Global Public Health for Faculty
Make a Global Impact
The College of Public Health now offers pilot grant funding to encourage international research, partnership development, and career advancement for primary faculty in the UI College of Public Health and to provide opportunities for students at all degree levels to participate in global health research. Additional funding resources are also available.
Collaborating Institutions
Use our connections database to identify potential new research partners and share your research globally.
Visiting Scholars
Invite your international colleagues for a visit to campus. Enhance academic partnerships and discover new collaborations.
Teaching Resources
We have compiled inclusive teaching resources to help you integrate inclusive and diverse global content into the classroom.
Resources and Support in Research
The following resources are intended to help faculty and research staff locate a variety of global health funding sources. If you are aware of a resource that is not currently listed and would be relevant to other public health faculty, please email cph-global@uiowa.edu.
Research Funding Organizations with Global Opportunities
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Department of State
- Fulbright U.S. Scholars Awards
- Fulbright Specialist Program
- U.S. Embassy Grants Programs (country-specific)
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
- International Fogarty Center
- National Cancer Institute
- NIMH Center for Global Mental Health Research
World Health Organization
- TDR for Research on Diseases of Poverty
- WHO Global Observatory on Health Research and Development
- WHO Regional Office Grants (country/region-specific)
Other U.S. Government Agencies
- Department of Defense
- Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Global Affairs
- National Academies of Science Policy and Global Affairs
- NSF Global Initiatives
- USAID
- USDA Foreign Agricultural Services
International Oversight Agencies
Private Foundations
- Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
- Bristol Myers Squibb Foundation Health Equity Funding
- Conservation, Food, and Health Foundation
- Global Coalition on Aging
- International Association on Food Protection Awards
- John Deere Foundation
- John Templeton Foundation
- Roddenberry Foundation Catalyst Fund
- Worldwide Cancer Research
- World Diabetes Foundation