Summary
The program aims to support projects across a diverse range of research topics. However, UMJT expects targeted funding for proposals on HIV, cancer, diabetes, digestive and kidney diseases, mental health, and/or neurological disorders.
Since 2012, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Johns Hopkins University, Morehouse School of Medicine, and Tulane University have offered mentored research training through the UJMT Fogarty Global Health Fellowship program, funded by the Fogarty International Center within the National Institutes of Health. This consortium brings together four top-ranked universities and their respective international research training sites in Africa, Asia, and the Americas.
Benefits
The fellowship program includes
a monthly stipend, research funds, health insurance and emergency medical and evacuation insurance, and travel funds.
Travel and research award: A 12-month full-time appointment and includes research funds, health insurance and emergency medical and evacuation insurance, and travel funds.
Eligibility
To be considered you must meet the following criteria
Be a United States-based trainees:
Be a Citizen or permanent resident of the U.S.
Candidates from any U.S. institution are eligible, though applicants from the four consortium universities may be given priority
International trainees who are citizens of one of 16 countries where there are program affiliated research institutions.
Postdoctoral applicants (U.S. and foreign nationals) must have completed a graduate degree —MD, PhD, DrPH, DVM, PharmD, or equivalent — by July of the academic year.
Application Deadline: 1st November 2022
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