Deadline: 20 September 2024
Applications are now open for the Atlantic Fellows for Equity in Brain Health at GBHI 2024-2025 . GBHI's Atlantic Fellows for Equity in Brain Health programme offers innovative training, networking and support to emerging leaders focused on improving brain health and reducing the impact of dementia in their local communities and on a global scale. It is one of seven global Atlantic Fellows programmes to promote fairer, healthier and more inclusive societies.
Join a diverse community of more than 230 Atlantic Fellows from over 50 countries dedicated to protecting the world's elderly populations from brain health threats.
GBHI Atlantic Fellows join a 12-month full-time residential programme at the University of California, San Francisco (USA) or Trinity College Dublin (Ireland). While much of the core Atlantic Fellows programme at GBHI is a shared experience between the founding sites, there are specific opportunities at each site that can be aligned with your specific training and career goals. Applicants must select a location for the fellowship year experience when applying. This is a paid scholarship.
Benefits
- CV
- Fellows participate in interdisciplinary learning sessions related to brain health, dementia and health equity, including: neuroscience, health economics, social determinants of health, health policy, etc.
- Through observational, case-based and experiential learning, fellows gain insights into the lived experience of people with dementia in clinical and community settings, and get involved in projects aimed at promoting brain health.
- The fellows will develop skills that could help them obtain funding for their future work and improve their public speaking and other ways of disseminating ideas.
- Fellows receive leadership training with the aim of preparing them to be a transformative influence on brain health around the world.
- Career development and pilot funding
- Throughout the programme and beyond, fellows will receive professional mentoring from GBHI faculty and their local community. Mentors will help fellows realise their goals and be changemakers, and help them apply for competitive pilot awards of up to $25,000 to start an ambitious project in their home community.
- Lifetime stipend
- Becoming an Atlantic Fellow for Equity in Brain Health at GBHI doesn't end upon completion of the programme. In fact, its fellows become part of a lifelong engaged community that extends and amplifies the fellowship's impact. The interprofessional and interdisciplinary nature of the programme encourages collaboration across sectors and each fellow contributes enormously to the group by sharing their experience and knowledge.
Eligibility
- Applicants come from all over the world and are expected to have a significant impact on their home communities once the scholarship is completed.
- Candidates from all disciplines and professional backgrounds are encouraged to apply.
- Candidates must have a solid base of experience and knowledge and be ready to carry out meaningful and impactful work.
- Candidates must complete the highest degree and associated training they wish to obtain in their specific field.
- Availability and willingness to complete 12 months of full-time study in residence in San Francisco (USA) or Dublin (Ireland)
- Long-term commitment to the values, mission and objectives of the programme, including a potential pilot project after the scholarship year.
- The ability to realise creative and relevant projects
- Ideas that could transform the global brain health environment in vulnerable communities
- English proficiency
- Successful completion of the area-specific terminal degree and associated training, as applicable
- Willingness and ability to travel internationally as required.
Application
Applications are analysed competitively and successful candidates will be invited for an interview. Interviews are by invitation only. All candidates are notified of their interview status by e-mail.
The application's components include:
- Online application
- CV or curriculum vitae
- Statements of Purpose
- Applicants should write thoughtful and succinct answers relating to their interest in the programme and future goals.
- Two letters of support
