UJMT 2023 LAUNCH: Building Research Capacity through Mentored Training for Researchers

Our program aims to support projects across a diverse range of research topics. However, we expect targeted funding for proposals on HIV, cancer, diabetes, digestive and kidney diseases, mental health, and/or neurological disorders.

Since 2012, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Johns Hopkins University, Morehouse School of Medicine, and Tulane University have offered mentored research training through the UJMT Fogarty Global Health Fellowship program, funded by the Fogarty International Center within the National Institutes of Health.

This consortium brings together four top-ranked universities and their respective international research training sites in Africa, Asia, and the Americas. Trainee research projects are supported by mentors with expertise in clinical, public health, laboratory, and implementation research. Each trainee works with a team of mentors, including at least one U.S. and one international member to monitor the trainee’s progress and provide on-site supervision.

• Table of Content
• About Institute for Global Health and Infectious Diseases
• UJMT LAUNCH: Building Research Capacity through Mentored Training
• Aim and Benefits of UJMT LAUNCH: Building Research Capacity through Mentored Training
• Requirements for UJMT LAUNCH: Building Research Capacity through Mentored Training Qualification
• Application Deadline
• How to Apply

About Institute for Global Health and Infectious Diseases

The Institute for Global Health and Infectious Diseases at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is one of the largest global health programs in the United States. Working in more than 50 countries around the globe, we have made breakthrough discoveries — including the prevention of HIV transmission — while saving lives and offering critical training to thousands of health professionals in the U.S. and in resource-limited communities around the world.... continue reading

UJMT LAUNCH: Building Research Capacity through Mentored Training

Aim and Benefits of UJMT LAUNCH: Building Research Capacity through Mentored Training

• Full award: A 12-month full-time appointment and includes a monthly stipend, research funds, health insurance and emergency medical and evacuation insurance, and travel funds.
• Travel and research award: A 12-month full-time appointment and includes research funds, health insurance and emergency medical and evacuation insurance, and travel funds.

Requirements for UJMT LAUNCH: Building Research Capacity through Mentored Training Qualification

CANDIDATE ELIGIBILITY

United States-based trainees:

• Citizen or permanent resident of the U.S.
• Candidates from any U.S. institution are eligible, though applicants from the four consortium universities may be given priority
• Applicants from underrepresented minorities are encouraged to apply.

International trainees:
We fund postdoctoral researchers who are citizens of one of 16 countries where there are program affiliated research institutions. Typically, international trainees have an appointment or affiliation with the training site and local mentors.

EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS

Postdoctoral applicants (U.S. and foreign nationals):

Completion of a graduate degree —MD, PhD, DrPH, DVM, PharmD, or equivalent — by July of the academic year.

Doctoral applicants (U.S. only):

• enrolled in a graduate degree program at a U.S. or affiliated international institution
• able to defer studies over the course of the fellowship to focus on research activities
• in later stages of training (e.g., following comprehensive examinations, after clinical rotations) will be given priority.

Regardless of their institutional affiliation, trainees will work at one of our core research sites in the following countries:

• Africa: Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ghana, Malawi, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Uganda, Zambia
• Asia: Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Vietnam
• Americas: Bolivia, Jamaica, Nicaragua, Peru, Suriname

Application Deadline

How to Apply

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