The MSc Global Mental Health course is a joint program given by the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) and the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King's College London (KCL). The program of study plans to furnish understudies with the information and abilities to start, create and administer emotional wellness programs or potentially arrangements in low-asset settings, as well as to direct and basically assess research on worldwide psychological well-being. These abilities and information will make it feasible for understudies to make important commitments in the areas of exploration, strategy and practice as they connect with the discipline of worldwide psychological wellness.
Award
The Janssen Global Mental Health Scholarship Fund was sent off in 2012 through a liberal gift from Janssen Pharmaceutica (part of the Johnson and Johnson Family of Companies). In 2018, the Johnson and Johnson Scholarship Fund was sent off, giving an extra 18 grants more than five years. This is a yearly honor until 2022 (for 2022-23 scholarly year).
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine is presenting to three Johnson and Johnson Global Mental Health Scholarships to understudies acknowledged onto the 2022-23 MSc Global Mental Health program.
Every Scholarship will cover
- full tuition fees at the KCL overseas fee rate;
- a stipend (living allowance) of GBP 17,633.00; and
- an allowance of GBP 500.00 for MSc project expenses.
Eligibility for funding
Applicants must be nationals of one of the following countries:
- Africa: Ghana; Kenya; Nigeria; Rwanda; South Africa
- South East Asia: Indonesia; Philippines; Thailand; Vietnam
- South America: Nicaragua; Peru
Candidates from non-English speaking nations (as determined by the Home Office - UKVI) should meet the base English Language Requirements (see Band D) whenever shortlisted for this financing. Candidates who have been shortlisted for this financing will be expected to give confirmation of English language capability by 23:59 (BST) on Wednesday 25 May 2022 for their grant application to be viewed as any further. This cutoff time is non-debatable.
How to apply
To apply for this financing candidates should finish the two stages laid out beneath by the deadlines noted.
Step 1
Present an application for study for the MSc Global Mental Health program, with every single required archive, through the King's College London online application entryway by 23:59 (GMT) on Sunday 13 February 2022.Step 2
Present a web-based scholarship application, choosing this grant choice starting from the drop menu by 23:59 (GMT) on Sunday 20 March 2022. The scholarship application should incorporate the accompanying uploaded documentsEither of the two:
- Verification of submission of application for MSc in Global Mental Health for 2022-23 (This can be a PDF archive or screen capture of your accommodation affirmation email dated at the latest Sunday 13 February 2022), or
- Letter of Offer from KCL, for 2022-23 MSc Global Mental Health program; and
Important application information
Step 1: Programme / study application
1. Candidates are emphatically urged to present an application for study to KCL straightaway, and as far ahead of the scholarship cutoff time as could really be expected.
Fragmented applications won't be considered for this financing. Fragmented applications incorporate those with missing advantageous documentation at either/the two Steps 1 and 2 above.
2. If it's not too much trouble, guarantee you give cautious consideration to the substance of your own assertion on your program/scrutinize your application.
- KCL gives the accompanying direction: 'We don't typically welcome candidates for interview thus the lucidity and significance of the data you give in your own explanation is of impressive significance to us. Specifically, we would like you to portray your scholastic foundation and any applicable clinical or examination interests, your explanations behind applying to our specific postgraduate program and what you desire to acquire from the preparation we deal, and how you expect to utilize the information and abilities you gain to encourage your clinical or exploration aspirations.'
- To help in looking into the grant applications, in your own explanation, satisfy likewise 1) note that candidates with significant yet more uncommon disciplinary foundations (e.g., social work, wellbeing strategy, regulation, wellbeing financial aspects, political theory, sociology and so forth), should feature its pertinence - and benefits - for Global Mental Health; 2) feature your pertinent work/volunteer involvement with regions pertinent to psychological wellness e.g., administration conveyance, research; strategy, promotion, and so on; and 3) portray your post-MSc GMH plans and how the information/abilities acquired from the MSc will add to these objectives and plans.
3. Candidates and their officials should be explicit with regards to the candidate's liabilities and achievements in the KCL program/concentrate on application, as these will be utilized in the decision-making process.
4. Candidates who have program-explicit inquiries kindly contact Ritsuko Kakuma (MSc Global Mental Health Program Director based at LSHTM) by email.
Step 2: Online scholarship application
- By applying for this subsidizing candidates consent to its agreements. Candidates are urged to peruse the data/direction and Terms and Conditions in front of presenting their subsidizing application.
- Fragmented applications won't be considered for this subsidizing. Deficient applications incorporate those with missing strengthening documentation at either/the two Steps 1 and 2 above. Both the application to study and the grant application should be finished by the predefined cutoff times.
- For any questions about the application interaction, grant necessities or application cutoff time, if it's not too much trouble, contact the LSHTM Scholarships group.
Funding selection process
Shortlisted applicants for the scholarship financing will be welcomed for interviews, which will be held online by Zoom.Timeline
Application deadline
The deadline for applications to be considered for the Johnson and Johnson Scholarship Global Mental Health Scholarships are- For KCL Admissions application: 23:59 (GMT) on Sunday 13 February 2022; and
- For Scholarships application: 23:59 (GMT) on Sunday 20 March 2022.
Shortlisting Outcome
Notice of the results from the shortlisting stage and invites for interview will be made by the week beginning Monday 25 April 2022 at most.Interviews
Interviews will be held in the beginning of May.Deadline for proof of English language proficiency
Assuming you have been shortlisted for interview and you have not yet presented your verification of meeting the English Language Requirements, this should be put together by 23:59 (BST) on Wednesday 25 May 2022 at the most recent. An important English language test result probably been either transferred through your KCL confirmations application or by means of the J&J Scholarship application on the pertinent entrances at the hour of accommodation or sent in by email to MSc Global Mental Health Program Director, Ritsuko Kakuma, by this cutoff time. No verification of English language capability by this date will mean candidates are as of now not qualified for this subsidizing. This is non-debatable. Those not having presented this at this point will as of now not be considered for the scholarship.
Final decisions
Notice of the final result of your application will be made by Friday 27 May 2022.We wish you the very best as you apply for this once in a lifetime opportuinity.
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