Funding Opportunities -UM GHRT completed its funding program in July, 2009. Click on the individual program links below for up-to-date information on funding and applications.
- CICS Student Research Fellowships The Center for International and Comparative Studies (CICS) supports graduate and undergraduate students at the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor to conduct innovative research outside of the United States related to the following three themes: Human Rights, International Development, International Security and Cooperation.. See the link to their website above for current information on their calls for applications.
- CICS Graduate Seminar on Global Transformations The Center for International and Comparative Studies (CICS) offers a not-for-credit seminar for master's students and doctoral students at the pre-candidacy level intending to pursue field-based research outside the United States.
See their URL above for current information on application calls.
- Raoul Wallenberg International Summer Travel Fellowship The Raoul Wallenberg International Summer Travel Fellowship for students who take part in a community service project or civic participation anywhere in the world, in the spirit of Raoul Wallenberg's experience and contributions. Click URL above for more details and for up-to-date information on application calls.
- Minority Health and Health Disparity International Research Training (MHIRT) -Funds three-month research positions; for research that will constitute, or lay the foundation for, dissertation study. more
- Cancer Epidemiology Fellowships available through CEESP (Cancer Epidemiology Education in Special Populations Program), MPH Training Program, funding available for travel, lodging, meals, and other expenses related to field experiences for a limited number of selected trainees this academic year. Further information www.sph.umich.edu/ceesp
- International Institute Individual Fellowships and the Experiential Learning Fund (ELF)
The II's ELF includes funding for undergraduates, while continuing to support graduate and professional school students. The fund is designed to support faculty-led group travel for undergrad, grad and/or professional school students wishing to incorporate an education abroad experiential component into an ongoing course, group internship or other academic program during either winter break or spring/summer terms.
- FLAS Foreign Language and Area Studies Fellowships
Academic year and summer awards include full tuition, mandatory fees, and a stipend. Arabic, Armenian, Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian, Czech, Filipino, Hebrew, Hindi, Indonesian, Persian, Polish, Brazilian Portuguese, Punjabi, Quechua, Russian, Spanish, Tamil, Thai, Tibetan, Turkish, Ukrainian, Urdu, Uzbek, Vietnamese, Yiddish. Applications are available online at: http://www.ii.umich.edu/funding/gradstud/flas
- Risk Science Fellowship Competition - This fellowship provides stipend funding is open to students with an adviser in the School of Public Health. The goal of this fellowship competition is to enhance education and training in the environmental risk sciences and to better prepare public health students to pursue careers in fields that utilize the risk sciences. Click here for application dates and more information.
- UM Center for Ethics in Public Life is an interdisciplinary center dedicated to the encouragement of teaching, research and creative projects, and public discourse that promote understanding of the ethical dimensions of our lives, and especially, the lives we live in common. The Fellows Program provides doctoral candidates with the opportunity and support to develop, explore, and pursue work on dissertations related to ethics in public life.Fellows Program information and application form are available at
www.ethics.umich.edu/funding.
- Rackham
A full listing of financial resources for graduate students, from research fellowships to emergency funding. Also note for the Rackham International Research Award a fellowship opportunity designed to support Rackham candidates conducting research abroad. more
- Global REACH
Offers funding for conferences, clinical rotations, and international research to medical students.
- Graham Environmental Sustainability Institute (GESI)
GESI offers fellowships for students pursuing PhD studies in areas integral to environmental sustainability. GESI, through its Environmental Sustainability Fellowship Program (ESFP) awards fellowships to encourage high-caliber doctoral students to pursue research in environmental sustainability. These fellowships are intended to be used for graduate student stipends and tuition costs.
- WDI Global Impact Internship Program The William Davidson Institute (WDI) Global Impact Internship Program supports partnerships between University of Michigan graduate students and businesses, nonprofits, and other organizations in emerging market economies. WDI offers two types of Global Impact Summer Internships: student-initiated and WDI initiative-driven. Student-Initiated Global Impact Internships will be with organizations identified by the applicants that are doing innovative work in emerging market economies within the boundaries of WDI's mission and research initiatives: Base of the Pyramid, Globalization of Services, the Business of Healthcare and the Green Leap Initiative.
For more information, FAQs, and application requirements, see URL above.
- Fulbright Awards
Provides either one academic year of graduate study or research abroad. Applicants must be U.S. citizens.
- Fogarty International Center/Ellison Overseas Fellowship Program
An exciting international clinical research training experience for doctoral-level students in the health professions. This is a one-year mentored clinical research training experience at top-ranked NIH funded research centers in a diverse group of countries. See www.ASPH.org for details and http://www.aamc.org/students/medstudents/overseasfellowship/start.htm
- NIH/Fogarty International Clinical Research Scholars Program
Offers an opportunity for highly motivated individuals to experience mentored research training at top-ranked, NIH-funded research centers in the following countries:
Bangladesh, Botswana, Brazil, China, Haiti, India, Kenya, Mali, Peru, South Africa, Tanzania, Thailand, Uganda, and Zambia.
Each fellowship will be for a one-year period. MORE details
- NIH/Fogarty International Clinical Research Scholars Program, Post-doc fellowship
This Fellowship is an opportunity designed to immerse medical professionals and health scientists in training in issues of global health and international collaboration. Applicants must be citizens or permanent residents of the US. In addition, each field site will select a local citizen who will be a developing country counterpart Fellow.
- The New Investigators in Global Health program is a competitive abstract
submission and selection program designed to highlight exemplary
research, policy and advocacy initiatives of new and future leaders in
global health, and empower participants with global health advocacy
skills. The Global Health Council is soliciting submissions from students and
new professionals in the fields of public health, public policy and
public administration on cutting edge topics in global health. For submission criteria, deadlines and other information, please visit here:
- National Center for Institutional Diversity Postdoctoral Fellowship Program at the University of Michigan offers an
Institutional Diversity Postdoctoral Fellowship Program. This university-wide,
interdisciplinary initiative seeks to advance the Center’s national commitment to institutional diversity as well as its
strategic agenda to bridge exemplary scholarship with multilevel engagement and innovation. This fellowship program
is also designed to help recruit outstanding faculty with strong commitments to diversity within a range of U-M
academic units. A successful candidate will be attractive as both an NCID fellow and a tenure-track or research faculty
member. For example, successful candidates could have the opportunity for a full-time fellowship at NCID before
starting a tenure-track position within a UM academic unit. Applications will be evaluated by representatives from both
NCID and a relevant U-M academic unit, including a potential faculty mentor.
- PA-07-297 NIH Pathway to Independence (PI) Award (K99/R00)
The primary, long-term goal of the Pathway to Independence (PI) Award program is to increase and maintain a strong cohort of new and talented NIH-supported independent investigators. The PI award program is designed to facilitate a timely transition from a mentored postdoctoral research position to a stable independent research position with independent NIH or other independent research support at an earlier stage than is currently the norm. The Fogarty International Center (FIC), the international component of the NIH, addresses global health challenges through innovative and collaborative research and training programs and supports and advances the NIH mission through international partnerships. In this regard, the FIC will give strong preference to applications for the NIH Pathway to Independence Award Program from U.S. scientists who show evidence of and a long-term commitment to a career in global health through collaborations with scientists from low-and middle-income countries. Any application accepted by FIC from foreign scientists would have to involve research considered to be of high priority to global health and also involve collaborations with scientists from low-and middle-income countries.
- Science & Technology Policy Dissertation Development Fellowships, Social Science Research Council
-Applications must be filed through the SSRC application portal
The Social Science Research Council sponsors Dissertation Proposal Development Fellowships in the field of Critical Studies of Science and Technology Policy, with an emphasis on comparative and international topics. These fellowships fund participating graduate students at US universities to pursue predissertation summer research and to attend two integrated workshops designed to prepare them to learn and explore research and dissertation proposal development strategies in STS and closely related fields. Except in unique circumstances, applicants should be in their second or third year of PhD programs and must not yet have defended their dissertation prospectus prior to attending the workshops.
- ASPH Association of Schools of Public Health/CDC/ Allan Rosenfield Global Health Fellowship Program -
- Bixby Fellowship Program - Through a generous grant from the Fred H. Bixby Foundation, the Population Council has created this program to expand opportunities for recently trained population specialists and biomedical researchers. These fellowships will allow developing country nationals to work with experienced mentors in the Council's network of offices. Fellows will work on projects in one of the three of the Population Council's Programs: Reproductive Health, HIV/AIDS, and Poverty, Gender and Youth. A description of the program and details about application procedures are available on the Council's website at www.popcouncil.org.
- Compton Foundation/Population Reference Bureau International Fellowship
The Compton Foundation offers
fellowships through PRB for capstone/internship work and dissertation research on topics that examine
the interactions linking population dynamics/family planning/reproductive health with environmental
and/or human security issues. This Fellowship provides highly motivated individuals with a unique opportunity
to explore these very important interactions. Fellowship recipients must also be committed to returning
to their country or region of origin to apply the skills and education they acquired and make substantial
contributions to the field.
The Compton Fellowship program also aims to maintain a community of Fellows over time that encourages
research-based linkages among these fields.
- Institute of International Education - The Institute of International Education (IIE) accepts applications for the Dissertation Fellowship in Population, Reproductive Health, and Economic Development. The two-year fellowships are awarded by The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation and IIE. The fellowships are open to students currently enrolled in Ph.D. programs in the United States and Canada. Students in economics, economic demography, geography, and epidemiology are especially encouraged to apply.
- The Institute of International Education (IIE) is now accepting applications for the Dissertation Fellowship in Population, Reproductive Health, and Economic Development. The two-year fellowships are awarded by The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation and IIE. The fellowships are open to students currently enrolled in Ph.D. programs in sub-Saharan Africa. Students in economics, economic demography, geography, and epidemiology are especially encouraged to apply.
- Reese Miller International Exchange Scholarship
In collaboration with the University of Michigan International Institute and the University of Cape Town (UCT) International Academic Programmes Office, Telluride Association announces an international exchange opportunity for U-M students. Applications are being accepted for the Reese Miller International Exchange Scholarship which will enable one U-M student currently pursuing a full-time undergraduate or post-graduate degree (not in their final year) to attend UCT for one year of study. All university fees, travel costs, insurance, and living expenses will be paid for by the Scholarship through funds from the Telluride Association and UCT. Applications are welcome from any field of study. Visit the websites of UCT (http://www.uct.ac.za/) and Telluride Association (http://www.tellurideassociation.org) to learn more.
- US-Mexico Border, Border Health Scholar Program - The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, the UT medical school that serves the South Texas/Border Region offers unique field experiences at the US-Mexico Border for students enrolled in US MD/MPH, medical, public health, and other health professions degree programs. This 4-week elective is presented by the South Texas Environmental Education and Research (STEER) based in Laredo since 1996 and Harlingen since 2004. You may be eligible for free housing and tuition.
- CDC/CSTE Applied Epidemiology Fellowship was created to strngthen the workforce in applied epidemiology at the state and local health agencies. There are some global options with this program. more
- International Research Scientist Development Award (IRSDA) [K01]
The program announcement can be found at http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-07-014.html
This program supports U.S. Postdoctoral biomedical, epidemiological, clinical, social and behavioral scientists in the formative stages of their careers to conduct research in developing countries. These awards will provide the successful candidates with a three to four-year period of intensive mentored research, leading to an independent research career focused on global health.
- The NIH/Fogarty International Clinical Research Scholars Support and Research Center at the Vanderbilt University Institute for Global Health and the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) is pleased to announce a one year clinical research training program for persons regardless of citizenship in either post-residency clinical fellowships or in other health-related post-doctoral programs.
The ICRF Program supports one year of mentored clinical research only in a developing country setting. Applicants for the fellowships must develop a collaborative research proposal with an eligible institution overseas. For more information on eligibility, specific aspects of the fellowship award or an application, click here
- International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) Summer Fellowship in Austria for Graduate Students in Natural and Social Sciences, Math, Policy and Engineering.
Summer opportunity for graduate students interested in relating their work to global change issues. The International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), located just outside Vienna, Austria, each year sponsors a fellowship program for graduate students. About 50-60 students from around the world spend the summer working closely with IIASA senior researchers on projects relevant to each student's thesis topic. They end the summer with an international network of colleagues interested in various aspects of global change issues, and often have produced a paper that can be published. WHO SHOULD APPLY? You are an advanced graduate student; Your field is compatible with ongoing research at IIASA; Your research and career would benefit from working alongside 50 or so contemporary young scientists from a score or more of other nations, and senior scientists from around the world; You would like to explore the policy implications of your work. For students selected to participate, funding is available for travel and living support, principally from IIASA’s nineteen National Member Organizations (NMOs). The U.S. NMO is able to support 9 YSSP fellows each year from U.S. institutions, thanks to a grant from NSF. An on-line application form, along with more information, is at http://www.iiasa.ac.at/yssp/register/
- ROTARY FOUNDATION INTERNATIONAL FELLOWSHIPS
Rotary International offers a broad range of humanitarian, intercultural, and educational programs and activities designed to improve the human condition and advance the organization's ultimate goal of world understanding and peace. Nine structured programs and nine service opportunities help clubs and districts achieve their service goals in their own communities and in communities abroad fostering fellowship and goodwill in the process. Students and graduates in all subjects are eligible to apply. Deadlines are set by local Rotary Clubs. See the International Center's overview of the Rotary application process at: http://www.umich.edu/~icenter/swt/study/process/rotary.html
