Johns Hopkins University’s Center for Global Women’s Health and Gender Equity invites applications for its 2025-2026 year-long, part-time fellowship. This sponsored program builds evidence skills for gender equity and GBV in low- and middle-income settings through mentorship, select Bloomberg School of Public Health coursework, networking, and a mini-project.Advertisement

Scholarship Deadline: 

16 January 2026

Scholarship Details:

• University or Organization: Johns Hopkins University
• Department: Center for Global Women’s Health and Gender Equity (CGWHGE), Bloomberg School of Public Health
• Course Level: Professional development fellowship (part-time, year-long cohort for practitioners, PhD students, postdocs, or junior faculty)
• Award: Full sponsorship including travel costs, course registration, and faculty mentorship (no stipend for time commitment)
• Access Mode: Online (virtual activities with one funded in-person convening)
• Number of Awards: NA
• Nationality: Open to nationals from low- or middle-income countries
• The award can be taken in the USA  (primarily virtual; in-person elements in Baltimore, MD)

Scholarship Eligibility Requirements:

• Eligible Countries: Low- or middle-income countries (must currently live/work there)
• Acceptable Course or Subjects: The fellowship supports gender equity and gender-based violence (GBV) work, including evidence generation, synthesis/analysis, translation, mini-projects (e.g., secondary data analysis), and select BSPH coursework (e.g., STATA, Gender Analysis, GBV Research, Women’s Health).
• Admissible Criteria: To be eligible, applicants must meet all the following criteria:

• Currently working in gender equity/GBV field, or in a PhD, postdoc, or junior faculty position focused on gender/GBV (current master’s students ineligible).
• Demonstrate prior research experience, monitoring/evaluation, and/or exposure to statistical software (e.g., STATA, R).
• Professional working proficiency in written and spoken English.
• Applicants should be from and currently living/working in a low- or middle-income country.  Applicants must be currently working in the gender equity/GBV field.  We will also consider those studying in a PhD or in a Postdoc or Junior faculty position focused on gender/GBV. Applicants should demonstrate some research experience, monitoring and evaluation and/or exposure to statistical software (STATA, R, etc.).

Scholarship Application Guidelines:

Submit the online application when it opens on December 15, 2025 (closes January 16, 2026). Notifications by February 16, 2026. Apply via: CGWHGE GBV Fellowship page.

Scholarship Benefits

Covers travel, course registration, and mentorship; builds skills via coursework, weekly seminars, networking, and a mentored mini-project on gender equity/GBV. Supported by the David and Lucile Packard Foundation. Program runs March 2026–early 2027.

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