Skip to content. Consideration will be based on strength of the proposal, its intended outcomes and promise, and whether the applicant has received a fellowship in the past. Group applications of eligible Narrative Medicine MS grads are also welcome; if awarded, each member of the group will receive a fellowship with individual financial support.
Each proposal should identify a faculty advisor for guidance on the project. Advisors can be faculty of the Columbia Narrative Medicine program, faculty from another school or department within Columbia University, or a site supervisor or administrator from another institution.
Advisors should be familiar with the area s of focus in the proposal and their roles may vary as per the scope and intended outcomes of the proposed project. If a proposal intends for any human subject research activities to take place as part of the project, a faculty advisor must be eligible to submit documents to the corresponding IRB as a Principal Investigator PI for the project.
In some circumstances, an advisor may be recommended by the fellowship committee. At the close of their fellowship year, all Fellows are encouraged to present their work at a Narrative Medicine gathering such as Volvox. Alumni interested in applying should submit a proposal including the following information by July 31, Itemized proposed budget to reflect division of expenses related to materials v.
Anticipated impact including but not limited to products such as published article, outcome analysis, presentations, curricular development, etc. Applicants under active J1 or H1 student visas at time of Fellowship application submission may not be considered for the duration of the visa. How can we re-author conversations collectively, in non-therapeutic and non-clinical contexts, in response to social issues of punishment and incarceration using narrative medicine as a tool to challenge carceral visuality?
