Scholarships for CFHI Programs

April 15, 2008 – 6:07 pm
Scholarships for Fall 2008 & Spring 2009

Child Family Health International (CFHI) is offering half and full scholarships during 2008 and 2009. Scholarships are to be used toward the program fees for a CFHI programs. Scholarships to these programs are available during the following months only: September, October, November and December of 2008, February, March, April, May of 2009. CFHI does not have scholarships available during the months of June through August. Recipients of partial scholarships are responsible for the remaining balance of CFHI program fees.

Scholarships will be given to students who demonstrate a commitment to their communities as well as financial need and an interest in exchanging ideas and sharing experiences with people in Bolivia, Ecuador, India, Mexico and South Africa.

Read about the experiences of some of our 2006 scholarship recipients:

Cultural Crossroads in Health, Oaxaca
HIV &Public Health Challenges in India
HIV/AIDs and Healthcare in Durban
Rural/Urban Himalayan Rotation

Spring 2007 scholarship recipients:

Tropical Medicine & Rural Health on the Coast of Mexico
HIV/AIDs and Healthcare in Durban

Fall 2007 scholarship reports:

Communicable Disease in Mumbai 
Urban/Rural Comparative Health, Ecuador
HIV and Public Health Challenges in India
Andean Health in Quito, Ecuador
Urban/Rural Comparative Health Ecuador #2

One full scholarship position has been reserved for student members of IFMSA. For more information on IFMSA, please see www.ifmsa.org. Please indicate on your application that you are an IFMSA member if you would like to be considered for this scholarship.

Click here for Complete Eligibility Criteria

 

 

Recipients of CFHI scholarships will be required to pay their own airfare, and any personal expenses as outlined on the program description pages.

Recipients must keep a clinical and cultural immersion journal to be submitted at the end of the program. They must take photographs while abroad, that may be used on the CFHI website, and in CFHI publications.

Recipients may also be required to write an article about their experience for CFHI newsletters or other puelications. They must also be willing to report their perspective on diversity in the host country with particular focus in medical and social contexts. CFHI will ask recipients to act as campus representatives for prospective CFHI participants, and may be asked to attend study abroad fairs in their local area.

See Eligibility Criteria

Download Scholarship Application

Deadlines for completed applications (incomplete applications will not be considered):

*Fall 08 (Sept - Dec): Deadline of June 15, 2008
Recipients will be notified by July 15, 2008

*Spring 09 (Feb - May): Deadline of November 15, 2008
Recipients will be notified by December 15, 2008

Mail completed applications to:

Child Family Health International
Attn: Scholarships
995 Market Street, Suite 1104
San Francisco, CA 94103

Priority will be given to:
• People of ethnicities underrepresented in CFHI programs
• Those who have had limited opportunity to travel abroad and no prior international health experience

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