Preparing student organizations to co-design interdisciplinary global health equity solutions
Join the CGHE community of aspiring student innovators working to build equitable collaborations that improve the health of people living in low- and middle-income countries. The Student Organization Global Health Equity Challenge invites interdisciplinary University of Michigan student organizations that have identified a pressing global health equity need and are collaborating with an international partner to co-design a proposal for positive impact.
Overview. The program begins with attendance at an introductory workshop that introduces students to the CGHE approach to global health equity work and prepares organizations to submit a successful proposal. Members of any established student organization with a commitment to improving global health can attend and benefit from the pre-proposal workshop. Organizations that attend the workshop are invited to submit a proposal for a project that outlines an innovative plan to develop or test a solution or intervention that improves the health of people living in low- and middle-income countries. A select group of finalists will be invited to work with CGHE staff and faculty to refine the project, and then they will participate in a pitch competition with a panel of interdisciplinary judges. All finalists that are invited to pitch a project at the competition will receive funding to support the proposed project. The projects will be implemented with continued guidance and support from CGHE.
The next program cycle begins with the introductory workshop on December 13, 2024 from 12:30 - 4:30 PM for projects that will be implemented beginning in summer 2025. See timeline below and REGISTER HERE to participate.