Student Fellowships and Employment.
On-Campus Fellowship Opportunities
There are a wide variety of paid fellowships available to you as an on-campus students. Fellowships are structured to provide significant educational, work-based experiences.
Explore some of BUSPH’s Fellowships:
Generation Health
Generation Health reduces financial barriers for students to work with organizations advancing public health in communities local to BUSPH and around the world. This initiative reduces makes it possible for BUSPH students to be paid for work with community organizations that otherwise would not be able to take on paid practicum students. On-Campus MPH students will have the chance to be awarded up to $5,000, which amounts to $20/hour for 240 hours, through a selection process that is intended for students with the greatest need.
Learn more about Generation Health
Think. Teach. Do. Fellowship
The Think. Teach. Do. (TTD) Fellowship offers SPH students an opportunity to advance public health excellence by serving as paid consultants to the School. Assigned to projects across the School, TTD Fellows collaborate with faculty, staff, and students to ensure that curricula, course materials, trainings, and research activities align with the varied and evolving needs of the global public health landscape. The Fellowship seeks to engage students with a wide range of experiences and perspectives, reinforcing our mission to “Think. Teach. Do. For the Health of All.”
Fellows are compensated at a rate of $20 per hour, with an estimated 5-10 hours of work per week for the 2023-2024 academic year.
Learn more about the TTD Fellowship
Public Health Post
Public Health Post (PHP) publishes daily on health and social justice by engaging policymakers, journalists, scholars, students, and public health professionals. PHP Fellows research and write powerful stories on health and social justice, profile leaders in health, publish 40+ articles in a year, drive the national dialogue on public health issues, and participate in a startup culture with a diverse team of writers and editors. Each PHP Fellow receives a weekly stipend and commits to a one year fellowship beginning on February 1. The application process is competitive, and opens each fall.
Learn more about PHP
Maternal and Child Health Center of Excellence
MCH Research And Practice Fellowships
Offered through the Maternal & Child Health Center of Excellence, at least 15 fellowships are awarded each year. Research Fellows work with a faculty member on their original research and Practice Fellows are placed in local public health organizations for practice-based learning. The program is available to all students who are willing to take an introductory MCH course, MC725 or GH881, in their first semester of the fellowship (usually the second semester of the on-campus MPH program). Students are provided a stipend.
Learn more about MCH Fellowships
Center for Trauma and Mental Health Fellowships
Established in 2023 under the leadership of Jaimie Gradus, professor of epidemiology, the Center for Trauma and Mental Health is a cross-disciplinary hub for scholarship aimed at furthering understanding of stressful and traumatic events and their consequences. The Center brings together seasoned and budding researchers under the common goal of identifying vulnerable populations and studying interventions to prevent adverse health outcomes. On-Campus MPH students were matched with faculty and staff affiliated with the Center to collaborate on original research projects, receiving center funding to ensure fellows were compensated for the 50 hours they each dedicated to the work.
On-Campus Student Employment Opportunities
In addition to Fellowship and Practicum support, our Career and Practicum Office is here to help you identify student employment opportunities–when you are a student and beyond. We post daily and weekly job, practicum and internship opportunities, and are available for 1:1 advising.
Via a combination of scholarships, financial aid, paid work and practicum opportunities, Boston University School of Public Health is committed to reducing the cost of your public health education at BU.
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