2026-27 LSHTM Basia Zaba Memorial Scholarship

This scholarship is for the MSc Demography & Health. Basia started her long association with the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) in 1975 when she enrolled for the MSc in Medical Demography (the precursor to the MSc Demography & Health). She stayed on to work as a Research Fellow, leaving in 1980 to spend eight years in Trinidad. She initially worked for the UN Economic Commission for Latin America, and later took a part-time position at the University of the West Indies. On her return to LSHTM in 1988 she was awarded an ESRC fellowship that enabled her to conduct fieldwork in Mwanza, Tanzania. This convinced her that HIV/AIDS was the outstanding health, demographic and development problem facing the region, and since the mid-1990s she worked more or less exclusively in this field. Her far-sighted, seminal work in this area – including the establishment of the ALPHA network of population-based HIV surveillance sites – led to increasing international recognition. In addition to her work on HIV, Basia has made important contributions to the field of indirect techniques of demographic estimation. Basia held the Brass/Blacker Chair in Demography since 2012 and became Head of the Department of Population Health in August 2015.

• Table of Content
• About London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM)
• London School of Hygeine & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) Masters Scholarship
• Aim and Benefits of London School of Hygeine & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) Masters Scholarship
• Requirements for London School of Hygeine & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) Masters Scholarship Qualification
• Application Deadline
• How to Apply

London School of Hygeine & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) Masters Scholarship

Aim and Benefits of London School of Hygeine & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) Masters Scholarship

• One scholarship is offered for the 2026-27 academic year worth GBP 6,790.00 to fund 50% of the tuition fees for a home student. 

Requirements for London School of Hygeine & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) Masters Scholarship Qualification

• The scholarship is open to applicants who have been accepted onto the 2026-27 intensive MSc Demography & Health.
• Applicants are expected to have other funding to cover 50% of the home student Fees, their living and travel costs. This scholarship can only provide home student tuition fees, as advertised.

Application Deadline

How to Apply

The application process has two steps. To be considered for the funding, applicants must meet all eligibility criteria and complete both steps outlined below by the scholarship deadline of 16:00 (GMT) on Wednesday 25 March 2026.

Step 1
Submit an application for 2026-27 for a MSc Demography & Health, as per instructions under the ‘How to Apply’ tab on the programme study page.

Step 2

• This will provide you with a temporary password to use the first time you login (via e-vision), which you should then update.
• Please search for ‘Basia Zaba Memorial Scholarship’ if you wish to apply for this funding, and then answer all the questions online. Once you are happy with all your responses you can press submit and you should receive a confirmation of receipt email at your contact email address.
• The scholarships portal will not be able to accept applications after the deadline stated above.

Once you have submitted an application to study you should receive an automated email from the Scholarships team ([email protected]) providing you with the link to our online scholarships application portal.

• The Scholarships team will be in touch with applicants in due course. Decisions will be reached and the successful applicants notified the week beginning 1 June 2026.

For more information, kindly visit LSHTM scholarship webpage.