SOPHE/CDC Student Fellowship in Injury Prevention

Deadline to Apply: June 1, 2021

The Student Fellowship in Injury Prevention is funded by the CDC’s National Center for Injury Prevention and Control.

The fellowship recognizes, assists and trains students working on research or practice-based projects in unintentional injury prevention from the perspective of health education or the behavioral sciences.

Apply if your project is related to:

drug overdose
transportation/motor vehicle related injury
older adult fall prevention
drowning
suicide
concussion/traumatic brain injury

This can include projects in surveillance and surveys, risk factor identification, educational and policy interventions, evaluations, replications, translation, economics, community promotion, dissemination research, communications.

Settings include schools, workplaces, health care, and communities.

Recipients of the award will receive the following:

$2,000 stipend
Fellowship certificate of completion.
Free one-year SOPHE student membership.
Complimentary registration at SOPHE’s Annual Conference.
An opportunity to display a poster and/or provide an oral presentation on the project.
SOPHE and CDC recognition.

Eligibility

Applicants must be a full time student (9 credit hours or more) in a master’s or doctoral degree program in health education, health promotion, behavioral sciences or a related field.

Project Scope

Projects may be related to:

drug overdose
transportation/motor vehicle related injury
older adult fall prevention
drowning
suicide
concussion/traumatic brain injury

Proposed projects may be new or ongoing. The applicant must have the primary role in conducting the project.

Requirements upon acceptance

Sign a fellowship agreement
Submit a project timeline
Write a mid-year progress report
Prepare a poster and/or oral presentation for the SOPHE Annual Conference
Submit a presentation abstract

Recipients are also encouraged to prepare a manuscript and submit it for publication in one of SOPHE’s journals, Health Education and Behavior and Health Promotion Practice.

Occupation-related injuries will not be considered for this fellowship.

Application Materials

Current resume or curriculum vitae titled with your name/cv.
Project proposal describing the rationale, intended purpose, process/methodology, and potential contribution or impact of the project in 800 words or less titled with your name/proposal.
One letter of recommendation (from an internship coordinator, preceptor, faculty member or other professional) titled with your name/recommendation.
One letter of support from a designated faculty member who plans to work with the applicant on the proposed project and can verify the student is following a course of study in one of the above mentioned disciplines titled with your name/support.

Review Criteria

Proposals will be reviewed by a SOPHE/CDC Fellowship Selection Committee for their scientific and/or theoretical basis, originality, and potential contribution to health education’s role in injury prevention and control.
Applicants will be ranked according to: