MBF’s Beyond Fellowship

For healthcare students and trainees

Experience mission early in your healthcare career.

Discover how your skills, faith, and calling can come together through a meaningful medical mission experience.

Applications Open November 13Explore the Fellowship

Applications open Friday, November 13, 2026.Three $3,000 fellowships available for the 2027 pilot year.

Learn. Serve. Grow.

MBF’s Beyond Fellowship is designed for emerging healthcare professionals who want to explore how their skills, faith, and calling can be used to serve others through global health. Whether pursuing a career in medicine, nursing, pharmacy, dentistry, or another healthcare field, Fellows share a desire to learn, serve, and grow through meaningful medical mission experiences.

Fellows have the opportunity to serve alongside healthcare professionals and organizations caring for communities around the world. Through these experiences, students gain a broader perspective on healthcare, learn from those serving in different contexts, and see firsthand how excellent medicine and the hope of Jesus can work together to bring healing.

We hope the experience shapes not only where Fellows choose to serve, but how they approach their calling to healthcare for years to come.

  • Learn

    Gain new perspectives by learning alongside healthcare professionals serving communities around the world.

  • Serve

    Use your growing healthcare skills in support of meaningful, locally led medical mission work.

  • Grow

    Develop greater cultural humility, compassion, and understanding of healthcare in a global context.

  • Live Your Calling

    Explore how your faith and healthcare career can come together to extend excellent care and the hope of Jesus.

Is MBF’s Beyond Fellowship for you?

MBF’s Beyond Fellowship is designed for U.S. healthcare students and trainees who are interested in experiencing Christian medical mission as part of their professional formation.

Eligible fields may include

  • Medicine
  • Nursing
  • Physician Assistant
  • Pharmacy
  • Dentistry
  • Physical Therapy
  • Occupational Therapy
  • Other Healthcare Fields

Successful applicants will demonstrate a heart for serving others, a desire to learn through an immersive medical mission experience, and an interest in exploring how Christian faith can shape a life and career in healthcare.

Your Beyond Fellowship Journey

  1. 1

    Find Your Experience

    Identify and apply for a qualifying medical mission experience through an established sending organization.

  2. 2

    Apply to MBF

    Apply for MBF’s Beyond Fellowship and tell us about yourself, your proposed medical mission experience, and what you hope to learn.

  3. 3

    Become a Beyond Fellow

    MBF will review applications and select up to three Fellows for the 2027 pilot year.

  4. 4

    Go Beyond

    Travel with your sending organization and immerse yourself in the opportunity to learn, serve, and grow alongside healthcare professionals and the communities they serve.

  5. 5

    Return & Reflect

    After you return, share what you learned with MBF and reflect on how the experience may shape your healthcare career and future service.

$3,000

Fellowship awards · three Fellows in 2027

Supporting Your Opportunity to Go Beyond

MBF plans to select three Beyond Fellows for the 2027 pilot year, with each Fellow receiving a $3,000 award to support eligible expenses associated with an approved medical mission experience.

Eligible expenses may include approved trip or program fees, airfare, housing, ground transportation, visas, required travel insurance, and other approved trip-related costs.

View Fellowship Guidelines

Final eligibility and expense guidelines will be provided as part of the application process.

More Than One Experience

For more than 60 years, MBF has walked alongside Christian healthcare leaders and institutions around the world—strengthening the people, systems, clinical capabilities, and spiritual foundations that allow healing ministries to flourish.

MBF’s Beyond Fellowship extends that vision to the next generation of healthcare professionals. By experiencing medical mission early in your career, you’ll have the opportunity to learn from others, grow in your calling, and consider how God might use your healthcare skills in service throughout your life.

Your fellowship experience may last a few weeks. What you learn from it—and how God uses it—could influence the way you practice healthcare for a lifetime.
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Your Path to Becoming a Beyond Fellow

  1. November 13, 2026

    Applications Open

  2. January 15, 2027

    Applications Due

  3. Late January 2027

    Applications Reviewed

  4. Early February 2027

    Beyond Fellows Announced

  5. Spring / Summer 2027

    Fellows Complete Medical Mission Experiences

  6. Within 30 days of return

    Fellowship Reflection & Follow-Up

Frequently Asked Questions

  • Do I need to find my own medical mission experience?

    Yes. Applicants are responsible for identifying an eligible medical mission experience through an established sending organization. MBF provides fellowship support but does not organize or operate the trip.

  • Do I need to be accepted for my trip before I apply?

    Applicants may begin the application process while acceptance is pending, but confirmation of acceptance or registration for the proposed medical mission experience will be required before fellowship funding is finalized.

  • Does my trip have to be through MBF?

    No. Eligible experiences may be operated by established medical mission organizations outside of MBF.

  • Can MBF connect me with one of its partner hospitals?

    MBF works alongside Christian hospitals and healthcare ministries in several countries. When appropriate opportunities exist, MBF may be able to facilitate an introduction for students interested in learning more about serving with a partner organization. An introduction does not guarantee placement or acceptance.

  • How many Beyond Fellowships are available?

    MBF plans to select three Fellows for the 2027 pilot year.

  • How much is the fellowship award?

    Each selected Fellow will receive a $3,000 award toward eligible expenses associated with an approved medical mission experience.

  • What can fellowship funds be used for?

    Eligible expenses may include approved program or trip fees, airfare, housing, ground transportation, visa expenses, required travel insurance, and other approved costs directly associated with the Fellow’s participation.

  • What happens after I return?

    Beyond Fellows will complete a short reflection and follow-up with MBF within 30 days of returning. We want to hear what you learned, how the experience shaped you, and where God may be leading you next.

Ready to Go Beyond?

Your healthcare career is just beginning. Experience how your skills can serve others, how much you can learn from healthcare professionals around the world, and how God might use your calling in ways you haven’t yet imagined.

Applications for MBF’s 2027 Beyond Fellowship open Friday, November 13, 2026.

Application Deadline: January 15, 2027

Applications Open November 13View Eligibility & Guidelines

Questions? Contact the MBF team at info@mbf.org.