Timeline

Important Note: 

This timeline is tentative and will be updated pending renewed funding for our program.

2025:

October:

  • U-M MHRT Program online application typically opens

November:

  • Information session typically held over Zoom, providing program and site overview, and sharing perspectives of past trainees.

Through late 2025: Research placement sites and project details are subject to change based on international partner needs, and website updated accordingly. 

2026:

January:

  • Application deadline is typically mid-January.
  • 2025 MHRT trainees present at the Global Public Health poster session in Ann Arbor 

February:

  • Early February- Interview invitations typically extended to select candidates
  • Mid- to late-February: Placement decisions typically made 

March and April:

  • Pre-traineeship training, health and safety requirements and travel planning begins

May:

  • Trainees attend in-person orientation in Ann Arbor 
  • Trainees depart for sites 

June & July:

  • Research placements begin
  • Trainees participate in weekly Journal Club meetings 

August:

  • Trainees depart upon reaching a minimum of 10 and a maximum of 12 weeks at their training sites 

September: 

  • Post-traineeship requirements and reports are completed