Documents and Guidelines

Personal Development Plan 2026

A personal development plan (PDP) helps turn career growth from something accidental into something intentional. It supports you in staying relevant, motivated, and effective in a fast-changing scientific field.

Please find the latest version of our SANTHE PDP template attached. You may complete it digitally or print it out and fill it in by hand. Once completed, we encourage you to place it somewhere prominent in your workspace as a reminder of your goals and to help you stay on track.

Should you need any help, have any questions or comments, or can think of ways to improve our template, please do not hesitate to reach out.

SANTHE is an Africa Health Research Institute (AHRI) flagship programme funded by the Science for Africa Foundation through the DELTAS Africa programme; the Gates Foundation; Gilead Sciences Inc.; and the Ragon Institute of Mass General, MIT, and Harvard.