Harvard LEAD Fellowship for Promoting Women in Global Health 2027-2028 (Funded) – YOA

Deadline: November 15, 2026

Applications are open for the Harvard LEAD Fellowship for Promoting Women in Global Health 2027-2028. The LEAD Fellowship, a one-yr fellowship designed to advance management expertise amongst people from low- and center-revenue nations, is now accepting functions. Offered by the Harvard Global Health Institute (HGHI) in collaboration with the Department of Global Health and Population on the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, this system helps the continued growth of leaders in international well being.

Program Overview

The 2027–2028 LEAD Fellowship program will encompass a 12-month digital curriculum with a six-week in-person expertise in Spring 2028. Throughout their fellowship yr, fellows will interact in one-on-one management teaching, mentorship, an govt training course, talking occasions, non-public management masterclasses led by Harvard college, and networking alternatives. 

The LEAD Fellowship is very custom-made to every fellow, giving individuals the autonomy to construct their very own management growth curriculum round their particular pursuits, targets, and areas for progress. Fellows are related to world-class college and senior mentors who supply instruction and steering aligned with their particular person targets. They additionally interact in tailor-made management coaching as a cohort and have alternatives for talking, networking, and impartial undertaking work. 

Each yr, fellows graduate from this system having constructed a community of friends and mentors throughout Harvard University. The fellowship expertise particularly goals to supply international well being leaders time to replicate, join, and discover uncharted territories.

Costs

• The in-residence month on campus is financially coated by the fellowship award and fellows will probably be offered a stipend for logistical bills (i.e. housing, flights to and from Cambridge, MA, course charges and day by day per diem for meals and transportation).  

Eligibility

• Applicants will need to have a minimal of a Master’s diploma in a related area. 
• Applicants should work full-time in the sector of world well being and have at the least 10 years {of professional} expertise past their training. Work accomplished as a college pupil doesn’t rely as skilled expertise. 
• Applicants should take a go away of absence (or equal) from their home establishment throughout their six-week in-residence expertise in April 2028. 
• Applicants should be eligible to acquire a J-1 visa for journey to the United States in April 2028 and should be accessible to reside in Cambridge, MA, for six weeks. Visa charges, housing, and flights will probably be coated by the fellowship, and a residing stipend will probably be offered for the time in the United States. 
• In the 2 years previous to their fellowship at Harvard, candidates could not have participated in any full-time fellowship that lasted 4 months or longer. 
• Applicants will need to have substantial management expertise and exhibit additional management potential. 

Application

All application supplies are due by 11:59 PM EST, Sunday, November 15, 2026. Applicants will probably be notified in spring 2027 if chosen for the fellowship. The fellowship will run from September 1, 2027, to August 31, 2028.

Application supplies embrace:

• CV/Resume 
• A Letter of Intent (not more than 1.5 pages in size) The letter of intent ought to describe your skilled journey in international well being and why/how the LEAD fellowship can be transformative for your group and your nation.  
• Four essays (not more than 2000 characters every)
  • Essay 1: Plan for Career Development/Training Activities 
  • Essay 2: Project Plan 
  • Essay 3: Candidate’s Plan to Provide Mentoring 
  • Essay 4: Fellowship Impact on Candidate’s Organization, Field, and Home Country 
• A Letter of Institutional Commitment from their home establishment that helps their proposal to hitch the fellowship program. It can be important to doc the establishment’s dedication to permit the candidate a go away of absence throughout April to focus completely on the LEAD fellowship curriculum actions in residence in Cambridge, Massachusetts. 
• A Letter of Mentor Commitment from somebody inside your group or community that may be a champion of your skilled growth. 
• Two further letters of reference. At least one reference should be out of your present/most up-to-date skilled engagement and should be totally different from the Letter of Mentor Commitment. 

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For extra data, go to Harvard LEAD Fellowship.