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 2025-2026 Year Are Now Open!

2025-2026 Application

Student Stipend Program Guidebook 2023-2024

View a PDF Version of the Application Here!

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