Fogarty Global Health Fellows

Research Sites

Eligible training sites exist in Kenya, Cameroon, Uganda, Ghana, Liberia, Peru, Thailand, Nepal, and India.

Mentors

Below are current and former mentors for U of M Fellows.  If you are interested in exploring the possibility of mentoring a fellow through your research project, contact Heidi Eschenbacher.

University of Minnesota

Applications are not restricted to the mentors named below.

Medicine:  David Boulware | Jose Debes | Jonathan Kirsch | Ken Kunisaki | Radha Rajasingham | Josh Rhein | Timothy Schacker 

• Family Medicine: Chas Salman | Shailey Prasad 
• Microbiology: Ryan Langlois | Kirsten Nielsen
• OBGYN: Rahel Ghebre | Rahel Nardos
• Pediatrics: Sarah Cusick | Maria Kroupina | Logan Spector 
• Surgery: Jennifer Rickard

Nursing: Sarah Hoffman | Barbara McMorris | Carolyn Porta

Public Health: Bruce Alexander | Weihua Guan | Shalini Kulasingam | Kumi Smith | Claudia Munoz-Zanzi 

VetMed: Katey Pelican | Andres Perez |  Tiffany Wolf

Child Development: Jed Elison

Eligibility

To apply for the program you must meet the following requirements:

• Have a mentor at a U.S. institution within our consortium (Universities of Hawai’i, Michigan, Minnesota, Washington, and Indiana University) who has reviewed and endorsed your Fogarty application.
• Have a mentor at one of our approved international partner sites who has reviewed and endorsed your Fogarty application.
• Available to dedicate 40 hours per week to research for 12 months at the international fellowship site. Outside clinical duties are not allowed during this period.
• Available to begin the fellowship in July 2024.
• Available to spend the 12 months at the fellowship site with limited travel away from the site.
  • LMIC trainees must be available to spend 1-3 months of their fellowship at their primary U.S. mentor’s consortium university to participate in short-term training. Please select the table to the right to learn more about short-term U.S. training opportunities.

Please note:

• NPGH accepts applications from individuals from any US institution. However, they can only accept applications from LMIC individuals affiliated with their approved sites.
• Applicants can only apply to one Fogarty Global Health Program for Fellows and Scholars Consortium at a time. For a list of other consortia, please visit the NIH Fogarty International Center website.

Applications are due November 1, 2023 by 5 pm Pacific Daylight Time.

Application Process

• Choose a research site. Review our approved site list (below) and country pages for more information.
• Choose a research area. Review our research priorities or propose your own area of research based on your interests/training.
• Choose a mentor. You can utilize the NPGH mentor database or propose mentors you have already worked with. You must have at least one U.S. mentor at a U.S. institution within the NPGH consortium, and one research site mentor at one of the approved international partner sites. For assistance identifying mentors, contact program staff at [email protected].
• Write your application
  • You can build upon previous trainee projects or build your own project through the assistance of mentors. To learn about previous trainee projects, please review the trainee section of the NPGH website.
  • Your application must be reviewed by your proposed U.S. and research site mentors. 
  • You will need to submit a tentative budget for your study. Please note that funding for research studies is limited to $7,500 for U.S. pre-docs and $10,000 for U.S. and LMIC post-docs.
• Request and submit letters of recommendation. Have 2 letters of recommendation emailed to [email protected] by November 1. A third letter of recommendation is optional.
  • One letter should be from an in-country mentor from one of our approved international research sites and one from a collaborator within our consortium (University of Minnesota).
  • Note for LMIC Fellow Applicants: Letter from U.S. mentor should explicitly mention approval of the applicant's proposed U.S. short-term training plans. 

NPGH will review all applications between November-December, conduct interviews in late 2023 and notify the status of applications by March. Fellowships begin July 1.

If you would like to discuss your ideas and background with someone prior to applying, please email program staff at [email protected] for assistance.

Completing an Application

Applications can only be submitted online. We have PDFs available to help you see what information will be requested: Online Application Form and Application Essays

A complete application includes the online application form and the submission of letters of recommendation—two letters are required and a third letter is optional.

The online application form will require you to submit: unofficial transcripts (predoctoral applicants only), research proposal, tentative budget for your study, personal statements, a list of mentors, NIH biosketches and personal background information.

For the research proposal, you are welcome to design your own research study through the guidance of your mentors or to integrate into a study currently being conducted. Here is a helpful resource on how to write a global health research proposal. 

Letters of recommendation should be uploaded to your application or emailed to [email protected] by November 1st. Note for LMIC Fellow Applicants: Letter from U.S. mentor should explicitly mention approval of the applicant’s proposed U.S. short-term training plans.