Global Health Internships and Funding
In this section we provide information on funded (and some unfunded) global health internships that are open only to UNC Gillings students. We have partnered with global health organizations (e.g., FHI 360, IntraHealth International and DAI Global) to offer these funded experiences for students.
FHI 360, in partnership with Global Health Solutions, offers a research fellowship program for UNC Gillings first-year master's students (will be second-year master's student in Fall 2024), current (1st and 2nd year) doctoral students, and prospective UNC Gillings doctoral students. FHI 360's mission is to improve lives worldwide by addressing complex public health issues through research, education and services. See who were selected as previous fellows and projects they worked on.
Application Opening Soon!
The Casa Alitas Program offers support to migrant families fleeing violence, poverty, and discrimination. Upon arrival in Arizona, most migrants are directed to Casa Alitas by immigration authorities. Here, staff and volunteers assist them in contacting family members in the U.S., provide temporary shelter, basic necessities, and medical care. Families also receive COVID testing and vaccination if needed. Before departure, they are given travel bags with essential items. Those unable to depart immediately stay overnight at shelters staffed by volunteers and Catholic Community Services.
The proposed practicum experience entails active engagement with an organization dedicated to serving refugees and asylum seekers in the southern border region. This population faces unique health challenges, necessitating a multifaceted approach to address their needs effectively. Our organization, as one of the largest groups currently operating in this space, plays a pivotal role in providing essential medical support and collecting data to inform evidence-based interventions.
Application closed
Roots of Health has been operating in Palawan as the only reproductive health organization for 14 years. Given the lack of support for our issue areas, ROH is providing the majority of reproductive health services on the island. These are the realities that have fueled our work and programming. Roots of Health is seeking enthusiastic and motivated interns to support our HIV Work and Teaching initiatives. This MPH practicum offers the opportunity to gain hands-on experience in developing training designs, modules, and educational materials aimed at combating stigma and harm reduction in gender care, as well as reviewing and updating educational modules used in schools and communities.
Application closed
The Male Contraceptive Initiative (MCI) was founded in 2014 to facilitate research and development of male contraceptives and to build awareness about the need for and status of male contraceptive options. In partnership with the Solutions office, the UNC Gillings - MCI Summer Fellowship Program is intended for UNC Gillings residential master’s students to gain experience contraceptive development and research by offering support for 8-10 weeks. This program will support graduate students to contribute to the development of promising new reversible non-hormonal male contraceptives.
Application closed
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Humanitarian Health Initiative Internship
We are pleased to announce the Gillings Humanitarian Health Initiative offers several paid Gillings graduate student internships. Each internship works on projects focused on different humanitarian health areas our faculty members are engaged in.
Funding: $3,000
No Current Openings
Students get the opportunity to observe the work that CDC does, including national and international outbreak responses, developing public health guidelines, and collaborating with groups internal and external to CDC in Puerto Rico and elsewhere. These are UNPAID opportunities.
Closed
To give more focus to the School's global work, we are establishing a small number of geographic hubs to increase students' skills. For summer 2024, we are pleased to partner with UNC Project Zambia, the Division of Global Women's Health at UNC School of Medicine, and the Centre for Infectious Disease Research in Zambia (CIDRZ) to offer placement opportunities for UNC Gillings residential MPH students.
Funding:
We expect to award up to $4,000 per student (final amount TBD)
Positions:
- Centre for Infectious Disease Research in Zambia TASKPEN Study Intern Applications are now closed.
Vietnam Hub: Gillings Global Health at the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health is the organizing unit for global health activities at the School. To give more focus to the School's global work, we are establishing a small number of geographic hubs to increase students' skills. A consistent presence at particular sites, working with a select group of partners, will allow us to provide quality experiences and deliver on strategic themes to improve public health. For summer 2024, we are hoping to fill up to 2 positions as part of the Vietnam Hub. We are pleased to partner with Hanoi University of Public Health and Hanoi Medical University to offer placement opportunities for UNC Gillings residential MPH students.
Funding:
We expect to award up to $4,000 per student (final amount TBD)
Application now closed
In this section we provide information on all the Gillings School schoolwide travel awards. These awards are only open to Gilling School students.
Please note: Information on the Gillings awards website will not be visible until the award applications are open in mid/late-February.
First-year residential MPH students who have secured a global practicum placement or 2nd year residential MPH-RD students who have secured a global Advanced Placement for Summer 2021. We expect to grant between 5-10 awards to students. Global is defined as an (in-person or remote due to COVID-19 restrictions) international placement or placement in the U.S. with a global health focus (global NGO or immigrant, refugee or migrant population).
This fund shall support public health students apply what they've learned in class to a real environment with respect to their practica placement. Funding can assist with costs associated with research, national or global travel, projects, practica, dissertation, stipends, and other key needs.
To support a summer internship experience with community-focused agencies in either Africa, Asia or Latin America. This award is for an in-state undergraduate student at the Gillings School of Global Public Health who demonstrates a strong commitment to global health. A successful applicant will be able to describe how their global internship experience will build on previous service learning, volunteer work or experiences and foster their career goals in global health.
The fund shall be used to support annual travel awards for student(s) at the School of Public Health.
This fund shall be used to support undergraduate, masters, DrPH or PhD student from any department or program within the School of Public Health for travel in conjunction with practica, research, service or presentations at scholarly conferences. The funds may also be used by recent graduates to cover expenses associated with the presentation of papers at scholarly conferences, provided the research was conducted and papers written while the individual was a student at the School of Public Health.
Travel must be directly related to the student’s course of study, research, or practice.
To support a current student’s public health related practicum/internship, conference or research travel.
To support student travel for summer research fellowships and funding for academic or professional conferences.
In this section we provide the organizations Gillings School students have interned with in the past. For any organization that is designated as a UNC Gillings Fellowship or Internship Program, please do not contact that organization, as we have an application process for opportunities with that organization.
- Abt Global
- Alexion
- Bountiful Children Foundation
- Carolina Population Center
- The Carter Center
- Center for Reproductive Rights
- Defense Health Agency
- EngenderHealth
- FHI 360 (UNC Gillings Fellowship Program)
- Fund for Global Health
- Global Citizen, LLC
- Global Health Advocacy Incubator
- Global Public Health Group - Johnson & Johnson
- Harvard Global Orthopaedics Collaborative Group
- Immigrant and Family Health, Inc.
- Inteleos Foundation
- International Rescue Committee
- International Quality Improvement Collaborative (IQIC)
- IntraHealth International
- Ipas
- JSI Center for Health Information, Monitoring and Evaluation
- KIRAN
- Kybele, Inc.
- MEASURE Evaluation
- Merck for Mothers
- MiracleFeet
- National Institute on Drug Dependence, Peking University
- Novo Nordisk
- Palestine Children's Relief Fund (PCRF)
- PATH
- Planned Parenthood Global
- Pro Mujer
- RACE for Equity
- Refugee Mental Health and Wellness Initiative
- RTI International
- RTI-UNC Evidence-based Practice Center
- Safe Kids Worldwide
- Sanofi
- Slow Food USA
- Somali Family Safety Task Force
- Stanford University's Rural Education Action Project
- Stantec ChemRisk
- Texas Children's Global Health
- UNC Global Women's Health Division
- UNC Infectious Disease Epidemiology and Ecology Lab
- UNCG Center for New North Carolinians
- World Relief Durham
The Graduate Funding Information Center (GFIC) supports current and prospective graduate students who seek sources of funding for independent research, collaborative projects, fellowships, program development, and other scholarly activities.
Assists graduate students with travel costs to a regional, national, or international academic conference or professional society meeting for the purpose of presenting their research.
Applications accepted on a rolling basis.
GPSF can provide funding for your conference or research travel through Individual and Group Travel Awards. This is a very competitive award, receiving many applications each cycle. Applications are received on a rolling basis.
Graduate Student Summer Research Grant (GSSRG) provides funding to masters, predoctoral and professional graduate students in any discipline who are conducting research as part of their degree requirements. Students’ research projects must concern African Americans or the broader African diaspora and have clear relevance to IAAR’s mission. Students must also be in good standing and have completed four semesters of graduate coursework toward a doctoral or two semesters of coursework toward a masters degree at UNC-Chapel Hill. Research must be carried out between the summer months of May-August.
Tinker Pre-Disseration Field Research Grants Program. For specific information about the ISA competitions visit the website. Unless otherwise indicated, only UNC-CH students are eligible to apply.
The Funding Information Portal is a collection of databases and other resources selected to help UNC graduate students apply for funding opportunities.
The Funding Finder allows you to filter a robust database of awards, programs and fellowships offered by UNC, government agencies and other organizations.
The Community Engagement Fellowship program awards a maximum of five fellowships of up to $2,000 each year to develop and implement engagement or engaged scholarship projects that (1) employ innovative, sustainable approaches to complex social needs and (2) have an academic connection.
Deadline Nov. 18, 2019 - Feb. 3, 2020
There are a variety of funding resources for students who are pursuing internships and other forms of experiential education. This list, while not comprehensive, gives a good starting point for exploring funding from both UNC and non-UNC sources.
Summer Internship Grant: Provides funding to help students cover the expense of travel, housing, and meals during an internship lasting at least four weeks. Undergraduate students who receive need-based financial aid, and who will be returning to UNC for the fall semester, are eligible to apply after an internship offer has been confirmed.
C-Step Summer Internship Stipend:All C-STEP students currently enrolled at UNC-CH, returning for the Fall 2023 semester, and who have obtained an unpaid internship or will partake in an unpaid experiential learning (study abroad, internship, research, volunteer service) experience.
Foreign Language & Area Studies (FLAS) Fellowships support students taking less-commonly taught language and area studies coursework. This program provides both academic year and summer fellowships to graduate and undergraduate students at the intermediate level and above.
Honors Carolina offers fellowship opportunities for students who want to conduct research in Chapel Hill or create their own unique learning experience and travel the world. Fellowships to look at for a global-focused students: Burch Fellowship, Summey Scholarships, and Taylor Summer Research Fellowships
To support our Scholars’ leadership and career development, the Covenant offers grant funding specifically for high-impact, career-advancing experiences. Our funding is focused on the summer months when less financial aid is available. Scholars may also apply for funding to support one-time or limited time professional development opportunities during the fall and spring, such as conferences or fall/winter break internships.
UNC Study Abroad Scholarships are a terrific way to help cover summer study abroad programs, since these are more expensive than summer sessions at UNC.
Want to post an internship, fellowship, funding opportunity or resource? Please send information to globalsolutions@unc.edu.
