The application is available online. You can also preview all of the application questions and required materials here. For more information about the program and application process, please read these guidelines.

1. Review the program eligibility criteria described below to ensure you are eligible to apply.
2. Review the application requirements below to familiarize yourself with the application questions and the materials you must submit.
3. Choose your research area.
   • We encourage research on health challenges that result from rapid urbanization and social inequities, challenges of delivering accessible and high-quality healthcare within resource-limited settings, and research on interventions that address the efficient management of scarce resources and innovative solutions to improving health services. Research areas include (but are not limited to) chronic and noncommunicable diseases, HIV/STIs and other infectious diseases, environmental health, maternal and child health, intentional and unintentional injuries, trauma, and mental health.
4. Choose your desired research training site and contact the affiliated mentors.
   • GHES has collaborations at research training sites in 16 LMICs. See the GHES website for information about the research training sites and mentors.
   • You should pick a research training site that does research that you are interested in, and that has mentors whose research aligns with yours.
   • Applicants must submit a letter of support from one U.S.-based mentor affiliated with the University of Arizona, the University of California at Berkeley, Stanford University, or Yale University. Applicants must also submit a letter of support from one LMIC mentor affiliated with a research training site in one of the 16 collaborating LMICs.
5. Complete the online application and submit the required materials by October 1, 2025.

Complete the online application.

The online application system will save your partially completed application using your computer IP address and you can return to it later. Please try to avoid starting multiple applications.

The application includes the following sections:

• Introduction
• Section 1. Eligibility
• Section 2. Personal and Contact Information
• Section 3. Professional Background
• Section 4. Fellowship Details
• Section 5. Research Proposal and Additional Supplemental Materials

The Introduction provides an overview of the program and the application process.
Section 1. Eligibility asks questions about type of application, your institutional affiliation, and previous funding. Pre-doctoral candidates will also need to submit an unofficial transcript.
Section 2. Personal and Contact Information asks basic information like your address, citizenship, and contact information.
Section 3. Professional Background asks questions about your foreign language skills, academic and professional background.
Section 4. Fellowship Details asks questions about research training site, research experience, publications/abstracts, career goals, mentor names, mentorship plan, training plan, IRB approvals and timeline.
Section 5. Research Proposal and Additional Supplemental Materials
Required document submissions include:

1. Research Proposal following these guidelines. Proposals missing any information or formatted incorrectly will not be reviewed.
2. Letters of recommendation (minimum 2, maximum 3)
   • One letter should be from your GHES primary U.S. mentor at one of the four
     participating universities (University of Arizona, University of California Berkeley,
     Stanford University, Yale University).
   • One letter should be from your GHES primary LMIC
     mentor at the collaborating LMIC research training site.
   • Each letter should be on the mentor’s institutional letterhead and include the following:
   • Each letter should be on the mentor’s institutional letterhead and include the following:
     • Mentor’s name, position, and institution
     • Mentor’s email address
     • Mentor’s phone number
     • Mentor’s work address
     • Letters should be addressed to the Global Health Emerging Scholars
       Fellowship Selection Committee
     • Letter must be signed by mentor
     • The letters should be scanned or saved as a PDF file and uploaded in the application.
3. NIH biosketch for applicant
   • Upload your NIH biosketch using the FELLOWSHIP biosketch format. For instructions on
     how to format your biosketch, please refer to NIH guidelines of a FELLOWSHIP biosketch
     (http://grants.nih.gov/grants/forms/biosketch.htm). We strongly suggest having a
     mentor review your biosketch if this is your first time generating one.
4. NIH biosketch for mentors
   • Upload the NIH biosketches for your U.S. and LMIC mentors, using the NON-FELLOWSHIP biosketch format (http://grants.nih.gov/grants/forms/biosketch.htm)