Minority International Research Training Grant in the Biomedical and Behavioral Sciences

This award was started to provide international research training opportunities in health disparities to qualified minority undergraduate students, graduate students and faculty members. Applicants must be from health disparities populations and/or are underrepresented in basic science, biomedical, clinical or behavioral health research career fields. Grantees of this award will conduct a research least 10-12 weeks during the summer or one semester during the academic year. The research should be on a wide variety of diseases and health conditions. Participants will also travel to work with international investigators in countries around the world such as Mexico, Uganda, Ghana, Australia, Peru, Spain and South Africa.