Brigade Scholarship Opportunities

What Brigade Scholarship Opportunities Are Available?

There are several opportunities for you and your Chapter to receive scholarships to go towards your Donation Goal. Chapter Leaders, Healthcare Professionals (HCPs), and university faculty play an important role in empowering volunteers and growing the Global Brigades movement. To show our support and incentivize Brigade participation, scholarships are available for those who meet specific eligibility criteria.

The following apply to all scholarships awarded by Global Brigades USA and Global Brigades Canada.

USA & Canada

New Chapter Referral Scholarship

Awarded to an individual who refers a friend or colleague to start a new Chapter (using this form). If this new Chapter goes on a Brigade or completes a TeleBrigade, then the referrer (the person who referred the new Chapter) will be awarded a $500 scholarship to allocate towards a Brigade of their choice. 

• Eligibility Criteria
  
  • NEW REFFERAL AND NEW CHAPTER
    The new referral must be for a new Chapter that has not had an active Brigade in the most recent academic year. Chapters are deemed inactive if a Chapter has not planned/sent a Brigade in the previous two years, and we have lost contact with their leader. 
  • MUST SET DATES AND COMPLETE PROGRAM
    The Leader of the new Chapter that is referred must set dates for either a TeleBrigade or Brigade and complete their Program. The scholarship will be awarded to the referrer once the new Chapter completes their Brigade or TeleBrigade.

Brigade Leader Scholarship

A US Brigade Leader that successfully plans an Empowered Brigade for their Chapter may be eligible to receive a scholarship to cover the full Donation Goal for their brigade (including flights). 

If unable to reach the Empowered level but still recruits the brigade minimum, or in the case of Canadian chapters, the scholarship amount will be $1,000 USD / $1,300 CAD

• Eligibility Criteria
  • MEET EMPOWERED OR MINIMUM VOLUNTEER NUMBER 
    The Brigade Leader must recruit the empowered or minimum number of volunteers corresponding to their Brigade and Programming Country.
  • MEET BRIGADE PLANNING DEADLINES
    The Brigade must meet their Initial Donation Goal, Travel Donation Goal, and Final Donation Goal deadlines, as well as maintain a positive working relationship with their Program Associate.
  • SUCCESSION PLAN AND NEW LEADER IN PLACE
    The Brigade Leader must also provide proof of a succession plan or having a new leader already in place for the following year.
• Minimum number of volunteers

Campus Chairperson Scholarship

Recognized Campus Chairpersons (CCs) may be eligible to receive a $1,000 USD / $1,300 CAD scholarship to cover their Donation Goal for up to one Brigade per school year for a Brigade at their own university. 

• Eligibility Criteria
  
  • CAMPUS CHAIRPERSON COMMITTEE MEETINGS
    Attend at least 75% of all monthly CC committee meetings.

• • DEMONSTRATE IMPACT
    They must relay how they helped grow Global Brigades on their campus this year (larger Brigades, new Chapters, conferences, etc).
  • ACHIEVE PERSONAL GOALS
    They must demonstrate their progress towards or achievement of their personal goals that were submitted to Global Brigades as a part of the CC application. 
  • SUCCESSION PLAN AND NEW LEADER IN PLACE
    They must also provide proof of a succession plan or having a new Brigade Leader already in place for the following year.

HCP Scholarships

A Medical or Dental Chapter who recruits Healthcare Professionals (HCPs) to participate in their brigade may be eligible to receive a $400 USD/CAD Chapter Scholarship per HCP to go toward Donation Goals for their Brigade.

• Eligibility Criteria
  
  • ELIGIBLE HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONAL (HCP) TYPES
    Undergraduate University Medical & Dental Chapters are eligible to receive $400 Chapter Scholarships for all HCPs joining their Brigade. For any undergraduate Chapter that is based on a professional club at campus (EMT), the scholarship for all HCPs will be valued at $100.
  • MEET VOLUNTEER MINIMUM
    The Brigade must meet at least the volunteer recruitment minimum for their Program and country.

• • MEET BRIGADE PLANNING DEADLINES
    The Brigade must meet their Initial Donation Goal, Travel Donation Goal, and Final Donation Goal deadlines. 
    
    

HCPs eligible for scholarships: The HCPs listed below are eligible to get a scholarship. However, this does not mean that they will be able to practice during the Brigade based on each country’s regulations. Here is a list of licensed healthcare providers who are able to practice on Brigade. Please reach out to your Program Associate for more information.

Faculty Scholarships

A University Chapter that recruits a university faculty member to participate in their Brigade may be eligible to receive a $400 USD/CAD Chapter Scholarship per faculty to go toward Donation Goals for their Brigade.

• Eligibility Criteria
  
  • MEET VOLUNTEER MINIMUM
    The Brigade must meet the minimum number of volunteers required for their program.

• • MEET BRIGADE PLANNING DEADLINES
    The Brigade must meet their Initial Donation Goal, Travel Donation Goal, and Final Donation Goal deadlines. 
    
    

TeleBrigades Chapter Scholarship

Upon completing a TeleBrigade, the Chapter receives a $500 USD/CAD scholarship to be put towards a future In-Person Brigade at the discretion of their leadership.

• Eligibility Criteria
  • TELEBRIGADE COMPLETION
    Any Chapter that completes a TeleBrigade is eligible to count towards a $500 scholarship for the Chapter, which will be documented and provided to the Chapter at the conclusion of the TeleBrigade.

• • CHAPTER PLANS A BRIGADE 
    

    Within one year of receiving the scholarship, the Chapter can apply their Chapter Scholarship towards an In-Person Brigade. After one year, the scholarship will no longer be valid.

Post-Brigade/TeleBrigade Survey Scholarship

A volunteer who fills in the Post-Brigade/TeleBrigade survey after completing their program could be granted a $1,500 (USD/CAD) Donation Goal Scholarship to be put towards a future In-Person Brigade.

• Eligibility Criteria

  • BRIGADE PARTICIPATION AND COMPLETION
    Any volunteer that has fully fundraised for a Brigade/TeleBrigade taking place between August 2024 and July 2025 is eligible to join the raffle by filling in the Post-Brigade or Post-TeleBrigade Survey.

• • VOLUNTEER COMPLETES THE POST-BRIGADE SURVEY
    After each Brigade and TeleBrigade, volunteers receive a Survey. All volunteers who complete the Survey enter a poll of volunteers from which we will randomly select one person. The volunteer chosen will receive a scholarship worth $1,500 (USD/CAD) for a future Brigade taking place within the following 12 months.

UK

This year, volunteers joining a Brigade run by a UK chapter can get a £100 scholarship towards their individual Donation Goal!

Every volunteer joining an In-Person Brigade -- to Honduras, Ghana, Panama, or Greece -- in 2022 can get this scholarship if they meet volunteer recruitment requirements and Brigade planning deadlines.

 

Thank you to all the volunteers, professionals, and leaders who work to achieve Global Brigades’ shared mission and values. If you have any questions regarding our Brigade Scholarships, please contact your Program Associate. 

Not sure who your Program Associate is? Contact admin@globalbrigades.org