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Global Health Program for Fellows and Scholars

Status: Not accepting applications at this time

Announcement(s)

Expired announcement: Launching Future Leaders in Global Health (LAUNCH) Research Training Program (RFA-TW-21-004) (for U.S. consortia)

Deadlines

Most recent application due date: August 20, 2021

Eligibility

Consortia (for Institutions)

Applications for new trainees are not being accepted at this time.

Trainees (for Individuals)

Applications for new trainees are not being accepted at this time.

Program Overview

The current program supports six U.S. university consortia to provide one (1)-year mentored global health research training opportunities to predoctoral/pre-professional and postdoctoral/post-professional trainees from the U.S. and low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) at established research institutions and project sites in LMICs.

The new program, Launching Future Leaders in Global Health (LAUNCH) Research Training Program (RFA-TW-21-004), builds on the successes and experiences of the Fogarty Global Health Training Program (RFA-TW-16-002) (2017-2022). This program will continue to support one (1)-year mentored research training in global health at established biomedical and health research institutions and project sites in LMICs. Opportunities will be provided to predoctoral and pre-professional trainees from the U.S. and postdoctoral and post-professional trainees from the U.S. and LMICs.

Current Awards

The current six U.S. university consortia are:

Details about the grant awards supporting the current consortia.

Future awarded consortia will be announced in early 2022.

Recent Awards

View a list of Global Health Program for Fellows and Scholars awards.

Frequently Asked Questions

Read answers to frequently asked questions (FAQs) about submitting applications for the Launching Future Leaders in Global Health (LAUNCH) Research Training Program (RFA-TW-21-004).

Inquiries

Programmatic Issues

UnJa Hayes, Ph.D.
Fellows and Scholars Program Officer
Fogarty International Center
National Institutes of Health
Building 31, B2C49
31 Center Drive MSC 2220
Bethesda, MD 20892-2220 USA
Phone: 301-827-7024
Fax: 301-402-0779
Email: unja.hayes@nih.gov

Grants Management

Satabdi Raychowdhury
Grants Management Specialist
Fogarty International Center
National Institutes of Health
Building 31, Room B2C29
31 Center Drive, MSC 2220
Bethesda, MD 20892-2220
Telephone: 301-496-9750
Fax: 301-594-1211
Email: Satabdi.Raychowdhury@nih.gov

Partners

The following NIH Institutes, Centers and Offices collaborate with Fogarty on this program:

Additional support for individual trainees also has been provided by the following NIH Institutes, Centers and Offices: OBSSR, OAR, NIDDK, NIEHS, NCI, NICHD, NEI, NIDCR, NIDCD, NIAMS, NINR, NIBIB, ORIP, NIDA and NCCIH.