How Are Grants Awarded
The Partners Steering Committee evaluates all grant applications. The following criteria are used to score applications.
- Personal goal for virtual or in-country experience and impact on career
- Service to ASCP
- Level of training (Resident all years through Fellow)
- Strength of CV, including research outside the field
- Research during residency training
- Strength of Personal Statement
- Salary funding
Grant Conditions
- Applicants must be Resident or Fellow-in-Training members of ASCP training in pathology in the U.S.
- Virtual or in-country activities must engage Partners sites.
- Options include, but are not limited to, Botswana, Rwanda, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Ethiopia, Ghana, Liberia, DRC, Malawi and Haiti.
- In partnership with BIO Ventures for Global Health (BVGH), additional sites are available through their collaboration, including Cote d’Ivoire (French language preferred), Kenya, and Nigeria.
- Details are found on the application form.
- Funds are awarded at the time of notification of the awards.
- A full written report is required upon completion of the rotation.
- Participants may be asked to provide testimonials, video clips, or photos for ASCP Foundation and CGH use.
- Optional: Participants are encouraged to submit their research as an abstract to the ASCP Annual Meeting after completion of the rotation.
How to Apply
- Complete application form
- A Personal Statement describing the following:
- What do you want to accomplish on the rotation?
- What is your interest in global health?
- A letter from your current Residency or Fellowship Program Director authorizing participation and explaining any requirements for rotation credit (e.g. formal evaluation, supervision by a pathologist, etc.)
- Include if there is any salary funding for the rotation from your institution.
- Explain how time will be spent engaging virtually, platform to be used, and time commitment.
- Examples of your ASCP participation, such as volunteering as a Resident Representative or with an ASCP Commission or Committee
- Your current curriculum vita
*Applicants must be ASCP Resident or Fellow-in-Training members. Not a member. Join today!
Please email any questions to globalhealth@ascp.org.
