Grants & Awards
GHI 2026 Seed Grant Program
The Global Health Institute (GHI) is pleased to invite proposals for the 2026 – 2027 GHI seed grant program. This program supports innovative projects that advance the intersection of global health and UW–Madison’s RISE research priority areas, with an emphasis on clear public and global health relevance. The program is designed to launch innovative global research initiatives, foster long-term partnerships and collaborations, and strengthen competitiveness for sustained external funding. Proposals are particularly encouraged to include work in countries identified in UW–Madison’s Global, Together Featured Country Initiative.
The 2026 – 2027 program will award two projects, with each grant providing up to $20,000 in funding. Seed grant funding is made possible through the generous support of Dr. Henry Anderson and the Global Health Institute.
Click here for the RFP information. The deadline to apply is 11:59pm on October 30, 2026.
GHI offers a Henry Anderson III Graduate Award.
The Henry Anderson III Graduate Award supports graduate students pursuing research in environmental and occupational public health. Preference will be given to students in the schools of Medicine and Public Health, Pharmacy, Nursing and Veterinary Medicine, as well as those pursuing local and international environmental public health projects.
For more information, contact globalhealth@ghi.wisc.edu
In 2022, GHI shifted its previous grant and award programs. Here is information on past GHI grants and awards which supported innovative global health work in Wisconsin and across the world. From monitoring mercury contamination in fish to improving care for diabetics. Combating antimicrobial resistance to providing health care to rural families. Improving nutrition to giving emergency physicians information they need when they need it.
There were 157 grants, totaling $2 million to faculty, staff and students jump-started new research, brought international collaborators to campus and opened opportunities for students. Together, they improved health and wellbeing for all–people, animals and the planet.
Past Grant Programs
Please see the list below to search for previous grants and recipients.
GHI Seed Grants supported UW–Madison efforts to launch new global research projects and make them competitive for sustained external funding. Seed Grants allowed researchers to reach across disciplines for collaborators and make many projects possible. All disciplines, from engineers to clinicians, environmental scientists to women’s studies experts, and more were eligible to apply. GHI awarded grants in amounts of up to $20,000 each for the duration of one year.
The Global Health Institute Faculty and Staff Travel Awards were available for UW–Madison faculty and staff to undertake international travel related to educational and research activities. Several grants of up to $2,500 each were awarded for a duration of one year.
Global health and international collaboration have never been more important, and the COVID-19 pandemic showed us the power of technology to connect people across the world. To recognize how our circumstances were ever-changing, GHI supported both in-person Visiting Scholar and Virtual Visiting Scholar Awards. The Virtual Visiting Scholar Awards supported virtual visits to the UW–Madison campus by individuals who substantially enhanced global activities on campus in collaboration with a sponsoring faculty member or faculty team. GHI awarded grants in amounts of up to $2,500, which may have been used for honoraria. The Visiting Scholar Awards brought individuals to campus in collaboration with UW–Madison faculty. GHI awarded grants for in-person visits of up to $5,000.
The GHI Graduate Student Research Awards were available to students pursuing a Ph.D. in any relevant discipline who were exploring topics that would enhance global health activities on the UW–Madison campus and beyond. These grants of up to $3,000 were for the duration of one year.
The University of Wisconsin–Madison Global Health Institute established the Clinical Research Awards for 2019 to support UW–Madison and UW Health clinicians, graduate medical trainees, and students in relevant programs. Applicants were required to be exploring research topics that would enhance global health clinical activities on the UW–Madison campus and beyond. GHI awarded several grants in amounts of up to $5,000 for the duration of one year.