APPLICATION FOR GLOBAL HEALTH EMERGING SCHOLARS FELLOWSHIP YEAR 2026-2027
Welcome to the Global Health Emerging Scholars (GHES) Program online application system.
GHES is a one-year mentored global health fellowship research training fellowship funded by the NIH Fogarty International Center and managed by a consortium made up of Stanford University, the University of Arizona, the University of California at Berkeley, and Yale University. The consortium has collaborations with established medical and research institutions in 17 low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). During the fellowship year, trainees participate in a research training experience at one of these institutions and conduct a research project relevant to the health priorities of the collaborating LMIC under the supervision of their mentors.
This online application system is for U.S. pre- and post-doctoral applicants and for post-doctoral applicants from GHES collaborating LMICs. Pre-doctoral applicants are students in pre-doctoral or pre-health professional degree programs. Post-doctoral trainees are recent graduates of doctoral or health professional degree programs, and are usually within 5 years of obtaining their terminal degree.
Please carefully review the GHES program eligibility before you apply.
- U.S post-doctoral and pre-doctoral applicants can be from any college or institution in the country. You do not have to be affiliated with a consortium university to apply.
- LMIC post-doctoral applicants must be a part of or affiliated with an institution in one of the GHES collaborating LMICs.
- U.S. and LMIC post-doctoral applicants must have a doctoral health professional degree (you are not eligible with only a master’s degree). Health professional post-doctoral applicants must have completed their clinical training within the last 5 years (approximately 2020 onwards). Non clinical post-doctoral applicants must have completed their doctoral degree within the last five years (approximately 2020 and onwards).
This is a mentored fellowship and parts of this application must be completed with the input of your proposed mentors. GHES has designated mentor teams across the U.S. and LMIC institutions. In many instances, the mentor teams are research collaborators so if, you propose to work with a specific GHES U.S. mentor it is likely that your LMIC mentor will be his/her collaborator and the other way around. All applicants must have a primary GHES U.S. mentor (a faculty member at Stanford University, University of Arizona, University of California Berkeley, or Yale University) and a primary GHES LMIC mentor (a faculty member at an institution in one of the GHES collaborating LMICs). You can propose to have additional mentors. However, you must have at least one primary U.S. and one primary LMIC mentor that are part of the GHES program.
In addition, please make sure you can meet the GHES program requirements. If accepted, you are required to devote 100% of the 12-month fellowship year to the GHES program. This means you must work full-time on GHES and you cannot hold another job at the same time. U.S. fellows must spend 10-12 months of their fellowship year at their GHES LMIC site. LMIC fellows must spend 1-3 months of their fellowship year at their GHES U.S. institution (Stanford, University of Arizona, UC Berkeley, or Yale). All fellows must attend a week-long orientation held at the NIH Campus in July in Washington, DC.
Please review all program requirements here: https://medicine.yale.edu/yigh/ghes/
Please review the application requirements here: GHES Application Preview 2026-2027
We look forward to receiving your completed application by 5:00pm Eastern Time on October 1st, 2025. The system will allow you to save your application and finish it later. Please avoid submitting multiple applications. If you have questions about your eligibility or the application process, please contact the GHES Program Manager associated with your U.S. institution. Contact information can be found here.
