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