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NPGH LEADERs LAUNCH Fellowship Program

Funding

Fully Funded · Partial / Stipend

Program dates

Jul 1, 2027 – Jun 30, 2028

The NPGH LEADERs LAUNCH Fellowship is a 12-month mentored clinical and global health research training program sponsored by the U.S. National Institutes of Health’s Fogarty International Center. It is run by a consortium of the Universities of Washington, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, and Hawai‘i, which pairs each trainee with a U.S.-based mentor and an international mentor at an approved partner site. Fellows spend the year conducting full-time research at a site in Cameroon, Ghana, India, Kenya, Nepal, Peru, Thailand, or Uganda, working on infectious diseases, non-communicable diseases, environmental health, mental health, or implementation science.

Benefits & funding

  • U.S. post-doctoral Fellow stipend: USD $67,824 (PGY scale); U.S. pre-doctoral Scholar stipend: USD $28,224
  • International (LMIC) Fellow stipend set by local cost of living
  • Research funds: USD $10,000 (post-docs) / USD $7,500 (U.S. pre-docs)
  • Health insurance for U.S. trainees; travel to and from the international site
  • Attendance at the NIH orientation in Bethesda, Maryland
  • Note: awards for 2027–2028 are contingent on continued NIH funding of the program

Eligibility

  • Citizen or permanent resident of the United States, Cameroon, Ghana, India, Kenya, Nepal, Peru, Thailand, or Uganda
  • Post-doctoral track: hold a doctoral/terminal degree (PhD, MD, DDS, DVM, DrPH, PharmD, etc.) earned within the last 6 years, or by July 2027; not on a tenure-track appointment
  • Pre-doctoral track: currently enrolled in a doctoral program with at least one year completed
  • LMIC applicants must be affiliated with an approved partner institution
  • Requires one U.S. consortium mentor and one international site mentor

Application process

  1. 1
    Open the online application (available May 2026) and identify a U.S. consortium mentor and an international site mentor.
  2. 2
    Prepare the research proposal, tentative budget, personal statements, mentoring plan, NIH Biosketch Common Forms, and (pre-docs) unofficial transcripts.
  3. 3
    Secure two letters of recommendation — one from the international site mentor and one from the U.S. consortium mentor.
  4. 4
    Submit by September 15, 2026, 5pm Pacific; interviews run late September–mid October, with decisions by February 2027.

Program timeline

  1. Application opens

    2026-05

  2. Application deadline (5pm PDT)

    Sep 15, 2026

  3. 2026-09 to 2026-11

    Review; interviews late Sep–mid Oct

  4. Decisions announced

    2027-02

  5. Fellowship begins (12 months)

    Jul 1, 2027