Students

1. The NEW AID Foundation provides stipends for master’s and doctoral students in public health to conduct public health research abroad on the abandoned infectious diseases of marginalized populations. These diseases include, but are not limited to, tuberculosis, malaria, trypanosomiasis, filariasis, schistosomiasis, dengue fever, leishmaniasis, leptospirosis and enteric pathogens. Projects should evaluate the molecular, behavioral, social, or interventional epidemiology associated with these diseases. 

Find detailed information for applicants on their website. - click on “grants”.

2. International Research and Exchanges Board Awards for Short Term Travel (Europe and Eurasia). Visit website.

Deadline: typically early February.

3. Weatherhead East Asian Institute Summer Funding - WEAI offers summer funding for East Asia-related endeavors through a variety of fellowships. For complete information, please visit the Institutes web pages.
 

Deadline: typically late February/early March. Note that Mailman School master’s students are eligible for the following awards only:

• Daniel & Marianne Spiegel Fund Grant
• SYLFF Fellowship
• SYLFF Grant
• Weatherhead Ph.D. Training Grant
• Weatherhead Training Grant

4. The J.W. Saxe Fund awards a prize of $1,500 to roughly one dozen college or graduate students involved in public service. The award is intended to help recipients gain practical experience in public service by enabling them to take a no or low-pay positions or internship during a summer or other semester. For details, please visit their website.

Deadline: typically early March.

5. Leitner Family Student Fellowships to support research in Africa. For more information visit the Columbia University Institute of African Studies (IAS).

Deadline: typically mid-late March.

6. The Institute of Latin American Studies (ILAS) at the School of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University is privileged to receive funding from the Leitner Family Foundation, the Tinker Foundation, and the U.S. Department of Education to provide grants and fellowships to Columbia University undergraduate and graduate students and junior faculty. For details, visit ILAS.

Deadline: typically early April.

7. The Earth Institute supports travel by students matriculated in Columbia University degree programs engaged in research projects dealing with issues of sustainable development and/or environmental protection. The travel must be for projects directly related to degree studies at Columbia University. The maximum travel grant award is $750 per person.

The travel grant program funds individuals rather than projects. Thus each member of a research team may apply individually for funding and there is no limit to the number of people who may apply from any single project group.

Deadline: typically early October. Visit Earth Institute Travel Grant Announcement for details.

8. The Foundation Center Search for grants and grant making organizations.