GlobalP3HS

In 2022, the SSPH+ Global PhD Fellowship Programme in Public Health Sciences (GlobalP3HS), funded by Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (Horizon 2020 - COFUND) and Fondation Botnar, went into its fourth year. This programme supports 51 young scientists that perform cutting-edge research and are keen to become the next generation of public health leaders in both the academic and non-academic sector. GlobalP3HS students are under the supervision of one of 200+ public health faculty members affiliated with an SSPH+ partner and they are enrolled at their supervisor’s university and registered in one of several structured PhD programmes led by SSPH+ Faculty members. Moreover, they follow courses that are provided by the SSPH+ Inter-university Graduate Campus (IGC) – including health economics, public health, epidemiology, social health sciences, nursing or law. Students must pass at least 18 ECTS, including formal training in transferable skills and research ethics. Furthermore, they complete at least a three-month internship at a non-academic institution that allows for them to explore non-academic career paths as part of their PhD career-path. A key feature of GlobalP3HS is the “sandwich model”: It includes a low- and middle-income country (LMIC) partnership for the PhD thesis, shared supervision, fieldwork and/or research-stays in the LMIC, aiming to build sustainable research capacity in LMICs. SSPH+ Directorate member, Dr. Jorgen Bauwens is the GlobalP3HS program manager. The SSPH+ Directorate is responsible for the grant distribution and follows-up and supports the students to meet the programmes’ requirements. More information about the GlobalP3HS direction, steering committee and important contacts can be found here.

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