Awards

Scholarship fund to help recruit and develop the best epidemiology students. 

The Fund will be used to provide masters-level students in the Department of Epidemiology with internship and research opportunities, with a preference for supporting internships in unpaid and low-paid professional placements, or temporary support to faculty who have limited financial resources for students to work on research projects with them. If the Department of Epidemiology does not need additional internship and student research support in a given year, then the Fund may be used that year for masters-level student scholarship support in the Department of Epidemiology.

Endowed fund for the purpose of providing scholarships, based on need or merit, for those with a nursing background enrolled in epidemiology.

To provide scholarship support to Epidemiology PhD students who have reached candidacy and are focused on work related to Genomics.

Support for research training of students in epidemiology in honor of Dr. Gene Higashi, who dedicated his life to parasitology, immunology, and comparative pathology.

The fund will be used to support Master's or PhD students in Epidemiology, with a preference for students interested in studying chronic disease.

The Impact Scholar Fund will provide need- and merit-based support to masters-level students in the Department of Epidemiology.

Provides support for Ph.D. students within the Department of Epidemiology, with a preference for those earning a certificate in complex systems and employing systems methods in their thesis.

Student award to support research and presentation in the field of viral respiratory diseases, in honor of “John” Maassab, inventor of FluMist®.

The fund will be used to provide scholarship support for students within the Epidemiology Department whose training emphasizes the principles and methods in epidemiology and biostatistics, and who are in an allied health profession (i.e., dental hygienists, diagnostic medical sonographers, dietitians, medical technologists, occupational therapists, physical therapists, radiographers, audiologists, respiratory therapists, and speech-language pathologists) or who have a background in optometry, dentistry, veterinarian medicine, pharmacy, nursing, and/or podiatry.

Provides support for international MS and MPH students with high academic merit.

Funds are available for the annual lecture and scholarship for dental public health student. 

Endowed fund for the purpose of providing scholarships, based on need or merit, for those with a nursing background enrolled in epidemiology.

Annual award for an outstanding epidemiology/international health student. 

Support for an annual distinguished lecture and a student in epidemiology.

Scholarship to a second-year or doctoral student with high achievement in gene mapping and prevention of breast cancer.

Fellowship support for up to two doctoral students per year, recognizing outstanding scholarship in doctoral research study, honoring former faculty member Francis Payne.

Scholarship support for graduate education in epidemiology.

Scholarship assistance for students studying dental public health.

Scholarship funding for masters or doctoral students in epidemiology. 

Annual scholarship support in honor of M. Wegman, M.D., a former dean and mentor to many public health professionals.

The ProQuest Distinguished Dissertation Awards recognize highly accomplished graduate students who have produced exceptional dissertations of outstanding scholarly quality in any field of study.

The Rackham Predoctoral Fellowship supports outstanding doctoral students who have achieved candidacy and are actively working on dissertation research and writing. We seek to support students working on dissertations that are unusually creative, ambitious, and impactful. Recent awardees can be found on the Rackham Predoctoral Fellowship website.

The Barbour Scholarships were endowed at the University of Michigan in 1917 by Levi Lewis Barbour for women of the highest academic and professional caliber from countries encompassing the large region extending from Turkey in the west to Japan and the Philippines in the east to study modern science, medicine, mathematics, and other academic disciplines and professions critical to the development of their native lands. Recipients will be selected as part of the Rackham Predoctoral Fellowship awarding process.

These awards were established in the 20th century through generous donor support to honor the memories and contributions of Dr. Susan Lipschutz, Margaret Ayers Host, and Ella Smith Avery, who dedicated themselves to supporting women in academia.