RESEARCH IMMERSION GRANT The Global Health Research Immersion Grant supports hands-on experiences in low- or middle-income countries or within international institutions engaged in global health research and practice. Each semester, the Institute awards a handful of applicants—in groups or individually—anywhere from $3,000 to $10,000 to pursue their projects abroad. During their trips, the students post on our travel blog at uscglobalhealth.blogspot.com .
FEATURED GRANT RECIPIENT: Teddy Curran Undergraduate grant recipient Teddy Curran was awarded a global health immersion grant for his project, “Investigation of Tobacco-Sponsored Schools in China.” During the 2012 commencement, he was recognized as a USC Global Scholar, an honor given to undergraduates with GPAs of 3.5 or better who spent at least 10 weeks studying outside the U.S. Of the 33 Global Scholars, Curran and nine others were each awarded $10,000 to be applied toward graduate study. “I’m very grateful to IGH for supporting my public health research in China. For four months, I immersed myself within a dedicated team of tobacco control experts in Beijing. With the team’s invaluable assistance, I had the opportunity to act as Principle Investigator on the investigation of multiple tobacco company-sponsored schools. I was able to learn through trial and error—lessons that can only be learned by practice in fieldwork. To me, the global scholar prize is not a celebration, but encouragement as I continue a career path in medicine and global health.” – Teddy Curran, B.S. Global health and B.A. East Asian Languages, 2012
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