There are two weeks left to apply for the Tobacco Harm Reduction Scholarship Programme (THRSP), which aims to create the ‘tobacco harm reduction leaders of tomorrow’. THRSP is looking for its eighth cohort of scholars, who will receive a 12-month bespoke mentoring programme to undertake a tobacco harm reduction project of their own design.
The scholarship, which is operated by Knowledge•Action•Change (K•A•C) with the support of a grant from Global Action to End Smoking, is open to applicants from all professional backgrounds. Successful candidates will also receive up to $12,000 in financial support, says K•A•C.
In its first seven years the programme has had ‘an unprecedented impact around the world’, says K•A•C – developing the careers of almost 120 scholars from more than 40 countries. Applicants will need to complete a short online course, which has been designed in partnership with a range of public health and tobacco harm reduction experts, including medical professionals and researchers.
The programme was launched to boost research and practice capacity in places where tobacco harm reduction resources were limited, with a particular focus on low- and middle-income countries. ‘It aims to introduce new thinkers, new ideas and new methods to tobacco harm reduction, as well as increasing the use of social media and new technologies to disseminate accurate information about the potential for safer nicotine products to reduce the global number of smoking-related deaths – which currently total 8m every year,’ K•A•C states.
Applications are open until 31 July. More information at thrsp.net