In this challenge, master students can help you with working on projects related to global health challenges. Examples include living with HIV/AIDS, health promotion, mental health recovery, diabetes prevention/management...
Our Research Masters Global Health students take on real-world questions at the start of September every year. They do background research, write a short research proposal about what research methods could help get further information, and then propose an intervention. Their help will save you a lot of time.
Their results could help you directly, or could be the basis for a new funding bid or research proposal.
✅ Key features of the challenge
Program: Master's Global Health: Research - Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (vu.nl)
Students per team: 3-4 students.
No. of hours spent per team: 200 hours (this is the total amount of hours spent by all team members)
Duration: September - November
Supervision: Student teams are supervised and guided by senior lecturers.
Deliverables: Presentation and report
Your time investment: 8-12 hours in total (e.g. kick-off meeting, weekly meetings, final presentation, etc.)
Free of charge
📑 Challenge Examples
The student teams can work on research projects related to:
Living with HIV/AIDS
Health promotion
Mental health recovery
Diabetes prevention/management
And any other health related topic that also impact people elsewhere in the world
Concrete example from last year:
The challenge: The Better Care Network would like to know about the practice of the UN Guidelines for the Alternative Care for Children, for victims of sexual violence.
Sub-questions were:
Which guidelines, experiences and good practices are available for rehabilitation and aftercare of sexual violence survivors?
What are the criteria of quality emergency care in an emergency shelter / group home?
Which alternatives are available instead of care in shelters, for example foster care or care in the extended family?
In which situations these forms of family care is feasible?
In which situations and contexts do survivors stay in a family setting, and in which not?
📨 How to apply
You can submit the challenge directly through the website. Provide a title that summarises the challenge. Subsequently, briefly elaborate on your challenge. See link for a template you could use: https://link.masterchallenge.me/challenge-template or use the challenge generator: https://masterchallenge.me/challenge-generator
🗓 Planning
August 29: Deadline for submitting your challenge
August 29: Receiving message if your challenge is approved by the Course Coordinator
Second week of September: Matching phase
Masters students (year 1 of a 2-year programme): Master's Global Health: Research - Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (vu.nl)