Stanford Center for Innovation in Global Health Call for Applications: Global Health Emerging Scholars Fellowships
Standford Center for Innovation in Global Health is calling for application for its 2026-2027 Global Health Emerging Scholars (GHES) Fellowship.
The Global Health Emerging Scholars (GHES) Fellowship is a 12-month, NIH-supported, mentored training in global health research designed to address health inequities and improve population health.
The fellowship is designed for US doctoral students (PhD, DrPH, etc.), US professional students (MD, DDS, DVM, PharmD, etc.), US postdoctoral fellows, and foreign postdoctoral fellows from affiliated institutions in LMICs. The program’s main objective is to train new generations of health researchers and professionals who will be prepared to address the emerging challenges in global health.
Eligibility:
- US Postdoc Fellowship Eligibility:
- US citizen or resident (a green card number must be provided in the application).
- Complete doctoral degree or have received the doctoral degree within the past five years.
- US applicants from any US institution who secure the endorsement of GHES mentors in the application (GHES mentors are at UC Berkeley, University of Arizona, Stanford or Yale or any of the GHES-affiliated LMIC institutions).
- US Applicants who are not affiliated with UC Berkeley, the University of Arizona, Stanford nor Yale must receive approval to apply from the GHES program manager. The applicant must provide an NIH biosketch and the names of the potential GHES mentors already contacted.
- Doctoral degrees considered include MD, DVM, PhD, DrPH, and PharmD among others
- LMIC Postdoc Fellowship Eligibility:
- Citizen of a Low-Middle-Income-Country as defined by the World Bank.
- Received a doctoral degree within the past five years.
- Applicant must be affiliated with one of the GHES partner LMIC institutions and must secure the endorsement of GHES mentors in the application (GHES mentors are from UC Berkeley, University of Arizona, Stanford or Yale or any of the GHES affiliated LMIC institutions).
- Doctoral degrees considered include MBBS, MMed, PhD among others.
Read more here.
Application deadline, 1st of October 2025 at 5:00pm Eastern Time.
