Education Funding

for faculty

Description: Faculty Micro Grants support Northwestern faculty who are currently mentoring medical students in the Area of Scholarly Concentration program. The Institute for Global Health offers up to $2,500 to support travel and other modest expenses related to global health research.
Eligibility: Any full-time Northwestern faculty member who is currently mentoring a student in the Area of Scholarly Concentration program may apply.
Application Deadline: Applications are accepted on a rolling basis.

for students

Description: Support for Feinberg students to pursue clinical electives, research and public health projects at our Affiliated global partner sites and global sites in low- and middle-income countries. The application is available to students who have been approved for rotations by the Institute for Global Health, through the Feinberg Global Health Elective Canvas course.
Eligibility: Current Feinberg students enrolled in the MD, DPT, PA and MPH dual-degree program who wish to conduct clinical electives, Area of Scholarly Concentration research and/or public health field experiences for four to eight weeks in low- and middle-income countries.
Application Deadline: Applications are accepted on a rolling bases. Applications must be received at minimum 60 days prior to proposed travel date and 90 days for unaffiliated sites.

for residents & fellows

Description: Support for McGaw residents to pursue clinical electives, research and public health projects at global sites in low- and middle-income countries. Feinberg's Institute for Global Health supports global health education for Feinberg residents who display an interest in global health and working with underserved populations in resource-limited settings. The application is available to residents who have been approved for the elective rotation by the Institute for Global Health and McGaw. Please contact Sara Caudillo (sara.caudillo@northwestern.edu) in order to receive a link to the online funding application.
Eligibility: Current McGaw residents, for four to eight weeks of field experiences in low- and middle-income countries.
Application Deadline: Applications are accepted on a rolling basis. Funding is applied as a reimbursement after return from travel.

for students

Description: Funding for long-term global health projects is available from the Institute for Global Health to support student engagement in global health and to encourage student interest in and understanding of cross-cultural competencies, social determinants of health and clinical practice in resource-limited settings, among other topics.
Eligibility: Current Feinberg students entering their second or third year of the curriculum.
Application Deadline: March 1

for residents & fellows

Description: This GME fellowship is meant to provide a viable career track to post-graduate medical trainees at Feinberg School of Medicine by promoting innovative global health research and education/training programs. The fellowship will provide salary support and fringe benefits for one year plus a research seed grant up to $10,000.
Eligibility: Fellows/post-docs need to be already enrolled in a current post-graduate fellowship program at Feinberg and have completed at least one but no more than three years of post-residency training by the proposed start date of the funding period. Fellows/postdocs from programs supported by the McGaw Medical Center are eligible to apply.
Application Deadline: All application materials due Feb. 1.

for residents & fellows

Description: Feinberg residents and fellows enrolled in the Education Centered Medical Home (ECMH) and who have electives available in Phase 2 and Phase 3 of the curriculum are eligible to apply for a rural medicine away elective. We review all applications for credit-worthiness.
Eligibility: Feinberg residents and fellows enrolled in the ECMH who have electives available in Phase 2 and Phase 3 and who plan to rotate at a rural or limited-resource location.
Application Deadline: Rolling applications are accepted. Applications must be received at minimum 60 days prior to proposed travel date and 90 days for unaffiliated sites.