Internships and Fellowships

ICAP provides opportunities for graduate students in public health and related fields to gain experience in international HIV/AIDS prevention, care, and treatment, in New York and/or at our country programs in sub-Saharan Africa.

Current Opportunities

  • Monitoring and Evaluation Practicums

    Approximately seven practicum placement opportunities related to monitoring and evaluation exist for students at the Mailman School of Public Health. These practicums may be based in Ethiopia, Mozambique, Rwanda, Tanzania, or New York.
  • Women’s Health and HIV Fellowships

    A small number of funded fellowships are available for students from Columbia's graduate schools to work with ICAP staff as they implement and evaluate HIV programs. Each fellowship will include up to eight weeks of work with ICAP in sub-Sarahan Africa, as well as varying amounts of time working at ICAP New York. Fellowships will be personalized and designed to match student experience with specific program needs.

Past ICAP Internships

Past internships have included:

  • Critical reviews of routine data for prevention of mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT) of HIV and HIV care and treatment (based at ICAP-Tanzania)
  • Evaluation of data quality for a patient-tracking system  (based at ICAP-Mozambique)
  • Analysis of adherence to treatment (based at ICAP-NY)

Read about past interns’ experiences 

Supervision and Mentorship

ICAP staff will provide mentorship and supervision to students as they support ICAP activities and complete their projects.  Each student will be paired with an ICAP-New York-based mentor and an in-country mentor, if applicable. These mentors will support the student with orientation, project development, skills coaching, and arrangement of logistics, such as housing and ground transportation. 

For Africa-based interns, in-country teams will serve as a larger support network and aid students on issues related to projects and living in-country.

Evaluations and Reports

Students and mentors will each complete evaluations, and each student will produce a brief report on their experiences.

How to Apply

Applications are no longer being accepted for 2008 placements.  Please check this page in the future for information on 2009 opportunities.