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DGSOM’s Global Health Program (GHP) values the experience students gain from pursuing longitudinal scholarly work. GHP offers funding to help Global Health Equity Pathway and Concentration students to offset research expenses, including conference attendance, travel, software, and/or publication. Funding up to $600 is available per student per year enrolled in the Pathway and Concentration. Funds are only available for mentored global or “local-global” projects (e.g., relating to care in an underserved setting, addressing health disparities). If you are unsure about whether your manuscript qualifies, please email Director of Research, Dr. Kate Dovel.

Note that funding is first prioritized for Pathway students.

Please tick ONE funding category you are applying for. If you are unsure of which category of funding your request fits within or have other questions, please email Ms. Vijeta Vaswani (VVaswani@mednet.ucla.edu).

Conference (domestic or international) funding requirements:
Funding up to $600 is available if the student’s primary mentor cannot support funding from other sources (e.g., grant), and can be awarded in addition to DGSOM’s Student Affairs Office conference funding (Student Affairs provides up to $600). Students must:
- Have an accepted conference abstract (oral or poster) and be the primary presenter of the work.
- NOTE: You can also apply for funding from the DGSOM’s Student Affairs Office.
Educational/Project Expenses:
Funding up to $600 is available to offset the cost of specific educational/project expenses. All educational expenses must directly contribute to a mentors global or local-global project.
Publication Fees:
Funding up to $600 is available to offset costs ssociated with publication fees for manuscripts that students are an author on, was accepted for publication in a peer reviewed journal, and focus on global or local-global health topics. If you are unsure about whether your manuscript qualifies, please email Pathway Director, Dr. Kate Dovel.
Software License:
Funding up to $600 is available to offset costs associated with purchasing software for research purposes (e.g., STATA, NVivo). Before purchasing any software, please email Vijeta to ensure the purchase is allowable by UCLA and does not need to be made directly by UCLA.