The One Health Fellowship is a nine-month leadership and professional development program created by the Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine at Tufts University, in partnership with the University of Global Health Equity (UGHE) and the University of Rwanda. It is built for people who already work where human, animal and environmental health meet, and who want to lead in that field rather than only practise in it. Fellows come from Kenya, Ethiopia, Uganda and Rwanda; the program states that eight are selected each year, while the 2026 cohort page names ten. The nine months are structured around four parts: a one-week One Health Leadership and Advocacy (OHLA) training held in East Africa, a four-week applied placement hosted by a One Health institution, attendance at an international conference, and a follow-on project the fellow implements at home. Direction sits with Hellen Amuguni, professor of infectious diseases and global One Health at Tufts, with regional coordination through the University of Nairobi and AFROHUN, the African One Health University Network. Mentors are drawn from universities and agencies including the CDC, Africa CDC, ILRI, IGAD and Amref.
Benefits & funding
- Fully funded: travel, accommodation, living expenses, visa fees and emergency health insurance are covered
- One-week One Health Leadership and Advocacy (OHLA) training in East Africa
- Four-week applied placement hosted by a One Health institution or organization
- Attendance at an international conference, for exposure to global One Health actors
- Support to design and run a follow-on project in the fellow’s home country
- A mentor drawn from faculty and senior practitioners in infectious disease, epidemiology, conservation medicine and public health
- No stipend or award figure is published, and the site names no funder for the program
Eligibility
- Citizen and/or current resident of Kenya, Ethiopia, Uganda or Rwanda
- Recent graduate, early-career professional or junior faculty member
- Working in a One Health-related field and actively engaged in addressing public health or One Health challenges
- At least two years of relevant experience, or currently employed — either one satisfies the requirement
- Fluent in English
- No age limit, gender requirement or named degree is published; the career-stage wording assumes a completed first degree
- The country rule is citizenship or current residence, so someone of another nationality living in one of the four countries also meets it on the program’s own wording
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Eligible nationalities
Kenya · Ethiopia · Uganda · Rwanda
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Education required
Bachelor
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Application process
- 1Download the One Health Fellowship Application Form from the apply page and complete it.
- 2Prepare a CV or résumé.
- 3Ask a supervisor for an endorsement if currently employed; applicants who are not employed may leave this out.
- 4Send all materials together in a single email to OneHealthFellowship@tufts.edu. Applications missing a required document may not be reviewed.
- 5Wait for the decision. In the 2026 cycle, results came about two and a half weeks after the deadline.
- 6Selected fellows start in June and run through the nine-month program.
Program timeline
Application deadline, 2026 cycle
Apr 3, 2026
Selection notification
Apr 20, 2026
Fellowship begins; no exact start date is published
June 2026
During the nine months
OHLA training week in East Africa, four-week placement, international conference, follow-on project. No dates are published for these.
Around March 2027
the 2026 cohort’s nine months end. No end date is published.
Next cycle
not announced. The 2026 application form was posted in March and closed on 3 April, so a similar late-winter window is the realistic expectation.