A scientist from the Institut Pasteur in Cambodia among those selected for a prestigious international research grant

The Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) has teamed up with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the Wellcome Trust, and the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation to develop scientific talent around the world. Tineke Cantaert, a researcher working at the Institut Pasteur in Cambodia is among the 41 international young researchers laureates of a scholarship awarded by a group of philanthropies.

Selected by a panel of distinguished scientists among 1400 applications, she will receive like the other selected scholars a total of $650,000 over five years.

The award is a big boon for scientists early in their careers, and offers the freedom to pursue new research directions and creative projects that could develop into top-notch scientific programs.