The Harvard Global Health Institute (HGHI) is an interfaculty initiative that facilitates collaboration across the Harvard community and partners worldwide to advance global health equity. We tackle the greatest health challenges of our time through innovative transdisciplinary research, education, and partnerships that build knowledge and drive positive change in global health.
Across the Harvard University ecosystem, they partner globally HGHI convenes global health scholars, researchers, practitioners, and experts whose work spans acute, chronic, and next-gen global health challenges. They are a platform for all at the university who engage and wish to engage in global health. with academic institutions, hospitals, health delivery partners, and community and government leaders to exchange knowledge, pinpoint issues, and craft solutions that address the root causes of global health disparities.
In partnership with the Salata Institute for Climate and Sustainability, The Harvard Global Health Institute is now offering a 2-year fellowship program for eligible research fellows, post-doctoral scholars, and early-career faculty pursuing scholarly research at the intersection of climate change and global health. Burke Climate and Health Fellows will work closely with a Harvard faculty mentor in any school or department on their proposed research project during their fellowship.
The Burke Climate and Health Fellowship is made possible through the generous support of Harvard alumna Katherine States Burke, AB’79, and her husband, T. Robert Burke, who established the Burke Fund to help launch and advance the careers of promising early career researchers in global health.
They collaborate with practitioners involved in delivering and administering care at every level to identify critical issues, craft practical solutions, and ensure those solutions reach those who need them most. They teach, learn, and exchange knowledge through global health events, courses, fellowships, and internships that support the advancement of global health leaders.
Benefits
The fellowship award includes a salary of $75,000 per year for a total of up to two years to support scholarship related to climate and health. During the fellowship period, Climate and Health Fellows will be an integral member of the Harvard Global Health Institute and Salata Institute and should expect to participate in cross-University engagements on climate change. All fellows will have physical space both at The Harvard Global Health Institute and at the Salata Institute to build a community of people focused on climate change and its effects. The Harvard Global Health Institute and the Salata Institute expect to support two Climate and Health Fellows to join the 2023 cohort.
Eligibilities
They welcome applicants from both domestic and foreign institutions. Non-US citizens, who are permitted to work within the US, are eligible to apply.
Proposed research projects should have a clear climate and health focus and may include mitigation or adaptation actions that consider or directly evaluate interventions designed to improve health outcomes. Understudied populations, including residents of low- or middle-income countries or regions, children, people who are pregnant, migrant laborers, and racial or ethnic minoritized groups will be prioritized.
Candidates with a doctoral degree or equivalent in a relevant field (e.g., medicine, public health, climate science, epidemiology, environmental health, economics etc.) are eligible.
Ideal candidates are research fellows, post-doctoral fellows, or are within the first 5 years of a faculty position at their home institution.
Candidates must secure a commitment from one Harvard faculty member to serve as a research mentor.
Candidates must commit at least 75% FTE effort to their research for the 2-year program.
Candidates should demonstrate experience performing scholarly research (e.g., publications of peer reviewed manuscripts or policy briefs) as part of their application.
Eligible Regions: Open for All
Application Process
To apply for a Burke Global Health Fellowship applicants must hold a junior faculty appointment at Harvard University (ie: Assistant or Associate Professor, Instructor). Faculty working in disciplines outside of health and life sciences are encouraged to apply so long as the work falls within global health.
To apply for a Burke Climate and Health Fellowship applicants are research fellows, post-doctoral scholars, and early career faculty pursuing scholarly research at the intersection of climate change and global health.
NOTE:
There are three types of Burke Fellowship awards:
Burke Global Health – Research: $75,000 each
Research awards provide opportunities for junior faculty to conduct foundational research that prepares them to be independent investigators or to conduct exploratory work on groundbreaking questions seldom supported by traditional funding sources.
Burke Global Health – Curriculum Development and Teaching: $25,000 each
Curriculum Development and Teaching awards provide opportunities for junior faculty to apply innovative pedagogy to course development and teaching, particularly at the undergraduate level.
(NEW) Burke Climate and Health – Research: $75,000 each
The climate and health award includes a salary of $75,000 per year for a total of up to two years to support scholarship related to climate and health.
How to Apply:
https://globalhealth.harvard.edu/opportunities/fellowships/burke-fellowship/how-to-apply
Application Deadline: March 10, 2023
See also:
https://globalhealth.harvard.edu/opportunities/fellowships/burke-fellowship/contact-2
