NIH-Funded Global Health Emerging Scholars Fellowship

Organization: Yale Institute for Global Health

Type: Fellowship

Location: United States

Deadline: October 1, 2026

Funding: Fully Funded

Yale, Stanford, UC Berkeley and the University of Arizona run this 12-month mentored global health research fellowship as a consortium, funded by the NIH Fogarty International Center and hosted by the Yale Institute for Global Health. U.S. doctoral and health professional students who have passed their qualifying exams spend 10 to 12 months at a partner research institution in one of 15 low- and middle-income countries, carrying out a research project they propose with a U.S. mentor and a mentor at the host site. It pays a monthly stipend for the whole year, plus research funds, a round-trip flight, health insurance and visa costs. **What you get:** - A monthly stipend for all 12 months, set on the NIH stipend scale with your paired U.S. university, to cover food, housing and basic transport (the amount is not published, and stipends may be taxable) - $10,000 in research support for supplies, reagents and field team costs, which also covers visa and passport fees - A further $5,000 available to your project and mentorship team for costs the research budget does not cover - A reimbursable budget for international health insurance and a round-trip flight to your research site, which varies by U.S. home institution - Required vaccinations covered - Travel and accommodation for the orientation at the National Institutes of Health in July - Mentoring from a GHES faculty member at one of the four universities and a mentor at the host institution, plus training in Innovation Design, Rigor and Reproducibility, Leadership, and Data Science/AI **What you'll do:** - Line up a GHES mentor at Stanford, the University of Arizona, UC Berkeley or Yale and a GHES mentor at a partner site before applying; each writes you a letter of support - Propose a research project you can finish within the year, on topics such as noncommunicable diseases, HIV and other infectious diseases, environmental health, maternal and child health, injuries and trauma, mental health, or delivering health care where resources are scarce - Spend 10 to 12 months full time at your research site in Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, Kenya, Nigeria, Senegal, Tanzania, Uganda, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bangladesh, India, Lebanon, Malaysia or Samoa - Attend a mandatory five-day orientation at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland, expected mid-July - Give 100 percent of your time to the fellowship for 12 months; no other job is allowed, even part-time **Key dates:** - Applications close October 1, 2026 at 5:00 PM Eastern Time - First fellowship offers likely in April, with a second round likely between May and June - Training for the 2027 to 2028 fellowship year begins July 1, with the mandatory NIH orientation expected mid-July **More information:** - Talk to the GHES program manager at your U.S. mentor's university before applying; each of the four universities has one, listed on Yale's contact page, and they can help match you with mentors. General questions go to ghes@yale.edu - Yale advises allowing at least six weeks to prepare an application - U.S. doctoral students can also apply separately for a Fulbright-Fogarty Fellowship in Public Health through the Fulbright U.S. Student Program

Yale Institute for Global HealthFellowship

NIH-Funded Global Health Emerging Scholars Fellowship

Oct 01, 2026 17:00:00 ET

Opportunity type

Fellowship

Funding

Fully Funded

Location

United States

Deadline

Oct 01, 2026 17:00:00 ET

About this opportunity

What you get:

A monthly stipend for all 12 months, set on the NIH stipend scale with your paired U.S. university, to cover food, housing and basic transport (the amount is not published, and stipends may be taxable)
$10,000 in research support for supplies, reagents and field team costs, which also covers visa and passport fees
A further $5,000 available to your project and mentorship team for costs the research budget does not cover
A reimbursable budget for international health insurance and a round-trip flight to your research site, which varies by U.S. home institution
Required vaccinations covered
Travel and accommodation for the orientation at the National Institutes of Health in July
Mentoring from a GHES faculty member at one of the four universities and a mentor at the host institution, plus training in Innovation Design, Rigor and Reproducibility, Leadership, and Data Science/AI

What you'll do:

Line up a GHES mentor at Stanford, the University of Arizona, UC Berkeley or Yale and a GHES mentor at a partner site before applying; each writes you a letter of support
Propose a research project you can finish within the year, on topics such as noncommunicable diseases, HIV and other infectious diseases, environmental health, maternal and child health, injuries and trauma, mental health, or delivering health care where resources are scarce
Spend 10 to 12 months full time at your research site in Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, Kenya, Nigeria, Senegal, Tanzania, Uganda, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bangladesh, India, Lebanon, Malaysia or Samoa
Attend a mandatory five-day orientation at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland, expected mid-July
Give 100 percent of your time to the fellowship for 12 months; no other job is allowed, even part-time

Key dates:

Applications close October 1, 2026 at 5:00 PM Eastern Time
First fellowship offers likely in April, with a second round likely between May and June
Training for the 2027 to 2028 fellowship year begins July 1, with the mandatory NIH orientation expected mid-July

More information:

Talk to the GHES program manager at your U.S. mentor's university before applying; each of the four universities has one, listed on Yale's contact page, and they can help match you with mentors. General questions go to ghes@yale.edu
Yale advises allowing at least six weeks to prepare an application
U.S. doctoral students can also apply separately for a Fulbright-Fogarty Fellowship in Public Health through the Fulbright U.S. Student Program

Who can apply

U.S. citizen (including U.S. territories and possessions) or U.S. permanent resident; permanent residents must give their permanent resident number
Currently enrolled in a doctoral (such as PhD or DrPH) or health professional (such as MD, DO, DDS or DVM) degree program at any U.S. college or university; you do not need to study at one of the four consortium universities
Passed your qualifying exam or exams by the time you apply
Health professional students who pause their studies for a year or more to do full-time research are eligible
Two primary mentors: a GHES faculty member at Stanford, the University of Arizona, UC Berkeley or Yale with whom you have a professional relationship, and a GHES faculty member at a partner institution in one of the 15 countries
Able to spend 10 to 12 months at the research site and work full time on the fellowship for 12 months, with no other job
Required: the online application, a research proposal following the GHES guidelines, two or three letters of recommendation (one from each primary mentor, signed and on letterhead), an unofficial transcript, and NIH biosketches for you and your mentors on the NIH Common Form through SciENcv, with an ORCID iD linked to eRA Commons
Not eligible: master's and undergraduate students, and anyone who is not a U.S. citizen or permanent resident, including international students at U.S. universities

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Good to know

+Twelve months running your own global health research project abroad, with two mentors and structured training
+Pays a monthly stipend on the NIH scale, $10,000 in research support, a return flight, health insurance and visa costs
+Open to doctoral and health professional students at any US university, not only the four that run it
+Funded by the US National Institutes of Health and run by Yale, Stanford, UC Berkeley and the University of Arizona

Worth checking yourself

!US citizens and permanent residents only
!You must already have passed your qualifying exams; master's and undergraduate students cannot apply
!Closes 1 October at 5pm Eastern, and you need letters from two mentors, which Yale advises allowing six weeks to arrange
!Most places go to postdoctoral researchers: two of the 21 current fellows are students
!It does not pay your doctoral tuition, and the stipend amount is not published

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