The UC Global Health Institute (GloCal) Health Fellowship
Purpose
The GloCal Health Fellowship provides aspiring global health researchers with outstanding interdisciplinary education and training in innovative research designed to improve health for populations around the world. A career development fellowship sponsored by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Fogarty International Center (FIC), this program supports awarded fellows from all 10 UC campuses as well as 20 affiliated international sites across 17 countries. UCSF manages and supports the GloCal Health Fellowship for UCGHI.
Details
- 12 consecutive months of stipend support (based on NIH guidelines)
- Research funding ($15,000)
- Travel costs to and from the international field site
- Support for online courses
- A week-long orientation on the National Institutes of Health campus in Washington, D.C.
Eligibility
SOM,
SON,
SOP,
SOD
Award
12 months stipend, research funding ($15,000), travel costs, orientation and support
Requirements
- Applicants include doctoral students and professional students (MD, DDS, PharmD, PhD, etc.) from one of the University of California campuses.
- Post-doctoral fellows from certain participating international sites.
- Trainees identify mentors from one of the four participating UCs (UCSF, UCLA, UCSD and UCD) and an international site.
- Please see the GloCal Health Fellowship website for other requirements.
Length
12 months
Contact
Location
International
Application
This is a UCSF Funding Source but is not dispersed by Inquiry Funding or the School of Medicine.
Apply via the Global Health Institute application page.
Applications are due between November 1st to 15th every year, for fellowship starting July 1 the following year.
Funding Sources
Funding Type
Yearlong Research
Global Health
