Students
NEPHTC Student Stipend Program
NEPHTC provides stipends of $3,500 to 27 students per year for field placements and faculty-student collaborative projects throughout New England. To qualify, you must be a graduate or doctoral student pursuing a degree in a health profession, or a 3rd- or 4th-year undergraduate student pursuing a public health degree, and work with a public health or nonprofit agency supporting populations that do not have adequate access to medical care (ex. rural).
Applications for the 2024-2025 Year Are Now Open!
To learn more, if you have any questions, or if you need help with the application process, please contact: NEPHTC Student Internship Coordinator, Maurine Crouch, at maurine.crouch@yale.edu or NEPHTC Regional Coordinator, Candice Bangham, support@nephtc.org.
Students applying for NEPHTC Student stipend must have their project approved and confirmed by their university and field placement site prior to application.
Proof of Impact
By the Numbers…
- 100% of students agreed* that learning objectives of the placement/project were met.
- 100% of students agreed* that they identified actions they will take to apply information they learned.
- 96.15% of students agreed* that information they learned during the placement/project is relevant to their future public health career plans.
*Agreed or Strongly Agreed
Data from Common Metrics Reporting period 7/1/22-6/30/23
Employment Status One Year After Program**
- 80.7% of students are employed.
- 76.1% of those who are employed work in health or public health.
Impact**
- 100% of those working agreed or strongly agreed that their placement prepared them for the work they do now.
**Data from 2023 participants, gathered one year after participation
In Their Own Words…
- Listen to Fawatih Mohamed-Abou’s describe the benefits of her internship experience.
- “I loved interacting with community members and being able to make their voice heard in policy level decision making efforts.”
- “This funding opportunity made it possible for me to turn an idea into a reality.”
- “I loved having the opportunity to experience real world public health work.”
Participant Exit Survey, 2022-23