External Scholarships

Eligibility: International Fellowships are awarded for full-time study or research in the United States to women who are not U.S. citizens or permanent residents and who intend to return to their home country. Both graduate and postgraduate studies at accredited U.S. institutions are supported. 
Number of Awards: Not stated 
Award Amount: $20,000 - $50,000 
Application Opens: August 1 
Application Deadline: November 15
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Award Name: Albert W. Dent Graduate Student Scholarship 
Eligibility: Minority students enrolled in the final year of full-time study in a healthcare management graduate program (MHA, MPH, MBA in Healthcare Administration) 
Number of Awards: Between the McGaw and Dent Scholarships, up to 15 scholarships 
Award Amount: $5,000 
Application Opens: January 1
Application Deadline: March 31 
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Award Name: Foster G. McGaw Graduate Student Scholarship 
Eligibility: Students enrolled in the final year of full-time study in a healthcare management graduate program (MHA, MPH, MBA in Healthcare Administration) 
Number of Awards: Between the McGaw and Dent Scholarships, up to 15 scholarships 
Award Amount: $5,000 
Application Opens: January 1
Application Deadline: March 31 
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The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) provides an array of intramural and extramural pre-doctoral and post-doctoral educational, research infrastructure and career development grants and opportunities in health services research, including pre- and post-doctoral fellowships, and dissertations.  

The National Institute on Aging initiative provides dissertation awards to increase diversity in the scientific research workforce and to maintain workforce engaged in research on aging and aging-related health conditions within NIA's strategic priorities.  

The Association of Schools and Programs of Public Health has published a guide to financing your public health degree, including tips and tricks to obtaining scholarships and a list of financial aid opportunities. 

The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) makes available NIH Dissertation Award grants (R36) to support drug abuse doctoral dissertation research in NIDA areas of priority. The goal is to facilitate the entry of promising new investigators into the field of drug abuse research and promote transdisciplinary collaborations. 

Award Name: Dissertation Fellowship 
Eligibility Criteria: DrPH and PhD students from historically underrepresented racial/ethnic groups in the dissertation phase of their program whose research focuses on issues of obesity and related chronic disease prevention through physical activity and who are interested in working in underserved communities and minority populations in the US using community-based participatory research. 
Award Amount: $10,000 
Application Deadline: Please visit the website for more information.
Contact Information:  info@yanceyfellowship.org 

Eligibility Criteria: Female students pursuing a Master’s degree in public policy or a related graduate program (such as public administration or public health) at a CA university who plan to pursue a career in the field of children’s health policy/advocacy in CA. Demonstrated financial need. 
Number of Awards: Not stated 
Award Amount: $5,000 
Application Deadline: April 10
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The Fulbright programs offer funding for graduating seniors and graduate students to support travel abroad for study or research. There are two Fulbright programs available. The Fulbright U.S. Student Program is for all graduating seniors and graduate students and is administered by the Institute of International Education (IIE). The Fulbright-Hays Program is for doctoral candidates to conduct dissertation research and is administered by the U.S. Department of Education (USEd). 

The Fogarty International Center, the international component of the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH), maintains a directory listing of international grants and fellowships in biomedical and behavioral research for pre-doctoral and graduate researchers. Its goal is to provide information about additional funding opportunities available to those in the field of global health research. 

The Fogarty International Center also maintains a directory of funding opportunities for post-doctoral researchers. These are available to researchers between completion of a doctoral degree and acceptance of a faculty position. For more information please click here.  

Issued by the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), the purpose of this funding opportunity is to increase the diversity of the mental health research workforce by providing dissertation awards in all areas of research within the strategic priorities of the NIMH. Awards are given to individuals from diverse backgrounds, underrepresented in mental health research, to support the completion of the doctoral research project. For more information please click here.  

Eligibility Criteria: Graduate student at a recognized college or university with a declared curriculum in the Environmental Health Sciences. 
Number of Awards: 1  
Award Amount: $2,500 
Application Deadline: Please visit website for more information.
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Eligibility Criteria: Medical, nursing, dental, public health, pharmacy and policy students with outstanding academic records, leadership, and a commitment to serving Hispanics. 
Number of Awards: 15-20  
Award Amount: $2,000 to $5,000
Citizenship Criteria: U.S. citizens, permanent residents, or DACA are eligible to apply 
Application Deadline: September 23 
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Eligibility Criteria: Native Hawaiian student in an eligible health profession program willing to relocate within Hawaii to serve the Native Hawaiian community upon graduation. 
Number of Awards: Not stated  
Award Amount: Funding for tuition, books, and other educational costs and a monthly stipend. 
Application Deadline: Please visit website for more information.
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The purpose of the Kirschstein-NRSA post-doctoral fellowship (F32) is to enhance the research training of promising post-doctoral candidates who have the potential to become productive, independent investigators in scientific health-related research fields relevant to the missions of the participating NIH Institutes and Centers. 

Eligibility Criteria: Each fellowship supports up to two years of graduate study in any field and in any advanced degree-granting program.  Eligible applicants are green card holders, naturalized citizens if born abroad, or children of naturalized citizens if born in the US.  Applicants must be 30 years or younger. 
Number of Awards: Not stated 
Award Amount: Up to $25,000/year stipend and 50% tuition and fees up to $20,000 
Citizenship Criteria: U.S. citizens, permanent residents, or DACA are eligible to apply 
Application Deadline: October 27
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The goal of this research program, administered by the University of California, is to stimulate research on tobacco control and tobacco-related disease that is of highest priority and potential benefit to the State of California and the nation as a whole.  The program offers post-doctoral and dissertation awards. 

Eligibility Criteria: Resident of the 50 US states, District of Columbia or Puerto Rico. Student in a graduate program in health education, medical school, public health, nursing and/or pharmacy.  
Number of Awards: 35 (10 - $10,000 and 25 - $5,000) 
Award Amount: $5,000 and $10,000 
Citizenship Criteria: U.S. citizens, permanent residents, or DACA are eligible to apply 
Application Opens: May 1
Application Deadline: June 30
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The GRAPES database catalogs extramural funding opportunities of interest to prospective and current graduate students, students working on masters thesis or doctoral dissertation, and post-doctoral scholars.