Student Fellowships and Employment.
On-Campus Fellowship Opportunities
There are a wide variety of paid fellowships available to you as an on-campus students. Fellowships are structured to provide significant educational, work-based experiences.
Explore some of BUSPH’s Fellowships:
Generation Health
Generation Health reduces financial barriers for students to work with organizations advancing public health in communities local to BUSPH and around the world. This initiative reduces makes it possible for BUSPH students to be paid for work with community organizations that otherwise would not be able to take on paid practicum students. On-Campus MPH students will have the chance to be awarded up to $5,000, which amounts to $20/hour for 240 hours, through a selection process that is intended for students with the greatest need.
Learn more about Generation Health
Justice, Equity, Diversity, Inclusion (JEDI) Fellowship
The Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (JEDI) Fellowship consists of a diverse team of SPH students who are committed to advancing JEDI initiatives at BUSPH by acting as paid consultants to the School, advising on how to design and implement best practices to support our community. The Fellows support faculty, staff, and students to ensure the school’s curricula, course materials, trainings, and research activities are inclusive, accessible, identity-affirming, and representative of the broad world in which public health functions.
Fellows are compensated at a rate of $20 per hour, with an estimated 5-10 hours of work per week for the 2023-2024 academic year.
Learn more about the JEDI Fellowship
Activist Fellowships
The Activist Lab sponsors the Activist Fellowship Program, an opportunity for students to engage in advocacy-related activities on a public health topic for the duration of an academic year. Students work with the Activist Lab to gain the knowledge and real-world experience they need to face each injustice as an opportunity to confront the systems that created it. Activist Lab Fellows are typically paid via stipends and/or tuition credits for the on-campus MPH program.
Learn more about Activist Fellowships
Public Health Post
Public Health Post (PHP) publishes daily on health and social justice by engaging policymakers, journalists, scholars, students, and public health professionals. PHP Fellows research and write powerful stories on health and social justice, profile leaders in health, publish 40+ articles in a year, drive the national dialogue on public health issues, and participate in a startup culture with a diverse team of writers and editors. Each PHP Fellow receives a weekly stipend and commits to a one year fellowship beginning on February 1. The application process is competitive, and opens each fall.
Learn more about PHP
Maternal and Child Health Center of Excellence
MCH Research And Practice Fellowships
Offered through the Maternal & Child Health Center of Excellence, at least 15 fellowships are awarded each year. Research Fellows work with a faculty member on their original research and Practice Fellows are placed in local public health organizations for practice-based learning. The program is available to all students who are willing to take an introductory MCH course, MC725 or GH881, in their first semester of the fellowship (usually the second semester of the on-campus MPH program). Students are provided a stipend.
Learn more about MCH Fellowships
Maternal And Child Health Diversity Scholars Leadership Program
The MCH Diversity Scholars Leadership Program (DSLP) is a unique opportunity designed to increase the number of minority health professionals who can address the longstanding gaps in the health of women and children within minority communities and work toward the elimination of health disparities. The DSLP is a competitive program offering individual alumni mentoring, leadership training, specialized coursework, and financial support for students interested in MCH who are from underrepresented minority communities. Scholars will be awarded a scholarship covering up to 14 credits of tuition.
Learn more about the DSLP
On-Campus Student Employment Opportunities
In addition to Fellowship and Practicum support, our Career and Practicum Office is here to help you identify student employment opportunities–when you are a student and beyond. We post daily and weekly job, practicum and internship opportunities, and are available for 1:1 advising.
Via a combination of scholarships, financial aid, paid work and practicum opportunities, Boston University School of Public Health is committed to reducing the cost of your public health education at BU.
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