HBNU Fogarty Global Health Training Program

Trainees are expected to spend 12 months in training and be available to begin the fellowship in July, with two to three weeks of training in the U.S. All trainees are required to pursue their research training full time, normally defined as 40 hours per week, or as specified by the sponsoring institution in accordance with its own policies

We accept applications from individuals from non-consortium U.S. institutions. For a list of affiliated institutions, please review the list of research sites.

Proposals in HIV have to meet the Office of AIDS Research (OAR) HIV/AIDS research priorities. For more information about these priorities, please visit NIH HIV/AIDS page.

Trainees must meet all of the following requirements in their respective category:

Predoctoral Trainees

• Must be U.S. citizens or permanent U.S. residents or citizen of the LMIC country in which they are proposing to conduct research.
• Must be enrolled in accredited doctoral level program (MD, PhD or equivalent) in public health, government, business, design, engineering, education, medicine, nutrition, law, pharmacy, dentistry, veterinary medicine or nursing.
• 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 be U.S. citizens or permanent U.S. residents or citizens of LMIC with sites participating in the program.
• Must have received, as of the beginning date of the training period, a PhD, MD, DDS or comparable doctoral degree from an accredited domestic or foreign institution. Comparable doctoral degrees include, but are not limited to, the following: DMD, DC, DO, DVM, OD, DPM, ScD, EngD, DrPH, DNSc, DPT, PharmD, ND (Doctor of Naturopathy), DSW, PsyD and doctoral degrees in nursing research.

Applications for the 2022-2023 HBNU Fellowship Program are now open, and are due electronically by 11:59pm EST on November 1st, 2021.

For more information regarding the international sites and the application, please visit the official website for the Forgarty Global Health Training Program on Harvard University's website.

• Statement of career goals and plans: State why you are interested in an international mentored research training experience. In addition, describe how your career goals relate to global health and how this program will contribute to your professional advancement (do not exceed 800 words).
• Research plan: Describe your proposed research project. Include details on your mentorship plan for your fellowship year (do not exceed 1,000 words).
• IRB and ethics approvals plan: Describe your timeline for applying for Institutional Review Board and ethics approvals. This should include both the U.S. and international collaborating institution/national IRBs (do not exceed 500 words).
• Additional funding (if applicable): Describe any additional sources of funding that you have available for your project/fellowship or that you are applying for. This may include T32, D43 or MEPI grant support, secondary fellowships, K-award, etc. If none, please list N/A (do not exceed 300 words).
• Fellowship timeline and plan: State what you intend to accomplish within the 12‐month timeframe, the feasibility of the study within the available budget and timeline and the next steps to advance your research (do not exceed 500 words).
• NIH-style biosketch.
• Transcripts (doctoral and professional students only): Provide a copy of your most recent transcript. Non-official transcripts are allowed (postdoctoral applicants do not need to include a transcript). Please upload a scan of your transcript in PDF format.
• Letter of support.