FSPH & Campuswide Scholarship Opportunities

Newly admitted students are automatically considered for most of the departmental and schoolwide awards for which they are eligible – there is nothing you need to do to ensure you’re considered for these awards, except where noted as “Student Application”. All admitted FSPH students will be contacted by our Director of Financial Services if scholarships become available for which they are eligible to apply. Note that eligibility requirements below are a guide only. Other eligibility requirements may apply.

Dean's Leadership Grants 

Award Amount: $20,000 per award ($10,000 per year for 2 years) 
Awards Given: 3-12 awards annually per department
Application Process: If you meet the eligibility requirements, you will be automatically considered for this award by your department.
Eligibility: For incoming MPH students, based on academic and personal achievements, dedication to the field of public health, and financial need.  

Fielding Fellowships

Award Amount:Up to $40,000 per year (2 year fellowship) 
Awards Given:  5 Fellowships

• The Andrew B. Fielding Fellowship in Mental Health*
• The Preston J. Fielding Fellowship in Environmental Health
• The Jonathan E. Fielding Fellowship in Health Policy
• The Karin B. Fielding Fellowship in Maternal and Child Health
• The Jonathan E. and Karin B Fielding Family Fellowship in Nutrition*

Application Process: If you meet the eligibility requirements, you will automatically be considered for this fellowship by your department.
Eligibility: For incoming masters (MPH and MS) those enrolled in a joint MPH or MS degree program will also be considered, based on financial need and academic merit. 

*Recipients will be chosen every other year for each fellowship. Two fellowships for 2019-2020, will be awarded for only 1 year.

Eugene and Sallyann Fama Fellowships

Award Amount: Up to $36,000 per fellowship, distributed over two years
Awards Given: 2-4 awards annually
Application Process: If you meet the eligibility requirements, you will be automatically considered for this award by your department.
Eligibility: Demonstrated need, academic merit, probability of having a significant impact in the student's area of study.

Jean Balgrosky and Parker Hinshaw Fellowship

Award Amount: $16,000 per award, distributed over two years
Awards Given: One student fellow is chosen every other year
Application Process: If you meet the eligibility requirements, you will be automatically considered for this award by your department.
Eligibility: Financial support for public health students pursuing graduate degrees in any of the school's departments that have demonstrated financial need. 

Opportunity Awards for Incoming Students

Award Amount: $3,000 to $20,000 per award
Awards Given:  3-10 awards annually per department
Application Process: If you meet the eligibility requirements, you will be automatically considered for this award by your department.
Eligibility: For incoming masters and doctoral students in each department, based on academic merit and personal achievements, financial need and dedication to public health.

Ric and Suzanne Kayne Fellowships

Award Amount: Up to $23,000 per award
Awards Given: 10 new awards annually
Application Process: If you meet the eligibility requirements, you will automatically be considered for this fellowship by your department.
Eligibility: The fellowships are available to MPH students who have demonstrated a commitment to developing and implementing projects to work among disadvantaged communities.

Awards by Specific Topic Area or with Departmental Eligibility:

Health Policy and Management Alumni Association Scholarship & Health Policy and Management Scholar Award

Award Amount: In-state tuition and fees for first year of MPH studies
Awards Given: Varies (1-2) per year
Application Process: Nomination by the Department of Health Policy and Management (HPM) and review by the HPM Alumni Association Scholarship Committee. If a student meets the eligibility requirements, they will be automatically considered for this award by the department.
Eligibility: Student pursuing an MPH degree in the Department of Health Policy and Management. Students who have demonstrated academic excellence, strong professional experience, leadership potential and financial need.

Eleanor De Benedictis Award for Incoming Students

Award Amount: Between $20,000 - $35,000 per year
Awards Given: 1- 3 awards annually
Application Process: If you meet the eligibility requirements, you will be automatically considered for this award by your department.
Eligibility: Financial support for trained nutritionists or dietitians who are pursuing graduate degrees in any of the School's departments.

Laurie and Bill Benenson Environmental Health Fellowship

Award Amount: $40,000 per year
Awards Given: One student fellow is chosen every two years
Application Process: Nomination by the department of Environmental Health Sciences. If you meet the eligibility requirements, you will be automatically considered for this award by the department.
Eligibility:  Students pursuing an MPH degree in Environmental Health Sciences at the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health, demonstrated interest in and commitment to working on a major environmental problem, academic achievement, financial need, demonstrated likelihood of working in a high need community, demonstrated likelihood of having an impact.

Levin-Gordon Health Policy Management Fellowship

Award Amount: $20,000 per fellowship, distributed over two years
Awards Given: One award annually
Application Process: Nomination by the department of Health Policy and Management. If you meet the eligibility requirements, you will be automatically considered for this award by the department.
Eligibility: Student pursuing a masters degree in Health Policy Management at the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health.  Students should have a demonstrated interest and commitment to working on a public health issue and show potential to make significant contributions as a leader in the field of health policy management.  A new recipient is chosen every other year.

FSPH Opportunity Awards (Block Grants)

Award Amount: $1,000 - $10,000
Awards Given: Multiple awards given annually by each department
Application Process: If you meet the eligibility requirements, you will be automatically considered for this award by your department.
Eligibility:  For returning students in all departments pursuing a masters or doctoral degree, based on academic merit and personal achievements, financial need and dedication to public health.

Dowdle Award in Mental Health or Tuberculosis

Award Amount: Up to $35,000
Awards Given: One award annually
Application Process: Student application. Students will be informed when the application is available.
Eligibility: For continuing doctoral students with a demonstrated interest in mental health or tuberculosis and demonstrated service or work in the field of mental health or tuberculosis.

Roemer Award in Social Justice

Award Amount: $20,000 in the student’s final year of study
Awards Given: 1-2 Awards annually
Application Process: Students complete an application to be considered for this award. Students will be informed when the application period opens.
Eligibility: For continuing students working on topics of social justice with demonstrated financial need. 

Anne Sullivan Reher Livio Award in the Protection and Well-Being of the Homeless

Award Amount: Up to $15,000
Awards Given: One Award annually
Application Process: Student Application. Students will be notified when the application becomes available.
Eligibility: To provide financial support for continuing students with a demonstrated interest in protecting and improving the well-being of the homeless and demonstrated service of work in the field of homelessness. 

Carolbeth Korn Scholar Award

Award Amount: $10,000
Awards Given: One Award annually
Application Process: If you meet the eligibility requirements, you will be automatically considered for this award by your department.
Eligibility: For the most outstanding graduate student within FSPH, based on overall academic performance, professionalism and dedication to public health and who commits to two years of professional practice in the United States after graduation.

Celia G. and Joseph G. Blann Fellowship

Award Amount: $10,000 per award
Awards Given: Two Awards annually
Application Process: If you meet the eligibility requirements, you will be automatically considered for this award by your department.
Eligibility: For general academic excellence at the doctoral level.

Abdelmonem Afifi Student Fellowship

Award Amount: $5,000 
Awards Given: One Award annually
Application Process: If you meet the eligibility requirements, you will be automatically considered for this award by your department.
Eligibility: For general academic excellence at the masters level combined with a well-balanced and humanitarian understanding of the field of public health.

Eleanor De Benedictis Award for Continuing Students

Award Amount: $5,000
Awards Given: 1-2 awards annually
Application Process: Student application. Students will be informed when the application is available.
Eligibility: To provide financial support for nutritionists or dietitians at the masters level who are pursuing graduate degrees in any of the School's departments and have demonstrated financial need.

Raymond D. Goodman Scholarship

Award Amount: $5,000 per award
Awards Given: Two Awards annually
Application Process: If you meet the eligibility requirements, you will be automatically considered for this award by your department.
Eligibility: For general academic excellence at the masters and doctoral levels.

Samuel J. Tibbits Fellowship

Award Amount: $4,000
Awards Given: One Award annually
Application Process: If you meet the eligibility requirements, you will be automatically considered for this award by your department.
Eligibility: For general academic excellence at the doctoral level and dedication to public health.

Student Public Health Challenge Award

Award Amount: $1,000 – 5,000
Awards Given: Six Awards annually
Application Process: Applications for this award are via an annual student writing challenge on a pre-determined topic. Applications will be reviewed and evaluated by faculty from their home department based on proof of concept, foundations in public health, and the strength of argument. One finalist from each department will be selected to move forward to the oral presentation challenge delivered at the annual Lester Breslow Lecture. The winner receives $5,000; finalists receive $1,000 each.
Eligibility: All FSPH students are eligible to submit essays to the challenge.

Judith Blake Memorial Fellowship

Award Amount: $2,500
Awards Given: One Award annually
Application Process: If you meet the eligibility requirements, you will be automatically considered for this award by your department.
Eligibility: For general academic excellence combined with a strong commitment to the field of demography, population, and/or reproductive health as a career.

Juneal Marie Smith Fellowship in International Nutrition

Award Amount: $2,500
Awards Given: One Award annually
Application Process: If you meet the eligibility requirements, you will be automatically considered for this award by your department.
Eligibility: For general academic excellence to a graduate student who is pursuing a career in international nutrition.

Dean's Outstanding Student Award

Award Amount: $1,000 per award
Awards Given: One award per department annually
Application Process: If you meet the eligibility requirements, you will be automatically considered for this award by your department.
Eligibility: For the top student in each department, based on overall academic performance, professionalism, and dedication to public health.

FSPH Student Travel Grants for Conference

Award Amount: Up to $600 per award
Awards Given: Multiple Awards quarterly
Application Process: Students submit an application to the FSPH Student Affairs Office. 
Eligibility: To qualify, you must be an FSPH student with an accepted abstract/poster/paper/presentation at a professional conference.

E. Richard (Rick) Brown Social Justice Award 

Award Amount: $500
Awards Given: One Award annually
Application Process: If you meet the eligibility requirements, you will be automatically considered for this award by your department.
Eligibility: This fellowship supports an MPH or PhD student who conducts research and/or demonstrates policy advocacy to expand healthcare coverage for all.

The Beverlee A. Myers Fellowship

Award Amount: Varies
Awards Given: 1-2 awards annually
Application Process: Nomination by any FSPH faculty member. If you meet the eligibility requirements, you will be automatically considered for this award by the department.
Eligibility:    This fellowship is available to those Health Policy and Management students who exemplify scholastic excellence, personal integrity, and dedication to social justice and equity in health services.  Preference will be given to doctoral students working on dissertations dealing with issues of social justices and secondarily to doctoral or master's degree students anticipating a career in the government sector. 

Health Policy and Management and Community Partner Fellowship

Award Amount: $2,500-$5,000
Awards Given: Two awards annually
Application Process: Nomination by the Department of Health Policy and Management. If you meet the eligibility requirements, you will be automatically considered for this award by the department.
Eligibility:   For general academic excellence at the masters and doctoral level.

Ann G. Quealy Memorial Fellowship

Award Amount: $500
Awards Given: Two awards annually
Application Process: Nomination by the Department of Health Policy and Management. If you meet the eligibility requirements, you will be automatically considered for this award by the department.
Eligibility:   Funds support one MPH student and one EMPH student each year who best demonstrate scholastic achievement and concern for others.

Levin-Gordon EMPH Scholarship

Award Amount: Varies
Awards Given: One Award annually
Application Process: If you meet the eligibility requirements, you will be automatically considered for this award by your department.
Eligibility: This award provides financial support for a promising second year student in the Executive Education Program based on academic achievement. Must be pursuing an MPH degree in the Executive Health Policy Management Program at the Fielding School of Public Health.  

Quick Links

• Funding Eligibility for UC Grad students who meet AB540 and/or DACA Criteria

Application to most summer internship funding sources at FSPH is made through one centralized application form, which is generally made available to students in Winter quarter of each year. 

Ann and Phil Heymann Global Fellowship Fund

Award Amount: Up to $5,000
Awards Given: One Award annually
Application Process: Student Application
Eligibility: For summer internships and based on student's demonstrated interest in/commitment to a career in global health addressing health inequalities, the merit of the student's proposal and financial need.

Ann Sullivan Reher Livio Fellowship to Address Homelessness

Award Amount: $5,000 per award
Awards Given: Two Awards annually
Application Process: Student Application
Eligibility: For summer internships focused on topics of homelessness.

Catherine Cheshire and Lan Sing Wu Fellowship

Award Amount: $3,000
Awards Given: One Award annually
Application Process: Student Application
Eligibility:  For summer internships focusing on topics of women's health and/or epidemiology.

Child and Family Health Program Fellowship

Award Amount: Up to $5,000 per award
Awards Given: 6-8 Awards annually
Application Process: Student Application 
Eligibility: For domestic (US-based) summer internships focusing on maternal, child and/or family health topics. Must be a U.S. citizen or permanent resident.

Dean's Global Health Fellowships

Award Amount: Up to $5,000 per award
Awards Given: 8-12 Awards annually
Application Process: Student Application 
Eligibility: For summer internships as an international field experience in low- or middle-income countries; students must be pursuing a global health certificate.

Dowdle Internship in Mental Health or Tuberculosis

Award Amount: $5,000 per award
Awards Given: Up to five awards annually
Application Process: Student Application
Eligibility:  For the investigation of topics related to tuberculosis or mental health.

Drabkin-Neumann Global Public Health Field Experience

Award Amount: Up to $5,000 per award
Awards Given: 2-5 Awards annually
Application Process: Student Application
Eligibility: For summer internships for CHS students with an international field experience in developing countries. Internship must overlap in areas of interest of CHS, such as family, child and maternal health, and nutrition.

Fred H. Bixby Fellowship

Award Amount: Up to $5,000 per award
Awards Given: 2-5 Awards annually
Application Process: Student Application 
Eligibility: For summer internships with an international field experience in the reproductive health arena.

PJ Fielding Child Health Fellowship

Award Amount: Up to $5,000 
Awards Given:  One award annually
Application Process: Student Application 
Eligibility: For summer internships with an international field experience working with children in a developing country.

Summer Community Fieldwork Fellowship

Award Amount: Up to $5,000 per award
Awards Given:  2-5 awards annually
Application Process: Student Application 
Eligibility: For domestic or international internships in any topic area.

UCLA Public Health Scholars Training Program

Award Amount:$3,000 per award
Awards Given: 35 Awards annually
Application Process: Online application
Eligibility: For students enrolled in a four-year institution (community college transfers eligible) who have completed at least two years of undergraduate education or graduated Spring term 2017 and have not been accepted into a graduate program.