What NIH Fogarty International Center Global Health Fellowship actually covers.
The NIH Fogarty International Center supports research training fellowships for scientists from low- and middle-income countries, including across sub-Saharan Africa. Fogarty-funded programmes — such as the African Bioethics Training Programme, the Global Health Fellows Programme, and the AIDS International Training and Research Programme — enable African health scientists to conduct cutting-edge research at US institutions and return to lead research capacity at home institutions.
Who can apply.
Open to phd, postdoctoral applicants. Eligible nationalities are listed below.
46 more eligible countries — full list available on the official application page.
Accepted fields.
NIH Fogarty International Center Global Health Fellowship currently lists the following eligible fields of study. Other related disciplines may also be considered — check the official call.
Four steps to a complete application.
Scholar Africa is a discovery and tracking platform — the application itself is submitted directly through the official provider site. The steps below mirror our HowTo schema.
Check eligibility
Confirm your nationality, academic level, and field of study match the criteria above.
Eligibility checklist
Prepare documents
Transcripts, recommendation letters, personal statement, and a valid passport.
Document checklist
Submit the application
Submit before December 1, 2026 via the official portal.
Submission checklist
Track your application
Use your Scholar Africa dashboard to monitor status and deadline reminders.
Post-submission checklist
What we checked, when we checked it.
Every scholarship on Scholar Africa goes through six checks (link, contact, organisation, winners, third-party, manual review). NIH Fogarty International Center Global Health Fellowship currently scores 9.0/10.
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Other scholarships worth a parallel application.
Same eligibility window or destination. Many strong applicants apply to three or four programmes per cycle.