Category: Funding
Enter the GH Raffle to win a 1-day Pass to the 6th Annual CUGH Conference!
The 6th Annual CUGH Conference: Mobilizing Research for Global Health is coming up — March 26-28 –and the Department of Global Health is raffling 1-day passes to the conference for 10 students! Read below, or follow the link for a snapshot of information about the conference:
The themes include genetics and vaccines, One Health (including antimicrobial resistance and food security), the drivers of non-communicable diseases, and a deep look at improvement science. Other pressing global challenges will also be addressed from building smart cities and protecting health workers in conflict zones to the Ebola crisis. Researchers, educators, implementers, faculty, students, administrators, members of NGOs, the private and public sectors will all find many sessions relevant to their interests across. Attendees and presenters will come from the medical and social sciences and address the challenges of delivering better health to populations everywhere. Some of the many speakers scheduled to attend are listed below, as well:
- Chris Wilson: Director, Health Discovery & Translational Sciences, BMGF
- Victor Dzau: President, Institute of Medicine, National Academies of Science
- Esther Duflo: Co-Director, Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab, MIT
- Paul Farmer: Co-Founder, Partners in Health
- Glenda Gray: President, South African Medical Research Council
- Peter Piot: Director, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
- Beth Bell: Centers for Disease Control
- Lawrence Madoff: Editor, ProMed Mail
- Oyewale Tomori: President, Nigerian Academy of Science
- Christian Mandl, Global Head of Research,
Novartis Vaccines
If you are interested in being entered in the raffle for one of the 10 slots, please fill out the Smart Sheet form below by February 2nd.
Funding Opportunities for young professionals (under 30) who are interested in Women’s Health!
This is an opportunity for people under 30, who are interested in women's health, to apply for funding/support.
The Women Deliver conference is a really great, multidisciplinary conference that focuses on a range of women’s health and economic issues. They’ve put out a call for applications by young people who want to 1) go to the conference and/or 2) join a network of young leaders who are passionate about women’s health. The young leaders will get funding for a community-based project and training in research, advocacy, and communications.
http://www.womendeliver.org/deliver-for-youth/?youngleaders
Check out the website. The deadline for applications is 1 March.
Fully funded internship opportunity through the West African Research Association; deadline to apply is February 1st!
Diaspora Internship 2015
All applications for WARA grants, including the Diaspora Internship, must be submitted online. The deadline for applications is February 1, 2015.
Funded by a grant from the U.S. Department of Education, the Diaspora Graduate Student Internship competition is open to U.S. citizens who are enrolled in the M.A. program of an accredited college or university in the United States. We strongly encourage students from HBCU’s and those without previous foreign travel experience to apply.
The internship will provide round trip travel toa West African country and a stipend of $2,500 to cover the cost of living for 6 to 8 weeks during the summer of 2015. The West African Research Center (WARC) in Dakar, Senegal may assist interns to locate lodging, and with other logistical matters.
Santander Scholarship Applications will Open Next Week for Spring Practicums!
The application cycle for Santander Universities Scholars Program for spring practicums will be open from October 20th through November 7th. There are an expected 10 scholarships available for students traveling to Latin America and another 10 need-based awards for any student planning to travel internationally. Learn more on the Santander Page located on the GHBlast.
BU African Studies – FLAS Scholarships, due Feb 15
The African Studies Center expects to offer at least six Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) fellowships. These fellowships provide a stipend and tuition support to select graduate students who would benefit from studying an African language. We currently offer Arabic, Amharic, Hausa, Igbo, Swahili, Wolof, Xhosa, and Zulu.
For Masters students, the FLAS provides a $15,000 stipend and $18,000 toward tuition, with the Provost’s office picking up the remainder of the cost of tuition, so it represents a full scholarship. PhD students may also apply.
FLAS recipients are required to take an African language course and a course with some Africa focus (which can be a course from within their discipline). The FLAS is an ideal opportunity for graduate students who need language study.
For more information and to apply, see: http://www.bu.edu/africa/forstudents/financial-aid/
Latin American Studies Program scholarships available-deadline November 1st
BU’s Latin American Studies Program[LASP] will offer a limited number of research grants for graduate students to do field work in Latin America or to study Latin Americans, namely Latinos/Latinas, in the US. Each LASP grant is likely to be no larger than $1,000. We highly recommend that all applicants for the LASP competition seek supplementary funds from the department in which they are studying.
- A two page statement in which you
- define your topic,
- describe your research methodology,
- explain the importance of the project in general and its importance to your graduate career in particular,
- provide information about the amount you are requesting and for what,--that is, submit a budget;
- describe your supplementary funding: provide a statement from your department or other funding source, as to the amount of matching funds;
- note when you plan to do the field research and for how long;
- secure a letter of recommendation from the faculty member who will oversee your project; you must share your proposal with the advisor before applying, and your advisor should comment on the proposal in his/her letter.
Send your submissions electronically to seckstei@bu.edu [with the header ‘Graduate Field Grant Application’] AND send a ‘hard copy’ to Susan Eckstein, Sociology, 100 Cummington St, BU]. All materials must be received by November 1, 2013.
Good luck, and we hope you are interested in this research opportunity!
Summer 2013 Public Health Social Work (PHSW) Fellowship
Summer 2013 Public Health Social Work (PHSW) Fellowship
The PHSW Fellowship is a newly established program for continuing MSW/MPH students at Boston University. The fellowship provides a small group of continuing MSW/MPH students with the opportunity to join together in an intensive working group during the summer, focused on a topic of mutual interest and importance to the field of public health social work. The fellowship includes opportunities for critical conversations, research, and scholarly writing, with an emphasis on establishing the trans-disciplinary practice of public health social work in a critical area.
Each year, the Fellowship program establishes a theme, chosen for its timeliness and potential to provide direction in an important area of study. The summer 2013 topic is Public Health Social Work in Global Health (PHSW in GH). Because of this year’s theme, participation is limited to those who are concentrating in International Health.
A group of three MSW/MPH summer fellows will be selected. Working as a group, they will study these points of connection between PHSW and GH. The goal is to create a scholarly understanding of the current roles, opportunities and challenges of public health social work participation in this important and growing area of global health.
The work of the fellows will include, but is not limited to:
- Systematic review of literature on SW’s role in GH;
- Interviews with key informants across PH and SW
- Facilitation of focus groups of MSW/MPH alumni who concentrated in International Health and/or current students]
- Production of a report which will include summary recommendations, resources for interested students and alumni, and the draft of a research abstract to be submitted to APHA for the 2014 conference in New Orleans. (Note, the research analysis may take longer than summer, and the fellows will be encouraged to stay involved.)
Where possible, MSW/MPH Fellows are encouraged to connect their work on the fellowship to their work in the International Health concentration and the MPH practicum.
All fellows will receive a $2,500 stipend, weekly support for their work from the Director of the MSW/MPH program and other relevant faculty members, a free membership to APHA and registration to the APHA Annual Meeting which will be in Boston in November, 2013. Fellows are expected to meet weekly with their colleagues and the Director, and to dedicate approximately 15 hours a week, over ten weeks, to the fellowship beginning on May 20 through Aug 26, 2013.
Eligibility and application: Applicants MUST be a continuing student in the MSW/MPH program and concentrating in International Health. Students interested in the 2013 Fellowship should submit their resumes and a one page statement of interest in the topic area. Please mention current and previous research interests, relevant experience, (including ability to work productively in working groups and research teams) and summer availability. Applications are due not later than Friday April 19th by midnight. Announcements of the three fellows will be made the following week. Applications should be emailed to Betty J. Ruth, at bjruth@bu.edu
BU Global Programs announces the first India Essay Prize contest!
Please see attached flyer for details: India Essay Prize contest flyer
