Applications Open for 2025-2026 Global One Health Fellows

To accelerate graduate student research in One Health at NC State, the NC State Global One Health Academy is pleased to announce its call for applications for the 2025-2026 cohort of Global One Health Fellows.

Deadline: Sunday, January 26, 2025, 11:59 p.m.

Background

One Health is an interdisciplinary framework that recognizes the interconnectedness of humans, animals, plants, and the environment, and seeks to sustainably optimize health across these systems. Research that utilizes the One Health approach investigates problems from multiple angles, applying systems thinking to address complex global challenges.

About the Fellowship

Global One Health Fellows will receive one year of support, including a $34,000 stipend, insurance coverage, and tuition remission. They will join an interdisciplinary cohort of graduate students interested in global dimensions of health across humans, animals, plants, and the environment. Fellows will broaden their knowledge in multiple domains of One Health, while learning from peers and mentors from other disciplines to bring new perspectives that facilitate a deeper understanding in their field of study. Fellows will also benefit from professional development opportunities, including through networking, public engagement, career exploration, and interdisciplinary mentorship.

Eligibility

Applicants must be current or incoming graduate students at NC State with One Health-related research that aligns with one or more of the following Global One Health Academy thematic areas: food and water solutions, infectious diseases, and/or climate and global change. Ideal applicants will be early in their academic career (1st or 2nd year), but later-career graduate students are welcome to apply if they have at least one year remaining prior to completion of their degree.

Fellowship Activities

Global One Health Fellows will participate in the following activities: 

• 2-credit hour One Health: From Philosophy to Practice course in Fall 2025 (a one-of-its-kind interinstitutional course collaboratively led by NC State, UNC, and Duke and hosted at the NC Biotech Center in RTP)
• 1-credit hour Global One Health seminar course in Fall 2025
• Monthly professional development meetings
• Global One Health Academy Research Symposium in Spring 2026
• Fall and spring mixers for Fellows and their advisors

Please contact Meredith Spence Beaulieu (spencebeaulieu@ncsu.edu) with any questions.

This post was originally published in Global One Health Academy (GOHA).