Launched in Fall 2013, the Global Partnership Awards help UNC-Chapel Hill faculty, staff and students sustain and develop partnerships with international institutions, with preference given to proposals that include designated UNC strategic or emerging partners.
A total of $20,000 is available each fiscal year for awards between $500 and $3,000. For the 2015-2016 award cycle, an average award of $1,400 was given. Funds are distributed by the Global Relations office with support from the Chancellor’s Global Education Fund, the only pan-University, unrestricted fund that supports UNC’s top global priorities.
“We’re delighted to have such a talented group of award recipients from across the University, working in fields as diverse as epidemiology, music and German with partners around the world in countries such as England, Kenya and Brazil,” said Ronald Strauss, executive vice provost and chief international officer. “The Global Partnership Awards are one of the many ways Carolina invests in partnerships with peer institutions around the globe.”
2015-2016 Global Partnership Award Recipients
- Phillip Bold, graduate student
Department of Philosophy, College of Arts and Sciences
Partner institution: King’s College London (United Kingdom)
- John Paul Balmonte, graduate student
Department of Marine Sciences, College of Arts and Sciences
Partner institution: University of Oldenburg (Germany)
- Gregory Characklis, professor
Department of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Gillings School of Global Public Health
Partner institution: Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen (Germany)
- Ross Boyce, fellow
Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, School of Medicine
Partner institution: Mbarara University of Science and Technology (Uganda)
- Suzanne Landi, graduate student
Department of Epidemiology, Gillings School of Global Public Health
Partner institution: University of Auckland (New Zealand)
- Nora Franceschini, research associate professor
Department of Epidemiology, Gillings School of Global Public Health
Partner institution: University of Sao Paulo (Brazil)
- Alexandra Hill, graduate student
Department of Music, College of Arts and Sciences
Partner institution: King’s College London (United Kingdom)
- Richard Langston, associate professor
Department of Germanic and Slavic Languages and Literatures, College of Arts and Sciences
Partner institution: Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen (Germany)
- Benjamin Murphy, graduate student
Department of English and Comparative Literature, College of Arts and Sciences
Partner institution: King’s College London (United Kingdom)
- Justin Myers, clinical assistant professor
Department of Emergency Medicine, School of Medicine
Partner institutions: University of Nairobi and Kenyatta National Hospital (Kenya)
- Lindsay Taillie, research assistant professor
Department of Nutrition, Gillings School of Global Public Health
Partner institution: University of Chile (Chile)
- Gabriel Trop, assistant professor
Department of Germanic and Slavic Languages and Literatures, College of Arts and Sciences
Partner institutions: Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen (Germany) and University of Zürich (Switzerland)
- Jonathan Weiler, senior lecturer
Curriculum in Global Studies, College of Arts and Sciences
Partner institution: King’s College London (United Kingdom)
- Courtney Woods, lecturer
Department of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Gillings School of Global Public Health
Partner institution: Federal University of Bahia (Brazil)
For more information about application requirements and instructions, visit the Global Partnership Award web page on the UNC Global website.
