Deadline: March 8, 2024
Applications are open for the HGHI Burke Global Health Fellowship Program 2024-2025. This one-year Fellowship program provides funding for Harvard junior faculty from across the University to support innovative research, curriculum development, and teaching in global health. Since 2009, the HGHI Burke Global Health fellowship has served as a career catalyst for over 50 junior faculty.
The Harvard Global Health Institute (HGHI) Burke Global Health Fellowship is a 12-month program that provides funding for research and curriculum development. There are two categories of HGHI Burke Global Health Fellowship awards:
- Research Award: Research awards provide opportunities for junior faculty to conduct foundational research that prepares them to be independent investigators or to conduct exploratory work on groundbreaking questions seldom supported by traditional funding sources.
- Curriculum Development and Teaching Award: Curriculum Development and Teaching awards provide funding for junior faculty to apply innovative pedagogy to course development and teaching, particularly at the undergraduate level.
Funding
- Research Award: up to $75,000
- Curriculum Development and Teaching Award: up to $25,000. Recipients of the HGHI Burke Fellowships will also receive funding for professional development, including up to $3,000 toward publishing in an open-access journal once during the fellowship, and up to $5,000 towards attending a research conference or networking event that enhances research networks and/or research skills and knowledge.
Eligibility
- Candidates must hold a junior faculty appointment at Harvard University (ie: Instructor, Assistant or Associate Professor, etc.).
- They welcome proposals from a broad range of fields and perspectives.
- Faculty working in disciplines outside of health and life sciences are strongly encouraged to apply so long as the work falls within global health.
Fellow Expectations
- Participate in relevant Harvard Global Health Institute events.
- Submit a one-year progress report and a final reflection paper to the Harvard Global Health Institute.
- Present research findings and accomplishments achieved as a result of HGHI Burke funding to the global health community at the conclusion of their fellowship.
- Serve as an annual HGHI Pathways to Global Health seminar speaker. This is a 1-hour seminar series for undergraduate students interested in careers in global health.
- Serve as a reviewer for future applicants to the fellowship.
- Acknowledge HGHI Burke funding in all award letters and event communications, including invitation letters, websites, announcements, flyers, press releases, presentations, publications and publications, presentations, and reports.
Application
All application materials are due by 5PM EST, March 8, 2024.
For more information, visit HGHI Burke Fellowship.
