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Faculty Opportunities

For faculty, the Center for Global Health and Development provides support through:

  • Establishing formal relationships with international entities and organizations to facilitate faculty engagement and exchange.
  • Hosting global health networking events to bring faculty interested in global health together and formulate working groups able to respond to global health initiatives. Expertise in global health at UNMC spans campus-wide.
  • Providing guidance for faculty on developing research and training program proposals with global health partners, special considerations for international research, and how to create a viable implementation plan for research-based overseas.
  • Sponsoring university-wide presentations on global health topics for faculty and students.

Faculty Funding Opportunities

There are many grant opportunities from NIH, USAID, and other agencies and foundations, as well as news around the developing world related to global health and development.

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
Grants supporting research to improve the quality, accessibility and cost-effectiveness of health care.
American Medical Association Foundation
AMA Community Health Programs Grants support innovative partnerships of physician-led community agencies.
American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
Research awards and fellowships to promote world health through prevention and control of tropical diseases.
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Collaborates with partners to promote long-term solutions that help people live healthy, productive lives.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Announcements of CDC grant funding opportunities.
Community Access to Child Health
CATCH planning, implementation, and resident grants support innovative community-based child health initiatives.
Emerging Leaders in Public Health
Leadership development initiative to equip local public health officers with vital knowledge and skills.
Environmental Protection Agency
EPA funding opportunities and application procedures.
Fogarty International Center
Funding opportunities to support the field of global health research.
Food and Nutrition Service
FNS discretionary grant opportunities.
Health Effects Institute
HEI funding opportunities for air pollution and health research.
Health Resources and Services Administration
Searchable database of opportunities by key program area.
Human Impact Partners
Funding for partnerships with grassroots community groups on rapid-response health impacts research.
Indian Health Services Divisions
Grant opportunities within the IHS Divisions of Grants Management.
Maternal and Child Health Bureau
Inviting low-cost, scalable, innovative ideas supporting child and maternal health.
National Institutes of Health Guide for Grants and Contracts
Official NIH publication of notices of grant policies, guidelines and funding opportunity announcements.
Public Health Workforce Development
Funding for schools of public health and other specialized training programs for the public health workforce.
Rural Health Information Hub
Please contact the funder directly for the most complete and current information.
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
SAMHSA grants help build resilience and facilitate recovery for people with or at risk for mental or substance use disorders.
The Kresge Foundation
Works to expand opportunities in U.S. cities through grant making and social investing.
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Funding for a wide array of research and initiatives to address some of America’s most pressing health challenges.
Wellcome Trust
Funding focused on addressing pressing and fundamental problems that confront human and animal health.
W. K. Kellogg Foundation
Supports efforts to improve the health of mothers, families and children in schools and in their communities.