Applications for the 2025-2026 Year Are Now Open!
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Students applying for NEPHTC Student stipend must have their project approved and confirmed by their university and field placement site prior to application.
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).
Proof of Impact
By the Numbers
*Agreed or Strongly Agreed
Data from Common Metrics Reporting period 7/1/22-6/30/23
View Field Placements by the Numbers (July 2018 – June 2024)Employment Status One Year After Program**
80.7% of students are employed.
76.1% of those 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