Deadline: November 2, 2026
Applications are open for the Atlantic Fellows for Equity in Brain Health Program 2027-2028. Join a global community of more than 300 Atlantic Fellows from over 65 countries worldwide, dedicated to protecting the world’s aging populations from threats to brain health.
The Atlantic Fellows for Equity in Brain Health program at the Global Brain Health Institute (GBHI) provides innovative training, networking, and support to emerging leaders focused on improving brain health and reducing the impact of dementia in their local communities and on a global scale. It is one of seven global Atlantic Fellows programs to promote societies that expand opportunity, improve health, and foster belonging.
Fellowship Sites
Atlantic Fellows for Equity in Brain Health complete their fellowship year at one of two sites: University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) or Trinity. Both sites share a commitment to advancing equity in brain health and follow a common program structure while drawing on their unique institutional and regional strengths.
Fellows at UCSF complete a part-time, global hybrid fellowship that blends weekly online learning with international in-person sessions and optional visits to San Francisco. Fellows at Trinity complete a full-time, in-person fellowship based in Dublin.
While both programs share the same core structure and values, they are locally delivered, reflecting each site’s expertise and context. Fellows also connect through shared workshops and activities, including the GBHI Annual Conference.
Benefits
- Curriculum: Fellows at both sites participate in an interdisciplinary curriculum focused on brain health, dementia, and health equity. Learning is grounded in lived experiences of people with dementia and includes case-based and experiential components. Fellows develop skills in communication, research design, leadership, and advocacy—preparing them to become transformative leaders in brain health.
- Career Development and Pilot funding: Throughout the program and beyond fellows will receive career mentorship from faculty at GBHI and in their local community. Mentors will help fellows to realize their goals and be transformative and will assist them in applying for competitive pilot awards of up to $25,000 to begin an ambitious project in their home community.
- Lifelong Fellowship: Becoming an Atlantic Fellow for Equity in Brain Health doesn’t end upon completion of the program. In fact, fellows become part of a lifelong engaged community which extends and amplifies the impact of the fellowship. The inter professional and interdisciplinary nature of the program encourages collaborations across sectors and each fellow contributes greatly to the cohort through sharing their experience and expertise.
Eligibility
- The program is for professionals from a wide range of disciplines, including the arts, sciences, economics, policy, medicine, journalism, community-based practice and much more.
- Whatever the discipline, they are looking for individuals working in the area of brain health and dementia who have great ideas, enthusiasm and leadership potential.
Application
Application deadlines:
- Trinity College Dublin: September 18, 2026
- University of California, San Francisco: November 2, 2026
The fellowship begins in late August 2027.
For more information, visit Atlantic Fellows for Equity in Brain Health Program.
