The Child Health Assessment in the Pacific (CHAP) Undergraduate Summer Fellowship Program provided a summer training opportunity for 30 undergraduate students working towards degrees in nutrition, nursing, early childhood education, public health and other related degrees. Students were enrolled in one of the following CHAP partner institutions:
- Chaminade University
- Northern Marianas College
- University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa
- University of Guam
The objectives of the CHAP Summer Fellowship Program were to:
- Build Pacific regional capacity in early childhood nutrition and health assessment training.
- Develop and sustain the Pacific network of individuals working to monitor and prevent early childhood obesity and health disparities.
- Develop and evaluate a program that will sustain training in early childhood nutrition and health assessment.
CHAP Summer Fellows were awarded with the following for their participation:
- A $2100 stipend
- All travel, meal, and housing expenses for a 7-day training opportunity at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa
- A scholarship* to cover tuition and fees for 4 credits of coursework through the University of Hawai‘i Outreach College
- The resources and support to complete a mentored summer field experience related to diet or anthropometry field assessment techniques
No applications are being accepted at this time but to learn more about the program please check out the videos below:
To see what all of the previous fellows have done in the CHAP Summer Fellowship Program check out the videos on the CHAP YouTube Channel.
Questions? Please contact chapac@hawaii.edu