2009 Center for Global Health - University Scholar Application
Please submit a project narrative including the following:
Submit no more than 4 single spaced pages.
Background
Describe the global health issue that you will address with your project. Why is it important? Who does it affect? How does it impact the community(ies) affected by it? What is already being done to address it, if anything?
Rationale
Please briefly state the aspect of the global health problem that you wish to address including where you will work. Why have you chosen this aspect and this site?
Include discussion of how your proposal can be respectful of and of service to the focus community.
Hypothesis/Research Question Please state in one or two sentences what your specific research question is.
Methodology 1) Describe the site including mentors and available resources/services.
2) Describe the population that you will be working with.
3) Describe the methodology that you will use to collect data.
4) Describe your planned analysis of the data.
5) Briefly discuss alternative strategies to address your hypothesis in the event that your initial plans are untenable. Expected Outcomes
What are your expectations for the outcome of your project? For you? For the study participants? For the community? How will you share information with the people in the community where you conducted your work? Do you expect to present, publish or otherwise disseminate your findings? Please explain. References
Personal Statement Please describe how this work fits with your prior experiences, academic coursework, and/or future plans. What skills or qualifications do you possess that will be useful to you? What skills/experiences do you hope to gain?
Please send letters of support from each faculty mentor (including your host country mentor) via email to ctrglobalhealth@virginia.edu or to Center for Global Health/PO Box 800822.
If you are involving additional faculty mentors, please ask them to forward their letters of support for you to aballard@virginia.edu