University Mental Health Fellowship


Applications are now closed for the 2025 cohort.

About the Fellowship:

The GenMH University Mental Health Fellowship, launched in Summer 2023, is a 6 month funded opportunity for undergraduate/bachelors students.


It is aimed at university students who have identified a mental health need on their campus and have a program they want to launch to address that need. The Fellowship sees successful applicants participate in a number of workshops and mentoring sessions tailored to support and empower them to design, implement, and evaluate their own mental health project.



Mentorship applications are now open

We are inviting experienced professionals, advocates, and changemakers to serve as mentors in our 2025 University Mental Health Fellowship Program  to support young people in developing innovative mental health projects across their university campuses. Our fellows, hailing from Africa and Asia, are designing bold campus-based interventions on issues around eco-anxiety, drug use among youths, suicide prevention, media advocacy, and mental health education. To guide their growth and ensure impact, we are looking for:


  • Professionals, researchers, or advocates with expertise in mental health, psychology, public health, communications, creative media, advocacy, or youth development.
  • People with lived experience, community-based knowledge, or cultural insights relevant to Africa and Asia.
  • Mentors willing to commit 4 hours monthly over the next 6 months for virtual check-ins, guidance, and strategic support for each fellow.


Mentors will receive a 200 USD honorarium for their contribution



Apply here to be a Mentor


Hear from one of our previous Fellows:

Molly Ogbodum

During my time as a fellow I was deeply immersed in the learning focused on building unique skills in mental health project management, implementation and evaluation. The learnings were particularly useful in enabling me develop my project (The WiDE project) engaging in awareness and knowledge creation, addressing mental health and substance use issues as well as ensuring young people were well connected to the mental health discourse. 


One key component of the fellowship that stood out for me was the mentorship which provided me with the needed support and guidance I needed to see my project to completion. 


As an alumni, I encourage young people interested in growing and advancing their skills in mental health advocacy to seize this opportunity, contribute to the development of innovative solutions to pressing mental health issues and make tremendous impact in their university community.


- Molly Ogbodum, 2023 Fellow



Meet our 2025 Fellows:

Our 2023 Fellows