Accepting Applications: Global Health Travel Grants for Students, Trainees, and Faculty Mentors

The MUSC Center for Global Health is excited to offer two rounds of travel grants this Spring - one to support students and trainees interested in global health projects and one to support faculty mentors who are leading groups of students or residents abroad. If anyone has questions, please refer to the links below or contact Kathleen Ellis at ellisk@musc.edu.

Student and Trainee Global Health Travel Grants

The MUSC Center for Global Health is excited to resume our global travel grant program which provides funding up to $2000 each to MUSC students and trainees for international travel to low and middle-income countries. The current application cycle is for travel occurring between July 1 and December 31, 2022. The goal of the awards is to assist recipients in furthering global health research, service learning, or training projects in low- or middle-income countries. The proposal deadline is May 18th, 2022.

Award and Application Details

Faculty Mentor Global Health Travel Grants

The MUSC Center for Global Health is pleased to announce opportunities for international travel grants in low and middle-income countries of up to $2,000 each to MUSC faculty leading groups of MUSC students or residents abroad for education, research, or service-learning programs. Funds must be used within 12-months from the date of the award. The goal of the awards is to assist recipients in providing mentorship to students in furthering global health research or training projects in low- or middle-income countries. The proposal deadline is May 18, 2022.

Award and Application Details

Congratulations to our awardees from the late winter/early spring Student and Trainee Global Health Travel Grant cycle. Read more about the recipient projects.

Meghan Andrews, College of Health Professions – Uganda
Charlene Chalmers, M.D., Pediatrics Resident – Tanzania
Meghan Dempsey, College of Medicine – Peru
Austin Dixon, College of Health Professions – Uganda
Allyson Elrod-Bloom, College of Health Professions – South Africa
Breanna Grant, College of Health Professions – Uganda
Michelle Hunt, College of Health Professions – Uganda
Ipsita Pradhan, College of Medicine – India
Cassandra Stegall, D.O., Pediatrics Resident – Tanzania
Ayesha Vohra, College of Medicine – India