Paul Farmer Lectureship and Award for Global Health Equity 2025 ($5,000 CAD prize) Deadline: 8 June, 2025

Applications are open for the Paul Farmer Lectureship and Award for Global Health Equity 2025. To honour Paul Farmer’s legacy, the McGill School of Population and Global Health established a lectureship and award in 2024 that is given on an annual basis to an individual who models and demonstrates Paul’s vision of a ‘preferential option for the poor’ to achieve equity in health.

In particular, the award is used to honour individuals (or couples) working in under-served communities whose work is often not recognized or made visible. They want to honour people who have been bold enough to “counter failures of imagination” and have lived a life of accompaniment. By modeling accompaniment himself, Paul taught us that our lives are in service of others.

Award

• The Awardee will deliver a special lecture/oration at McGill University and receive a cash honorarium. In 2025, the honorarium will be CAD $5,000. Travel to visit McGill University will also be covered.

Eligibility

Eligible nominee:

• Is a living person, an exceptional practitioner, leading impactful work to address health inequities in underserved communities in any region of the world;
• Has a substantial, long-term track record of demonstrably improving health equity at the community level;
• Is from any region of the world but nominations from the Global South are especially welcome;
• May conduct research or lead an institution as part of their practice, but the award is not based on research track record or an individual’s rank within an institution; it is based on practice or service that leads to improvement of health equity.

Application

Self-nominations are not accepted. All nominations must be submitted by a single lead nominator who will take responsibility for putting together the below package. Nominees must be made aware of their nomination beforehand and provide their consent to the nominators.

• Biosketch: Biosketch or brief biography of the nominee which includes their contact information (email and mobile phone numbers) as well as photograph (headshot). 1 page max.
• Rationale for nomination (1,000 words max): What makes the nominee worthy of the Paul Farmer Award for Health Equity? Summary of nominee’s body of work and their impact on tackling health inequities in underserved communities or populations.
• Short resume or CV of the nominee: 10 pages max (Note: While a short resume or CV is required, nominations will be accepted and encouraged on behalf of those who do not have extensive formal academic credentials).
• Nomination letters: Two letters are required, one by the lead nominator and one by a secondary nominator. Each letter should not exceed two pages. Nominators must be able to provide objective evaluations of the candidate and their body of work, demonstrating the nominee’s impact on improving health equity in underserved communities through evidence or citations. Additional letters beyond the required two cannot be submitted.

The deadline to submit nominations is Sunday, June 8, 2025 at 11:59 PM EDT. Late submissions will not be considered.

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For more information, visit Paul Farmer Lectureship and Award.