UCI Framework in Global Health Request for Proposals
Global Health Travel Fellowships for UCI Students and Junior Scientists
UCI has recently received a grant from the Fogarty International Center of the National Institutes of Health to establish a framework in global health. The overarching objective of the Global Health Framework program is to coordinate and enhance the global health education, research and outreach activities on campus. With the additional support from the Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program (UROP) and the College of Health Sciences, the program is pleased to announce the availability of 7-8 Global Health Student Travel Fellowships (4-5 travel fellowships for undergraduate students, and 3 travel fellowships for graduate or medical students) and one travel fellowship for postdoctoral fellows or junior faculty in 2009.
Eligibility for 2009 Award:
Applicants for the Global Health Student Travel Fellowships must be matriculated full-time undergraduate or graduate or medical students at UCI in excellent academic standing. The awardees are required to identify a mentor at UCI and a mentor from the international site who is willing to host and provide logistic support to the research of the awardees. Applicants for Global Health Junior Scientist Travel Fellowship should be full-time postdoctoral fellows or assistant professors at UCI who will carry out pilot projects with collaborators in international institutes (preferably in developing countries) in the area of global health.
Awards:
The travel fellowships will cover travel expenses, including flight airfare (economy class), accommodation and subsistence expenses. The program will NOT provide tuition and stipend support for the awardees.
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Global Health Undergraduate Student Travel Fellowships: a maximum of $5,000 in direct costs. The project should be completed during summer 2009, or one quarter in the academic year of 2009-2010.
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Global Health Graduate (or Medical) Student Travel Fellowships: a maximum of $7,000 in direct costs, and the project must be completed before May, 31 2010.
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Global Health Junior Scientist Travel Fellowship: a maximum of $12,000 in direct costs, and the project must be completed before May, 31 2010.
Review Criteria:
The travel fellowships will cover travel expenses, including flight airfare (economy class), accommodation and subsistence expenses. The program will NOT provide tuition and stipend support for the awardees.
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Scientific merit: the significance of the problems addressed; clear specific aim; innovation or originality of proposed work.
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Synergy with existing projects: the projects should be developed under the joint direction of UCI mentors and the mentors in the international institutes, to either enhance existing collaborations or facilitate new collaborations.
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Institutional resources and research infrastructure to perform the proposed experiments: the projects should be built on available resources and infrastructure to enhance the feasibility.
Monitoring and Evaluation of Research Progress:
The awardees are expected to 1) submit a progress report at the end of the project, and 2) to present results at the Global Health seminar series. In case of any unforeseen problems in carrying out the proposed research, the awardees should develop alternative approaches, under the guidance of the faculty mentors, to mitigate the problems.
Application:
- The cover form MUST be completed. DOWNLOAD FORM HERE (.doc)
- The application should be no more than three pages in length (excluding the cover form and literature cited). It should describe the goals of the research, significance, methods used, budget (a simple budget indicating how the awards will be used), and feasibility assessment.
- A letter of support by a faculty mentor from UCI on sharing research-related costs (e.g., supplies and equipment) is required.
- A letter from the collaborator in the international institute stating the resource and infrastructure support is required.
- The application should be submitted by e-mail, in Microsoft Word or pdf format, to Stephanie Uiga (suiga@uci.edu).
Additional Conditions of Award:
- When appropriate, applications must obtain approvals from IACUC for Vertebrate Animals use or from IRB for Human Subjects Research Protection before the award is made. It is advised the applicants for student travel fellowships develop the research plans based on existing IACUC or IRB protocols.
- All awardees are expected to attend a workshop on responsible conduct of research.
Deadlines and Review Schedule:
- June 19, 2009 -- Application deadline
- June 30, 2009 -- Award announcement
- July 1, 2009 -- Earliest project start Date
