Student research fellowships available through Take Back Our Health WV
Do you want to contribute to health equity through policy research that improves access to healthy food, physical activity infrastructure, and safe drinking water?
The Take Back Our Health WV Fellowship supports undergraduate and graduate students to contribute to policy research focused on improving access to healthy food, physical activity infrastructure and safe drinking water for all. This fellowship opportunity grants individual students at institutions of higher education in West Virginia an award to advance policy and systems research and share their findings with TBOHWV partners, practitioners and policy-makers. Students will also gain firsthand experience with public health policy and systems change by connecting with mentors and organizational partners. Undergraduate fellows will be awarded $500. Undergraduate students are encouraged to work closely with faculty mentors. Graduate fellows will receive an award of $1,000. Graduate students are encouraged to connect their policy and systems research with state agencies, community-based organizations, and faculty mentors. TBOH fellows may also be eligible for travel funding to present their policy and systems change research at a conference, forum or other venue.
Applications due October 29, 2021.