Applications for the 2025-26 cohort will open November 2025.
The UC TRAC Global Fellowship is a new mentoring and training opportunity for Early-Stage Investigators (ESIs) engaged in Tuberculosis-focused research, who are from and working in LMIC countries with a high burden of TB. This opportunity, granted by the University of California Tuberculosis Research Advancement Center (UC TRAC) with funding from NIH/NIAID will provide tailored mentorship, capacity-building, and stipend funding to elevate the research and career path of participating UC TRAC Fellows (link to flyer).
Program components and requirements
UC TRAC’s fellowship is a one-year program, June 1 - May 31 each year. Core components include:
- Individualized research and career mentoring.
- Discussion series on advances in scientific fields of TB, ensuring equitable partnerships in research, peer-to-peer learning with colleagues, among other global health topics.
- Professional skill development in grant and manuscript writing.
- Involvement in exciting TB research affiliated with UCSF or UC Berkeley.
- Stipend funding (up to $10,000)
- Applicants must be planning to or be involved in research affiliated with a current UC San Francisco or UC Berkeley faculty or research project.
Allowable stipend expenses include: Professional Development (coursework, networking, conference registration/travel/accommodation); Reimbursement of research-related fees publication, research supplies; Supplement expenses for visiting fellowships to UCSF/UCB. Fellows would be required to secure their own visas and accommodation (though recommendations would be made available).
NOTE: Applicants must be involved in TB research affiliated with a current University of California San Francisco (UCSF) or University of California Berkeley (UCB) faculty/mentor. We are unable to support subcontracts to foreign institutions or projects that will require new IRB approval.
Eligibility
Eligible Applicants include:
- Postdoctoral Fellows or Fellows in training
- Clinical Fellows or Assistant Professors
- Advanced Doctoral Students who have advanced to candidacy and are focusing on TB for their independent dissertation research
- Professional Researcher or Research Scientists within 10 years of their terminal degree.
Applicants must have a pre-existing UCSF-UC Berkeley TB mentor and be involved in a TB research project at UCSF or UC Berkeley. UC TRAC is unable to match-make mentors. Applicants will be asked to demonstrate evidence of commitment to TB research. Candidates from diverse research backgrounds in clinical, basic, behavioral-epidemiological, implementation, and/or health disparities are welcomed to apply. Applicants must have or be in the process of obtaining a doctoral-level degree (PhD, MBBS, MD, etc), engage in TB-focused research, and be from and working in LMIC countries with a high burden of TB.
APPLICATIONS CLOSED | Open November 2025
How to apply
Please submit your application by email to info@uctrac.org attaching:
- Completed Application Form (that details your interests and proposal in no more than one page)
- PDF of your current NIH-style biosketch
- 2 Letters of reference from faculty who can speak to your interest/work in TB: One from a UCSF/UCB mentor, and one from your site mentor. Mentors should submit letters to info@uctrac.org directly.
Applications are accepted on a rolling basis for a one-year commitment in program.
Please review the Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) for more information.
Questions about the application/submission can be directed to info@uctrac.org.