Global Health Program for Fellows and Scholars /Launching Future Leaders in Global Health Research Training Program
(LAUNCH)
Status:
Not accepting applications at this time
Not accepting applications for new consortia. Applications from potential trainees (individuals): Fogarty currently supports seven LAUNCH consortia, each with its own unique training program and application process (links provided below).
Announcement(s)
Consortia
Trainees (for Individuals
- Fogarty currently supports seven LAUNCH consortia, each with its own unique training program and application process (links provided below).
Deadlines
- Deadlines for applications from potential trainees are available on the consortium websites (links provided below).
Eligibility
Consortia (for Institutions)
- Applications for new consortia are not being accepted at this time.
Trainees (for Individuals)
- See consortium websites below for trainee eligibility requirements.
Program Overview
The current Global Health Fellows and Scholars Program,
Launching Future Leaders in Global Health (LAUNCH) Research Training Program, builds on the successes and experiences of the Fogarty Global Health Training Program (2017-2022). This program continues to support one (1)-year mentored research training in global health at established biomedical and health research institutions and project sites in LMICs. Opportunities will be provided to predoctoral and pre-professional trainees from the U.S. and postdoctoral and post-professional trainees from the U.S. and LMICs.
Current Awards (Consortia)
The current seven consortia and their training programs are listed below.
Note: Questions about a training program (including application process for individuals) should be directed to the corresponding consortium.
Recent Awards
View a list of LAUNCH consortia awards.
Frequently Asked Questions
Read
answers to frequently asked questions (FAQs) about submitting applications for the Launching Future Leaders in Global Health (LAUNCH) Research Training Program (RFA-TW-21-004).
Evaluation
Inquiries
Programmatic Issues
UnJa Hayes, Ph.D.
Program Director
Fogarty International Center
National Institutes of Health
Building 31, B2C49
31 Center Drive MSC 2220
Bethesda, MD 20892-2220 USA
Phone: 301-827-7024
Fax: 301-402-0779
Email:
unja.hayes@nih.gov
Grants Management
Satabdi Raychowdhury
Grants Management Specialist
Fogarty International Center
National Institutes of Health
Building 31, Room B2C29
31 Center Drive, MSC 2220
Bethesda, MD 20892-2220
Telephone: 301-496-9750
Fax: 301-594-1211
Email:
Satabdi.Raychowdhury@nih.gov
Partners
The following
NIH Institutes, Centers and Offices collaborate with Fogarty on this program:
Additional support for individual trainees also has been provided by the following NIH Institutes, Centers and Offices: NHLBI, ORWH, OBSSR, OAR, NIDDK, NIEHS, NCI, NICHD, NEI, NIDCR, NIDCD, NIAMS, NINR, NIBIB, ORIP, NIDA and NCCIH.
Archives
News
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How to LAUNCH a Global Health Research Career
NIH Record, September 13, 2024 - Empowering women and children from Nepal to the Amazon
Global Health Matters, July/August 2024
- Trainee news:
Upstate medical student earns Fulbright-Fogarty Fellowship to conduct research in Ghana
SUNY Upstate Medical University news, July 18, 2024 - Trainee news:
Fogarty Fellowship Aims to Improve Care After a Stroke
Ampath news, July 11, 2024 - Trainee news:
Fogarty Fellowship Aims to Improve Care After a Stroke
Indiana University Center for Global Health Equity news, June 26, 2024 -
Multidrug-resistant conjugative plasmid carrying mphA confers increased antimicrobial resistance in
Shigella, co-authored by former Fogarty Global Health Fellows Shoma Hayat and Zhahirul Islam
Scientific Reports, March 23, 2024 -
Factors associated with depressive symptoms among returnee migrants and non-migrants working adults in Madi municipality in Nepal: a community-based cross-sectional study, co-authored by former Fogarty Global Health Fellows Pratik Adhikary, Hridaya Raj Devkota, and Dirgha J. Ghimire
BMC Public Health, March 20, 2024 -
Associations of childhood BMI traits with blood pressure and glycated haemoglobin in 6-9-year-old Samoan children, co-authored by former Fogarty Global Health Fellow Courtney C. Choy
Pediatric Obesity, March 4, 2024 -
Inflammatory markers in pregnancy are associated with postpartum weight in South African women living with HIV on antiretroviral therapy, co-authored by Fogarty Global Health Fellow Hlengiwe P. Madlala
JAIDS, Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes, March 4, 2024 -
A researcher-exchange programme made me a better doctor at home and abroad – profile of former Fogarty Global Health Fellow Caleb Skipper
Nature, February 12, 2024 -
The Power of Poetry: Rethinking How We Use Language in Global Health Research, authored by former Fogarty Global Health Fellow Lisa Labita Woodson
American Journal of Public Health, December 14, 2023 -
Creating health equity through community-based participatory research
Global Health Matters, November/December 2023 - Trainee news:
Community Engagement Before Health Research is a MUST by Fogarty Global Health Fellow Scovia Nalugo Mbalinda
Program Notes from the Field blog, November 13, 2023 - Trainee news:
Ramya Kumar on public health as a tool for social justice
University of Washington School of Public Heath news, November 7, 2023 - Trainee news:
Beyond the Training by Fogarty Global Health Fellow Darlinda Jiba
Program Notes from the Field blog, October 31, 2023 - Trainee news:
Fogarty Fellow Investigates Stigma and Barriers to PrEP for Women in Sex Work
UNC School of Medicine news, October 28, 2023 - Trainee news:
IU Graduate’s Fogarty Project Focuses on the Surgical Care Cascade
Indiana Center for Global Health Equity news, September 28, 2023 -
Fogarty Welcomes International Fellows
NIH Record, September 15, 2023 -
Peru’s research infrastructure, supported by Fogarty, continues to blossom
Global Health Matters, July/August 2023 -
Mothers of the River: raising the ceiling for maternal care in the Amazon, profile of Mamas del rio organization headed by Former Fogarty Fellow and current grantee Magaly Blas
BMJ, July 17, 2023
Fogarty Grant Recipient & Trainee Publications
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TCA metabolism regulates DNA hypermethylation in LPS and Mycobacterium tuberculosis–induced immune tolerance, co-authored by former Fogarty Global Health Fellow Abhimanyu Abhimanyu
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, September 30, 2024 -
Detection of mobile colistin resistance genes mcr-9.1 and mcr-10.1 in Enterobacter asburiae from Ecuadorian children, co-authored by Fogarty Global Health Fellow Sara G. Cifuentes
Microbiology Resource Announcements, August 20, 2024 -
Systematic review study protocol of literature from 2018 to end of 2022 of stated preference studies about HIV care and prevention services around the world, co-authored by Fogarty grant recipient Purnima Madhivanan
BMJ Open, March 28, 2024
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Multidrug-resistant conjugative plasmid carrying mphA confers increased antimicrobial resistance in
Shigella, co-authored by former Fogarty Global Health Fellows Shoma Hayat and Zhahirul Islam
Scientific Reports, March 23, 2024 -
Factors associated with depressive symptoms among returnee migrants and non-migrants working adults in Madi municipality in Nepal: a community-based cross-sectional study, co-authored by former Fogarty Global Health Fellows Pratik Adhikary, Hridaya Raj Devkota, and Dirgha J. Ghimire
BMC Public Health, March 20, 2024 -
Associations of childhood BMI traits with blood pressure and glycated haemoglobin in 6-9-year-old Samoan children, co-authored by former Fogarty Global Health Fellow Courtney C. Choy
Pediatric Obesity, March 4, 2024 -
Inflammatory markers in pregnancy are associated with postpartum weight in South African women living with HIV on antiretroviral therapy, co-authored by Fogarty Global Health Fellow Hlengiwe P. Madlala
JAIDS, Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes, March 4, 2024 -
A researcher-exchange programme made me a better doctor at home and abroad – profile of former Fogarty Global Health Fellow Caleb Skipper
Nature, February 12, 2024 -
The Power of Poetry: Rethinking How We Use Language in Global Health Research, authored by former Fogarty Global Health Fellow Lisa Labita Woodson
American Journal of Public Health, December 14, 2023
Last Updated:
10/18/2024 4:00 PM