Funding and Careers

The Office of Global Public Health is pleased to offer master's level international internship funding support for University of Michigan School of Public Health residential master's students to complete internships that fulfill a curricular requirement for a master's degree program.

The Office of Global Public Health competitively awards doctoral international travel stipends for University of Michigan School of Public Health doctoral students in the first two years of their program. Funding is intended to support preliminary visits to prospective overseas dissertation sites, to facilitate planning doctoral dissertation research or to support other research-related expenses for dissertation preparation.

The Office of Global Public Health offers funding support for a one-year postdoctoral fellowship in global public health at the University of Michigan School of Public Health (UM-SPH). Awards are intended to support postdoctoral fellows who will complete research in global public health, especially projects with a focus on low- and middle-income countries. Postdoctoral candidates require nomination and mentoring by a University of Michigan faculty member whose primary appointment is through UM-SPH. The Tappe Postdoctoral Fellowship program has been suspended for the 2025 and 2026 application cycles.    

The Office of Global Public Health administers a global public health conference travel funding program for School of Public Health graduate students. A limited number of awards are available, and funds are intended to support graduate students who have been invited to present their research via an oral or poster presentation at a recognized global public health conference in the U.S. or abroad. 

The University of Michigan Minority Health and Health Disparities Research Training (MHRT) Program, funded by the National Institutes of Health, supports the research training of students at all academic levels interested in global public health. 

A comprehensive listing of international funding opportunities at the University of Michigan for undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral students for many programs of study. Deadlines vary.

• UM Center for the Education of Women+
  • Scholarships: Deadline in May
  • Fellowships: Deadline in March
• UM Center for Global Health Equity
  • Summer Research Internships: Deadline in February
  • Research Development Grants: Deadline in February
• School of Social Work
  • View full list of social work opportunities: Deadlines vary
• College of Literature, Science, and the Arts
  • Sustainable Food Systems Initiative Summer Internship Fellowship: Deadline on April 1
• UM International Center
  • View International Center funding opportunities: Deadlines vary
• Rackham Graduate School
  • Rackham International Research Awards: Deadline is February 15
  • Other Rackham funding awards: Deadlines vary
• UM International Institute
  • II Student Fellowships: Deadline is February 15
  • Luce Scholars Program: Deadline is September 15
  • Boren Fellowship: January 15 (campus deadline)
  • Foreign Language and Area Studies: Deadline is February 1
  • US/ED Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad Fellowship (DDRA): Intent letter deadline in January
  • Fulbright U.S. Student Program: Deadline is August 24
• UM International Institute Centers: 
  • African Studies Center (ASC)
    • ASC conference, research and internship support: Deadlines vary
  • Lieberthal Rogel Center for Chinese Studies (LRCCS)
    • LRCCS fellowship and grants: Deadlines vary
  • Weiser Center for Europe and Eurasia (WCEE)
    • WCEE summer grants for research and internships: Deadline is February 15
  • Center for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies (CREES)
    • CREES summer research and internship grants: Deadline in February
  • Donia Human Rights Center
    • Graduate Student Fellowships: Deadlines vary
• UM William Davidson Institute
  • Summer internships, field scholars; Contact: amforce@umich.edu
• MLibrary
  • Non-UM funding and fellowship/internship resources
• Mary Sue and Kenneth Coleman Global Experience Scholarship
  • Funds study abroad and other global experiences