Faculty Micro Grants
Northwestern's Faculty Micro Grants fund faculty-mentored global health research projects, supporting travel, supplies, and software for research involving medical students in partner countries.
Funder: Northwestern University
Due Dates: Rolling
Funding Amounts: Up to $2,500 per faculty member per year; typically supports travel, supplies, or software for global health research.
Summary: Provides micro grants to full-time Northwestern faculty mentoring medical students in the Area of Scholarly Concentration program for modest expenses related to global health research.
Key Information: Only available to full-time Northwestern faculty currently mentoring AOSC students.
Description
The Faculty Micro Grants program, administered by the Robert J. Havey, MD Institute for Global Health at Northwestern University, offers micro grants to support full-time faculty who are mentoring medical students in the Area of Scholarly Concentration (AOSC) program. The grants are intended to provide modest financial support for travel to international partner sites, basic study supplies, and/or essential software to facilitate credible and sustainable global health research involving student mentorship. Priority is given to projects with substantial research activity in partner countries. Funding is not intended for long-term research projects or expenses already covered under existing mechanisms.
