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    Application Process

    Overview

    The GHES fellowship is designed for pre-doctoral trainees from the U.S. and post-doctoral and post-professional trainees from the U.S. and LMICs.

    Pre-doctoral trainees must be enrolled in a program leading to a PhD or in an equivalent research doctoral degree program. Health-professional students who wish to interrupt their studies for a year or more to engage in full-time research training before completing their formal training programs, are also eligible.

    Postdoctoral trainees must have received, as of the beginning date of the training period, a Ph.D., M.D., D.D.S., or comparable doctoral degree from an accredited domestic or foreign institution. Comparable doctoral degrees include, but are not limited to, the following: D.M.D., DC, DO, DVM., OD, DPM, ScD, EngD, DrPH, DNSc, DPT, PharmD, ND (Doctor of Naturopathy), DSW, PsyD, MMed, MBBS, MBChB, as well as a doctoral degree in nursing research. Individuals in postgraduate clinical training, who wish to interrupt their studies for a year or more to engage in full-time research training before completing their formal training programs, are also eligible.

    This is a mentored research training program, and your application must be completed with the input of your proposed mentors. GHES has designated mentor teams across the U.S. and LMIC institutions. In many instances, the mentor teams are already collaborating so if you propose to work with a specific GHES U.S. mentor, it is likely your LMIC mentor will be his/her collaborator and the other way around. All applicants must have a primary GHES U.S. mentor (defined as a faculty member at Stanford University, University of Arizona, University of California Berkeley, or Yale University) and a primary GHES LMIC mentor (defined as a faculty member at an institution in one of the GHES collaborating LMICs). You can propose to have additional mentors, however, you are required have one primary U.S. and one primary LMIC mentor that are part of the GHES program. U.S. post-doctoral and pre-doctoral applicants can be from any college or institution in the country. You do not have to be part of or affiliated with Stanford University, University of Arizona, University of California Berkeley, or Yale University to apply. However, you do need to have a professional relationship with a GHES U.S. mentor at one of these universities. LMIC post-doctoral applicants must be part of or affiliated with an institution in one of the GHES collaborating LMICs.

    The application is available online. You can also preview all of the application questions and required materials here. For more information about the program and application process, please read these guidelines.

    How to apply

    1. Review the program eligibility criteria described below to ensure you are eligible to apply.
    2. Review the application requirements below to familiarize yourself with the application questions and the materials you must submit.
    3. Choose your research area.
      • We encourage research on health challenges that result from rapid urbanization and social inequities, challenges of delivering accessible and high-quality healthcare within resource-limited settings, and research on interventions that address the efficient management of scarce resources and innovative solutions to improving health services. Research areas include (but are not limited to) chronic and noncommunicable diseases, HIV/STIs and other infectious diseases, environmental health, maternal and child health, intentional and unintentional injuries, trauma, and mental health.
    4. Choose your desired research training site and contact the affiliated mentors.
      • GHES has collaborations at research training sites in 16 LMICs. See the GHES website for information about the research training sites and mentors.
      • You should pick a research training site that does research that you are interested in, and that has mentors whose research aligns with yours.
      • Applicants must submit a letter of support from one U.S.-based mentor affiliated with the University of Arizona, the University of California at Berkeley, Stanford University, or Yale University. Applicants must also submit a letter of support from one LMIC mentor affiliated with a research training site in one of the 16 collaborating LMICs.
    5. Complete the online application and submit the required materials by October 1, 2025.

    Application Requirements

    Complete the online application.

    The online application system will save your partially completed application using your computer IP address and you can return to it later. Please try to avoid starting multiple applications.

    The application includes the following sections:

    • Introduction
    • Section 1. Eligibility
    • Section 2. Personal and Contact Information
    • Section 3. Professional Background
    • Section 4. Fellowship Details
    • Section 5. Research Proposal and Additional Supplemental Materials

    The Introduction provides an overview of the program and the application process.
    Section 1. Eligibility asks questions about type of application, your institutional affiliation, and previous funding. Pre-doctoral candidates will also need to submit an unofficial transcript.
    Section 2. Personal and Contact Information asks basic information like your address, citizenship, and contact information.
    Section 3. Professional Background asks questions about your foreign language skills, academic and professional background.
    Section 4. Fellowship Details asks questions about research training site, research experience, publications/abstracts, career goals, mentor names, mentorship plan, training plan, IRB approvals and timeline.
    Section 5. Research Proposal and Additional Supplemental Materials
    Required document submissions include:

    1. Research Proposal following these guidelines. Proposals missing any information or formatted incorrectly will not be reviewed.
    2. Letters of recommendation (minimum 2, maximum 3)
      • One letter should be from your GHES primary U.S. mentor at one of the four
        participating universities (University of Arizona, University of California Berkeley,
        Stanford University, Yale University).
      • One letter should be from your GHES primary LMIC
        mentor at the collaborating LMIC research training site.
      • Each letter should be on the mentor's institutional letterhead and include the following:
      • Each letter should be on the mentor's institutional letterhead and include the following:
        • Mentor's name, position, and institution
        • Mentor's email address
        • Mentor's phone number
        • Mentor's work address
        • Letters should be addressed to the Global Health Emerging Scholars
          Fellowship Selection Committee
        • Letter must be signed by mentor
        • The letters should be scanned or saved as a PDF file and uploaded in the application.
    3. NIH biosketch for applicant
    4. NIH biosketch for mentors