Center for Global Health

The MUSC Center for Global Health, reporting to the Office of the Provost, is a university-wide initiative to bring global efforts under one umbrella to advance the global vision of MUSC and to serve as a catalyst for the innovative work of our faculty and students. The mission of the Center for Global Health is to advance MUSC’s efforts to improve health in South Carolina and around the world through research, education and training, and service.

Global Health Funding Opportunities Now Available

Student and Trainee Travel Grant Applications Due October 21

The Center for Global Health is now accepting applications from MUSC students and trainees for travel grants to support upcoming global health projects. Annually, the center offers annual opportunities for international travel grants in low and middle-income countries of up to $2,000 each to MUSC students and resident trainees.

• Deadline to apply: October 21, 2024
• Earliest anticipated notification: November 8

For application requirements and more information, please click here.

Faculty Mentor Travel Grant Applications Due November 1

The annual application cycle for the Center for Global Health Faculty Mentor Travel Grant opportunity is now open. The center offers international travel grants of up to $2,000 each to MUSC faculty leading groups of MUSC students to low- and middle-income countries for education, research, or service-learning programs. 

• Deadline to apply: November 1, 2024
• Earliest anticipated notification: December 1

For application requirement and additional details, please click here.  

Faculty Pilot Research Grant Applications Due November 3

The center is also seeking applications from MUSC faculty for pilot research grants. Annually, the Center for Global Health funds several pilot research grants, of up to $20,000 each, for a 12-month period. The primary purpose is to stimulate research in low and middle-income countries, with the larger goal of enabling investigators to leverage preliminary findings and data to obtain larger awards of external funding.

• Deadline to apply: November 3, 2024
• Earliest anticipated notification: December 5

For application requirement and additional details, please click here.

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