Financial Assistance

Eligibility

Community Health Sciences (CHS) students officially admitted to the Maternal and Child Health Program (MCHP) are eligible to apply for financial assistance through the MCHP. This special funding is available through the DHHS Maternal and Child Health Bureau and the Irving B. Harris Foundation. Student support through MCHP includes a limited number of assistantships, scholarships, and travel awards.

Preference is given to students who hold a terminal clinical degree within their designated discipline (such as a Master's degree in Nursing or Social Work or a Registered Dietitian), those who have two years of paid professional MCH experience, and/or students with outstanding academic performance. Students must submit a Program Proposal in MCH their first term and must also maintain MCH as their major course of study.

Special funding is available for qualified first year and continuing doctoral students in the MCH Epidemiology program.

 

Application Process

All MCHP students will be notified via email of when to submit their application form each semester.   

 

UIC Maternal and Child Health Awards

Maternal and Child Health Student Research Award
This award is presented annually to one graduate student (MPH or MS) enrolled in the Maternal and Child Health (MCH) program or the MCH Epidemiology program who presents a poster at the annual SPH Student Research Forum and Awards Day. A panel of judges will determine the candidate who will receive the award. The candidate receives $250. The research project must address a MCH topic, utilize appropriate research methods, provide evidence of supporting data and present a conceptual framework.  Click here for more information.  Contact Jaime Klaus at jaimkl@uic.edu if you have any questions.

Dr. Sharon L. Telleen Maternal and Child Health Award
An award of $1,000 will be given annually to a doctoral student enrolled in the Maternal and Child Health programs at the School of Public Health at the University of Illinois at Chicago who is completing their dissertation research. There will be a committee that will determine the doctoral student who will receive the award. Click here to read a story about Dr. Telleen, her work, and what inspired her to establish this fund.

 

Loretta Pratt Lacey Memorial Scholarship

This scholarship fund was established in memory of Dr. Lacey, a nationally renowned alumna and faculty member of SPH. The fund supports students of African American origin or descent, whose area of study focuses on women’s health. Master and doctoral level students are eligible to apply. Click here for more information.

 

Other Financial Assistance Available

All students who are degree candidates in the UIC School of Public Health (SPH) are eligible to apply for financial aid as well as various scholarships/awards offered through UIC SPH.  You may also click here for a list of additional resources.