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Applications for the 2026-27 cohort due May 30th.
The UC TRAC Global Fellowship is a 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.
Program components and requirements
UC TRAC’s Global Fellowship is a one-year program. 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.
- Professional development funds to attend conferences and networking opportunities.
Applicants must be planning to or be involved in research affiliated with a current UC San Francisco or UC Berkeley faculty or research project.
NOTE: Applicants must be involved in research affiliated with a current University of California San Francisco (UCSF) or University of California Berkeley (UCB) faculty or research project. 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 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. Applicants must have an established mentor at UCSF/UCB.
UCSF does not use race, gender, sex, or other protected categories or proxies for protected categories in the selection process.
APPLICATIONS | Due May 30, 2026
How to apply
Please fill out and submit the application form here. You will be asked to submit the following documents as part of your application:
- PDF of your current NIH-style biosketch
- Describe your plans for the fellowship: what you seek to accomplish, who you will work with, and how this will move your TB research and education forward (500 words max).
- Summary of your current research focused on TB (250 words max).
- Your professional goals in the next 3-5 years and how this UCS TRAC will help you advance your research and career (250 words max).
- Provide a proposed fellowship timeline and plan for your fellowship activities.
- 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 [email protected] external site (opens in a new window) directly.
Application Deadline: May 30, 2026.
Applicants will be notified by the end of June 2026.
Questions about the application/submission can be directed to [email protected]