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THE 2025 PAUL FARMER LECTURESHIP AND AWARD FOR GLOBAL HEALTH EQUITY

Application Deadline: Sunday, June 8th, 2025 at 11:59 PM EDT.

LOCATION: Canada

The McGill School of Population and Global Health is now accepting nominations for the 2025 Paul Farmer Award for Global Health Equity. The nomination deadline is Sunday, June 8th, 2025. To honour Paul’s legacy, the McGill School of Population and Global Health established a lectureship and award in 2024 that is given on an annual basis to an individual who models and demonstrates Paul’s vision of a ‘preferential option for the poor’ to achieve equity in health.

ELIGIBILITY:

Is a living person, an exceptional practitioner, leading impactful work to address health inequities in underserved communities in any region of the world;

Has a substantial, long-term track record of demonstrably improving health equity at the community level;

Is from any region of the world but nominations from the Global South are especially welcome;

May conduct research or lead an institution as part of their practice, but the award is not based on research track record or an individual’s rank within an institution; it is based on practice or service that leads to improvement of health equity.

The deadline to submit nominations is Sunday, June 8th, 2025 at 11:59 PM EDT. Late submissions will not be considered.

All nominations must be submitted via the online nomination form found below.

Nominators can anticipate receiving notification of the competition results from McGill in September 2025.

Self-nominations are not accepted. All nominations must be submitted by a single lead nominator who will take responsibility for putting together the below package. Nominees must be made aware of their nomination beforehand and provide their consent to the nominators.

BENEFIT:

The Awardee will deliver a special lecture/oration at McGill University and receive a cash honorarium. In 2025, the honorarium will be CAD $5,000. Travel to visit McGill University will also be covered.

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KING SAUD UNIVERSITY INITIATIVE PHD SCHOLARSHIP

Application Deadline: 16 May, 2025

LOCATION: Saudi Arabia

The initiative aims to attract talented and distinguished graduate students from Saudi Arabia and around the world to study at King Saud University (KSU), Riyadh.

The general objective of the initiative is to attract top students from inside KSA, and from around the world, to join KSU community strengthening the quality of PhD students, in a culturally diverse environment, with the following specific objectives:

To facilitate local and international students’ contributions to research productivity in alignment with KSU’s priorities

To advance academic development and innovation at the university level.

To cultivate a dynamic research environment that fosters excellence and interdisciplinary collaboration within the university and with international universities

ELIGIBILITY:

Master’s degree from an accredited institution

English proficiency: Only official TOEFL, IELTS, and STEP scores will be accepted. KSU requires a minimum TOEFL score of 61 on the IBT (Internet-Based Test) or 6 on the IELTS (International English Language Testing System) or 85 on STEP. The KSU admissions code for IELTS (147080) and for TOEFL (7498). A waiver from this requirement is possible if the applicant received a Master’s degree from an accredited institution in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia, or New Zealand.

Two letters of recommendation

Curriculum Vitae (CV), with an evidence of a recent publication or a patent if available.

A statement of purpose.

The GRE general test is preferable but not required unless specified by the selected program.

A personal interview may be required (virtual or in-person).

BENEFIT:

All eligible full-time students will be granted the following benefits under the initiative, which provides support throughout their PhD studies (for 3 years). These benefits include:

Full tuition support

Monthly living allowance [a total of  54,000 ($ 14,400) annually]

On-campus Housing

Comprehensive health coverage at the university hospitals

Relocation support for students from outside Riyadh

Part-time work opportunities might be available

Eligibility to work in KSA for up to one year after graduation

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