Rotterdam Global Health Initiative

Travel grants for early- and mid-career researchers in global health

The RGHI is pleased to offer travel grants to early- and mid-career researchers based at universities outside the Netherlands who are collaborating on ongoing global health projects with any RGHI partner School or Institute.

View the RGHI Travel Grant Call 2026

Welcome to the Rotterdam Global Health Initiative (RGHI), the academic interdisciplinary network initiated and sponsored by the Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands, which has evolved into a vibrant community of global partners across more than 30 low- and middle-income countries.

GROW forest retreat unites over 50 African PhD researchers and Dutch supervisors
The GROW retreat offered an opportunity for researchers and supervisors to collaborate on more equitable, grounded, and policy-relevant global health research
- Monday 14 Jul 2025
- General
Behavioural insights offer scalable solutions for healthier food choices in Southeast Asia
Researchers presented new findings from behavioural experiments in Indonesia and Vietnam, highlighting strategies for policymakers tackling poor nutrition.
- Monday 14 Jul 2025
- General
The negative impact of freezing funding on HIV deaths in Africa
The US recently freezed all their foreign aid programmes. This could result in 150.000 additional deaths and 200.000 new HIV infections in sub-Saharan Africa.
- Thursday 10 Jul 2025
- General

ESE-RGHI-GHE Workshop on Health Economics in LMICs 2026
The workshop will foster in-depth discussions, bringing together development economists and health researchers from across the globe.
- Thursday 4 Jun 2026, 09:00 - Friday 5 Jun 2026, 17:00
- Workshop

Vision

Addressing the social determinants of ill-health and ensuring access to high quality health care for all worldwide.

Mission

Through equitable partnerships across low- and middle-income countries, we contribute to good health as well as accessible and quality health care, informed by excellent interdisciplinary research and education.

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