To apply, you must submit a 2-3 page research proposal, along with your Curriculum Vitae and a letter of support from the proposed mentor.  A detailed format for the research proposal will be provided in December.   The official deadline for applications will be announced in December but is usually in late January or early February.  Complete applications are submitted to Dr. Joshua Metlay at the Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics (contact Annette Speach, Dr. Metlay’s administrative assistant, at 724 Blockley Hall or ahill@cceb.med.upenn.edu)

Two to four fellowships supported by CCEB are awarded annually in the form of a $1500 monthly stipend for up to two months. CCEB usually announces awards by March 15.

Stolley Travel Awards
The Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics (CCEB) sponsors the Paul D. Stolley Travel Award. This award, named for the Founding Director of the CCEB, provides an opportunity for medical students to study clinical epidemiology in an international setting.

Arrangements are made for the Stolley Travel Award recipient to work at one of the 26 developing nation Clinical Epidemiology Units in the International Clinical Epidemiology network (INCLEN). This is designed to be a one month experience. Working with faculty members here and there as joint preceptors, the student will join the Host University's Epidemiology Unit seminars and conferences, work through guided readings, and attend selected meetings with their Host University faculty preceptor. The student also may work for a limited time on one of the research projects underway in the host Epidemiology Unit.

This is an annual award. The recipient is selected by a committee of CCEB faculty, based on an application and interview. Applicants must have successfully completed CES-I, Introduction to Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, in order to be considered for the Travel Award. The annual application deadline is typically in early January. One Penn medical student, chosen from among the applicants, will receive the Award, consisting of paid round trip airfare plus $1,000 for living expenses.

The application process is announced/advertised annually in November. For additional information and/or questions about the application process and Award, please get in touch with Tom Kelly (215-898-0861, tkelly@cceb.med.upenn.edu). 

• To view reports from previous awardees, visit the CCEB Stolley Travel Awards Webpage

O.C. Hubert International Health Fellowship
Established in 1999, this fellowship provides an opportunity for third- and fourth-year medical students to gain public health experience in an international setting. Hubert fellows spend four to six weeks in a developing country working on a priority health problem in conjunction with CDC staff. Through these experiences, students establish relationships with, and receive training from, recognized experts from CDC and other national and international health agencies. Past recipients have worked on health outcome evaluation of various home drinking water treatment and storage methods in Guatemala; review of antiretroviral therapy in private practice in Kenya; study of the epidemiology of Lassa Fever in rural Guinea, West Africa; development of surveillance systems for surgical site infections; and antimicrobial use and antimicrobial resistance in a tertiary surgical center in Hanoi, Vietnam.  Each year, up to seven fellows are selected to participate in the program and receive a stipend of $3,000 to cover travel costs. Fellowship opportunities vary each year.  Application (usually due at the end of April) and additional details are available on the CDC Foundation website.

Global Health Programs Awards & Sources
Global Health Programs (GHP) encourages an understanding of international health care systems and research environments, as well as health care challenges where resources are limited.  GHP has limited resources to support a portion of basic travel needs (roundtrip travel, room and board, medical prophylaxis) for Penn medical students who have not found funding elsewhere.  Our goal is to provide needed assistance to the largest number of students possible.  We therefore appreciate the consideration students demonstrate to their peers by refraining from applying for GHP funds when they have outside sources (including accessible excess frequent flyer miles) covering the airfare and/or expenses outlined above.  See below for restrictions on GHP awards.

• GHP Award Sources

The majority of Penn medical students participating in global health experiences (more than 120 in 2006) receive awards from Global Health Programs (GHP).  GHP is able to offer these awards thanks to the generosity of an ever-growing number of sponsors, including:

• Academic Programs Global Health Fund
  The Vice Dean for Academic Programs at Penn's School of Medicine provides substantial funding to our medical students for global health experiences throughout the world

• David Kaufman Travel Award
  These awards are funded through the David Kaufman Memorial Fund.  Dr. David Kaufman passed away unexpectedly in March 2002.  At the time of his death, Dr. Kaufman was the secretary general of the Henry L. Bockus International Society of Gastroenterology and former president of the medical staff and chief of Internal Medicine at Trinitas Hospital in Elizabeth, New Jersey.  He was also a recognized authority in inflammatory bowel disease in the northern New Jersey region.  The David Kaufman Memorial Fund was established at Penn's School of Medicine, through the efforts of Dr. Kaufman's family, friends, and colleagues, as well as members of his University of Pennsylvania undergraduate class of 1952 and his medical school class of 1956.  For information on making a gift to the David Kaufman Memorial Fund, please contact Kristen Rozansky, Senior Director of Alumni Developoment & Alumni Relations, Penn Medicine, 215-898-7986.
  

• Global Health Programs Grant
  These grants are made possible by funding from the Dean of Penn's School of Medicine
  

• Infectious Disease Botswana Fellowship
  Penn's Division of Infectious Disease provides funding for a number of third and fourth year students participating in the Sub-I in Internal Medicine in Botswana
  
  
• Kaufman Family Global Health Fellowship
  Established with a generous commitment by Mark Kaufman, M’77, and his wife, Sarah, to support Global Health Programs.  Mark Kaufman is Chairman of the Board and a general internist with Dean Health Systems, a for-profit multi-specialty group practice in Madison, Wisconsin.  He also serves as Chief Medical Officer of the Dean Health Plan.  Sarah Kaufman trained as a physician’s assistant.  Their interest in global health and their commitment to health care education inspired them to create this fellowship as a way of “giving something back” to Dr. Kaufman’s alma mater.
  
  
• Michael and Susannah Kramer Global Health Fellowships
  Dr. Michael J. Kramer, M’84 practiced medicine and cardiology in Manhattan for 10 years. He is now involved in physician management and investment management. His wife, Susannah Wilshire Kramer, practiced corporate law for 20 years. The Kramers live in East Hampton, N.Y., with their two children, Sam (12) and JiJi (6).  The Kramers wanted to support the School of Medicine in preparing the next generation of physician leaders. The Global Health Program was a natural choice for them, matching their commitment to medical education with their belief that exposure to global issues – both in and away from medicine – is important for young people. They were further impressed that the fellowship program combines educational opportunities abroad for future medical professionals with the provision of health care for those in tremendously underserved areas.
  
  
• Measey Foundation Fellowship in Global Health
  For students traveling to a developing country, including those doing a clinical sub-I in Botswana.  Read about the Measey foundation:  Measey Foundation (.pdf)
  
  
• Marian Stegemoeller Fellowships
  Mark A. Stegemoeller, W’75, is a partner with the law firm of Latham & Watkins in its Los Angeles office. He and his wife Sarah, also an attorney, established the Marian Stegemoeller Fellowships in honor of his mother. The Stegemoellers have supported global health and development charities for many years, and their gift to the Global Health Program reflects their keen interest in improving access to health care in the developing world.
  

• Restrictions on GHP awards:    GHP awards are not available for:

1. experiences that are shorter than four weeks
2. experiences in locations where there is a current State Department Travel Warning 
3. students who are funded by any other Penn entity
4. students with "year-out" funding listed on this webpage
5. students with general funding listed on this webpage
6. students with any of the special funding described on the planning and opportunities pages of this website, including Max Kade (Austria) and Petrus Camper (Netherlands)
7. more than one global health experience in a single calendar year
8. more than two global health experiences while a medical student at Penn

• GHP Award Levels

Our intention is to cover most of a student’s roundtrip airfare and to provide a small amount of funding to be used for travel-related medications and vaccines and/or living expenses.  Course and program fees are not to be paid with GHP awards. 

If approved for GHP awards, you can expect the level of support indicated in the table below. If your destination is not listed, GHP will determine appropriate funding level (never above $2500).  Please note that if demand should exceed resources in any given calendar year, funding level will be reduced.

* In Botswana, Penn flat housing replaces expense funds

 

FUNDING FOR EXPERIENCES BEGINNING AFTER JUNE 30, 2008
DESTINATION	AIRFARE $	EXPENSES $	TOTAL GHP FUNDING POSSIBLE $
Africa (Default)	1700	400	2100
Africa (Botswana*)	1700	*0	1700
Africa (Eastern, including Tanzania, Uganda, Rwanda)	1900	400	2300
Africa (Malawi)	2100	400	2500
Asia (S/SE/E; all but Japan)	1500	400	1900
Australia	1500	400	1900
Botswana	1700	*0	1700
Caribbean/Mexico	500	400	900
Central America	550	400	950
China/South/Southeast Asia	1500	400	1900
Europe (non Petrus-Camper recipients)	1000	400	1400
Japan	1300	400	1700
South America	900	400	1300
USA/Canada: Mexican Border & Native American Populations	300	400	700

* In Botswana, Penn flat housing replaces expense funds

Year-Out Funding

A number of special year-out opportunities, tied to specific programs, are described below.

• American Australian Foundation Research Fellowships
• Chateaubriand Fellowship
• Fogarty-Ellison Overseas Fellowship in Global Health and Clinical Research
• CDC Applied Epidemiology Fellowship
• CDC Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratory Training Fellowship Program
• Center for Infectious Disease Research in Zambia (CIDRZ) -- HIV Corps 

Also, please visit the CURF (Center for Undergraduate Research and Fellowships) website for information about more general funding opportunities that include:

• Boren Fellowship
• Churchill Scholarship (for Churchill College of Cambridge U)
• Fulbright Grants
• Gates Cambridge Scholarship (for Cambridge U)
• Institute for International Public Policy
• Luce Scholars Program (for year-long non-academic experience in Asia)
• Marshall Scholarship (for study in Great Britain)
• Mitchell Scholarship (for study in Ireland or Northern Ireland)
• National Flagship Language Initiative Fellowship
• National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowship
• Rhodes Scholarship (for Oxford U; must be under age 24)
• Rotary Ambassadorial Scholarship
• Thouron Award (for study in Great Britain)

American Australian Foundation Fellowships (October 31 Deadline)
The AAAEF plans to award fellowships of up to $20,000 fellowships at the graduate (Masters, PhD or post-doctoral) level for 2007. This year's fellowships are available for Americans who will benefit from doing advanced research or study in the fields of life sciences, medicine or mining in Australia. There will be particular interest in the fields of oceanography/marine sciences and stem cell research. In return, the fellows are expected to contribute to both America's and Australia's intellectual capital as well as the country's overall social and economic well-being upon their return.  Applicants must be American citizens or permanent residents doing research or studying at the graduate level.  For detailed program and application (due October 31) information, visit the American Australian Association website.

Chateaubriand Fellowship (December 31 Deadline)
This fellowship is offered by the Office for Science and Technology of the Embassy of France in the United States.  Every year, it allows students enrolled in American universities (PhD Candidates or Postdocs) to conduct research in a French laboratory (public or private) for a 6 to 12 month period.  Most of the expenses are covered by the program; allowances of 2055 Euro a month for doctoral fellows, and 2466 Euro a month for post-doctoral fellows. In addition, the Office for Science and Technology of the Embassy of France in the United States also provides a round-trip ticket and health insurance abroad. The research would be performed in a French university, a school of engineering, a national laboratory or a private company.   No particular level of French is required: French lessons can be offered upon arrival in France. 

• Candidates must be currently working on their Ph.D. or have received it in the past three years.
• Candidates do not have to be U.S. citizens but must receive their Ph.D. from an American university.
• Candidates must obtain a letter of invitation from a French laboratory before applying for the fellowship.
• The fellowship must begin between the months of September and March of the fellowship year.
• All application materials are due on December 31st for the following fellowship year.

For more detailed information and application, please click here.

                                                         
Fogarty-Ellison Overseas Fellowship in Global Health & Clinical Research (Dec 14 Deadline)
This fellowship offers a mentored one-year clinical research training experience at selected developing country sites for graduate level U.S. students in the health professions.  Fellowship stipends will be approximately $18,000-$20,000 per year (adjusted to cost of living expenses at the foreign site) with an additional $6,000 per year for travel, insurance, and educational materials. No provision for loan forgiveness is involved in the compensation package.  The program is funded jointly by Fogarty International Center and the Ellison Medical Foundation.  A few points to keep in mind: