa. DRILL will therefore focus on the following four scientific areas including HIV/AIDS, Mental Health, Health Systems Research and Health Professions Education. Many of the activities in the existing UKZN-MEPI Enhancing Training, Research and Education (ENTRÉE) Program have formed the building blocks for the activities of DRILL which is built on the principles of producing regionally relevant yet globally competitive, scientifically robust research which will have an impact beyond the trainees and the institution. Key activities proposed include mentorship, peer learning, self-directed and online courses, specialized seminars and planned workshops including scientific writing, research methodology, biostatistics, writing for publication, research dissemination, grants management and ethics capacity training. The research will be carried out at various sites across the province particularly within decentralized sites some of which have been established as MEPI Learning Centers within the current UKZN-MEPI ENTRÉE Program like Bethesda and Murchison Hospitals. There will be two cohorts of ten trainees beginning a year apart. The first cohort will include ten junior faculty, as defined by UKZN; while the second cohort will include a minimum of five trainees from decentralized areas within the provincial health service while additional junior faculty and joint UKZN-DoH appointees will complete the intake. The duration of DRILL will be three to five years with each scientific area having five trainees. DRILL intends that the trainees become future leaders of innovative research which they will share with the rest of the African continent.


Issue Date FY	Funding FY	Legal Entity Name	Legal Entity Address	Legal Entity City	Legal Entity State	Legal Entity Zip Code	Legal Entity COUNTY	Legal Entity COUNTRY	Assistance Listing	Award Code	Budget Year	Action Date	Action Type	Action Amount

Issue Date FY: 2024 ( Subtotal = $0 )
2024	2019	UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU-NATAL	UNIVERSITY ROAD	DURBAN				ZAF	International Research and Research Training	000	5	11/29/2023	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$0
														Subtotal = $0

Issue Date FY: 2022 ( Subtotal = $0 )
2022	2019	UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU-NATAL	UNIVERSITY ROAD, CHILTONHILL	DURBAN				ZAF	International Research and Research Training	000	5	7/12/2022	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$0
														Subtotal = $0

Issue Date FY: 2021 ( Subtotal = $0 )
2021	2019	UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU-NATAL	UNIVERSITY ROAD, CHILTONHILL	DURBAN				ZAF	International Research and Research Training	000	5	6/29/2021	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$0
														Subtotal = $0

Issue Date FY: 2020 ( Subtotal = $0 )
2020	2019	UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU-NATAL	UNIVERSITY ROAD, CHILTONHILL	DURBAN		3630		ZAF	International Research and Research Training	000	5	8/17/2020	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$0
														Subtotal = $0

Issue Date FY: 2019 ( Subtotal = $640,000 )
2019	2019	UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU-NATAL	UNIVERSITY ROAD, CHILTONHILL	DURBAN		3630		ZAF	International Research and Research Training	002	5	9/17/2019	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$200,000
2019	2019	UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU-NATAL	UNIVERSITY ROAD, CHILTONHILL	DURBAN		3630		ZAF	International Research and Research Training	001	5	8/23/2019	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	-$200,000
2019	2019	UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU-NATAL	UNIVERSITY ROAD, CHILTONHILL	DURBAN		3630		ZAF	International Research and Research Training	000	5	8/17/2019	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$640,000
														Subtotal = $640,000

Issue Date FY: 2018 ( Subtotal = $654,267 )
2018	2018	UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU-NATAL	UNIVERSITY ROAD, CHILTONHILL	DURBAN		3630		ZAF	International Research and Research Training	000	3	5/31/2018	SUPPLEMENT FOR EXPANSION	$14,267
2018	2018	UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU-NATAL	UNIVERSITY ROAD, CHILTONHILL	DURBAN		3630		ZAF	International Research and Research Training	001	4	8/17/2018	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$640,000
														Subtotal = $654,267

Issue Date FY: 2017 ( Subtotal = $640,000 )
2017	2017	UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU-NATAL	UNIVERSITY ROAD, CHILTONHILL	DURBAN		3630		ZAF	International Research and Research Training	000	3	8/14/2017	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$640,000
														Subtotal = $640,000

Issue Date FY: 2016 ( Subtotal = $640,000 )
2016	2016	UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU-NATAL	UNIVERSITY ROAD CHILTERN HILLS	DURBAN				ZAF	International Research and Research Training	000	2	8/8/2016	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$640,000
														Subtotal = $640,000

Issue Date FY: 2015 ( Subtotal = $640,000 )
2015	2015	UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU-NATAL	UNIVERSITY ROAD CHILTERN HILLS	DURBAN				ZAF	International Research and Research Training	000	1	8/25/2015	NEW	$640,000
														Subtotal = $640,000

Grand Total All Awards = $3,214,267

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Developing Research Innovation, Localization and Leadership in South Africa (DRILL)

Award Number: D43TW010131

ORGANIZATION: FOGARTY INTERNATIONAL CENTER

OPDIV: NIH

AWARD CLASS: DISCRETIONARY

AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: TRAINING/TRAINEESHIP

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE START DATE: 08/26/2015

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE END DATE: 07/31/2023

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