Scholarships, Internships and Fellowships Database

Scholarships

Truman Scholarship:

  • The Truman scholarship is for Undergraduate Public Health and Health Management Students and Graduate Public Health and Health Management Students.
  • The Truman Scholarship provides up to $30,000 in funding to students pursuing graduate degrees for careers in public service, government, education, or the non-profit sector. Students must be college juniors at the time of selection. Scholars are required to work in public service for three of the seven years following completion of a Foundation funded graduate degree program as a condition of receiving Truman funds.
  • For additional requirements please see organizational website:

www.truman.gov

  • SLU Deadline: November 1
  • Final Deadline: February 1 

AAHD Scholarship Program:

  • The AAHD scholarship is for Undergraduate Public Health and Health Management Students and Graduate Public Health and Health Management Students.
  • This award supports students with disabilities who are pursuing higher education. Preference will be given to students who plan to pursue undergraduate/graduate studies in the field of public health, health promotion, disability studies, to include disability policy and disability research.
  • For additional requirements please see organizational website: http://www.aahd.us/page.php?pname=Scholarship%20Program&PHPSESSID=e7e9e03861db
  • Deadline: November 15

Morris K. Udall Scholarship:

  • The Morris K. Udall scholarship is for Undergraduate Public Health and Undergraduate Health Management Students.
  • Awarded to sophomores and juniors who have demonstrated commitment to careers related to the environment; to Native American and Alaska Native students who have demonstrated commitment to careers related to tribal public policy; or to Native American and Alaska Native students who have demonstrated commitment to careers related to Native health care. Institutional endorsement required; SLU may award up to six endorsements.
  • For additional requirements please see organizational website: http://www.udall.gov/
  • SLU Deadline: January 10
  • Final Deadline: March 2

Samuel Huntington Public Service Award:

  • The Samuel Huntington Public Service scholarship is for Undergraduate Public Health and Health Management Students.
  • Provides a $10,000 stipend for a graduating college senior to pursue one year of public service anywhere in the world. The award allows recipients to engage in a meaningful public service activity for one year before proceeding on to graduate school or a career.

Association of Food and Drug Officials Scholarship Award:

  • The Association of Food and Drug Officials scholarship is for Undergraduate Public Health Students.
  • The recipients of this award should have demonstrated a desire to serve in a career of research, regulatory work, quality control, or teaching in an area related to some aspect of foods, drugs or consumer product safety
  • For additional requirements please see organizational website: http://www.afdo.org/afdo/awards/scholarships.cfm
  • Deadline: February 1

National Institutes of Health Undergraduate Program:

  • The National Institutes of Health Undergraduate Program scholarship is for Undergraduate Public Health and Health Management Students.
  • Offers competitive scholarships to students from disadvantaged backgrounds that are committed to careers in biomedical, behavioral, and social science health-related research. Recipients must fulfill service obligations to NIH; up to $20,000/year.
  • For additional requirements please see organizational website:
    https://ugsp.nih.gov/home.asp?m=00
  • Deadline: February 28

Pearson Prize for Higher Education:

  • The Pearson Prize for Higher Education scholarship is for Undergraduate Public Health and Health Management Students.
  • This scholarship supports students who have completed at least one year of college, have demonstrated leadership in community service, and have been attending a 2 or 4 year school. Twenty will receive a $10,000 award and 50 will receive a $500 award.
  • For additional requirements please see organizational website: http://pearsonfoundation.org/pearsonprize/
  • Deadline: Mid-March

JW Saxe Memorial Prize for Public Service:

  • The JW Saxe Memorial Prize for Public Service scholarship is for Undergraduate Public Health Students.
  • A prize of two thousand dollars will be awarded to one or more college or university students involved in public service. The award is meant to enable the student to gain practical experience in public service by taking a no-pay or low-pay job or internship during a summer or other term.
  • For additional requirements please see organizational website:
    http://www.jwsaxefund.org/index.php
  • Deadline: March 15

ACMPE Scholarship Fund:  

  • The ACMPE scholarship is for Undergraduate and Graduate Health Management Students.
  • Supports and promotes healthcare leaders’ personal and professional growth toward the advancement of the profession. The program supports individuals who, by virtue of experience, current position and plans demonstrate potential for contributing to the medical practice management profession. The scholarships may be used toward an undergraduate or graduate degree relevant to medical practice management, including public health, business administration, health care administration, and other related areas.
  • For additional requirements please see organizational website:
    http://www.mgma.com/pd/default.aspx?id=680
  • Deadline: May 1

 

Tylenol Scholarships:

  • The Tylenol scholarships are for Undergraduate Public Health and Health Management Students and Graduate Public Health and Health Management Students.
  • For those pursuing an education and career in the health care field. Scholarships are awarded for both $5,000 and $10,000.
  • For additional requirements please see organizational website:
    http://www.tylenol.com/page.jhtml?id=tylenol/news/subptyschol.inc
  • Deadline: May 27

 

Vivian Drenckhahn Student Scholarship:

  • The Vivian Drenkhahn Student scholarship is for Undergraduate and Graduate Public Health and Health Management Students.
    • The purpose of this scholarship is to provide support to both undergraduate and graduate level full-time students in their pursuit of a degree in health education. The scholarships will be given to students who have demonstrated a commitment to addressing the public’s health through a career in health education, academic excellence, and financial need.
    • For additional requirements please see organizational website:

http://www.sophe.org/Awards_scholarships.cfm

  • Deadline: July 31

 

Department of Health and Human Services Visiting Scholars Program:

  • The Department of Health and Human Services visiting scholarship is for Undergraduate Public Health and Health Management Students.
  • Visiting scholars will have opportunities to do the following: assist in the implementation of Presidential and Secretarial initiatives and ODPHP-specific projects; experience first-hand the basis for national policy decisions; assist in coordinating initiatives and policy documents among the various agencies within HHS (e.g., Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institutes of Health, Food and Drug Administration); aid in preparing briefings for the Assistant Secretary for Health and the Surgeon General; have the opportunity to serve on interdepartmental committees involving a range of specific topics related to health promotion and disease prevention; understand the role of health communication in disease prevention and health promotion; develop fundamental competencies in public health.
  • For additional requirements please see organizational website:

http://odphp.osophs.dhhs.gov/scholar/default.htm

  • Deadline: Continuous 

Internships

Carter Center Internships:

  • The Carter Center internships are for Undergraduate Public Health and Undergraduate Health Management Students.
  • The goal of the Internship Program is to develop an informed and skilled work force committed to advancing peace and health worldwide.
  • For additional requirements please see organizational website:

http://www.cartercenter.org/involved/internship/index.html

  • Deadline: March 1, June 15, October 15

Child Welfare League of America Internships:

  • The Child Welfare League of Americans internships are for Undergraduate Public Health and Health Management Students and Graduate Public Health and Health Management Students.
  • The goal of this internship is for Interns to help staff monitor legislation, design and conduct surveys, develop funding proposals, and write issue briefs and other publications
  • For additional requirements please see organizational website:

http://www.cwla.org/whowhat/intern.htm

  • Deadlines: November 1, April 1, May 30

USAID Internships:

  • The USAID internships are for Undergraduate Public Health and Health Management Students and Graduate Public Health and Health Management Students.
    • SCEP (Student Career Experience Program): Offers a student valuable work experience directly related to his or her academic field of study. It provides formal periods of work and study while you are attending school. It requires a commitment from the student, the student’s school, and the employing Federal agency. Students may be eligible for permanent employment conversion under this program after successfully completing their education and meeting work requirements.
    • STEP (Student Temporary Experience Program): Offers temporary employment that will enable a student to earn a salary while continuing studies. Appointments to jobs under this program can range from summer jobs to positions that can last for the duration of a student’s education. An agency, at their discretion, may establish academic and job performance standards that students must meet to continue in the program. There is no permanent employment conversion element under this program.
    • For additional requirements please see organizational website:

http://www.usaid.gov/careers/paid_interns.html

  • Deadline: December 17

Health Management and Policy Summer Enrichment Program (SEP):

  • The Health Management and Policy Summer Enrichment Program is for Undergraduate Health Management Students.
    • Each student in the SEP is assigned to an eight-week, pre-professional internship in a health care or public health organization in Southeast Michigan. Students conduct projects during the internship and are also exposed to a variety of people and activities in the organization. The SEP has partnered with most of the health care and public health agencies in Southeast Michigan and in Flint to enable students to have meaningful summer internships, including hospitals, insurance companies, health associations, community health centers, health departments, and long-term care organizations.
    • For additional requirements please see organizational website:

http://www.sph.umich.edu/sep/

  • Deadline: February 4

National Academy of Social Insurance Internships:

  • The National Academy of Social Insurance Internships are for Undergraduate Public Health Students.
  • Students serve as interns participating in policy research and analysis projects in Washington, D.C. that involve social insurance, non-profit development, disability policy, and ageing and long-term care policy.
  • For additional requirements please see organizational website: http://www.nasi.org/internship-opportunities
  • Deadline: March 1

Liberty and Current Issues Summer Seminar:

  • The Liberty and Current Issues Summer internship is for Undergraduate Public Health and Graduate Health Policy Students.
  • Those who will attend the seminar will spend the first week of the summer in the Washington, DC, area learning about policy,  evaluating solutions to current challenges using a dynamic framework that utilizes the power of markets and preserves individual rights, improving their understanding of how governments work and their ability to analyze proposed policies,  and considering  the implications of this framework on contemporary issues such as health care, school choice, the drug war, disaster relief, guns, environmental policy, corporate ethics, immigration, and terrorism.
  • For additional requirements please see organizational website: http://www.theihs.org/SeminarDetails.aspx?id=5364
  • Deadline: March 31

Freeman Indonesian Non -Profit Internship Program: 

  • The Freeman Indonesian Non-Profit internship is for Undergraduate Public Health and Health Management Students.
  • The Freeman Indonesia Nonprofit Internship Program (FINIP) aims to develop student leaders and strengthen the nonprofit sector in Indonesia. The program will select and pair 10 Indonesian students pursuing U.S. degrees with 10 U.S. undergraduates and arrange internships for them to work together in an Indonesian nonprofit organization.
  • For additional requirements please see organizational website: http://www.iie.org/en/Programs/FINIP
    • Deadline: Varies

USDA Internship:

  • The USDA internship is for Undergraduate Public Health Students.
  • The department works to ensure that its programs, policies, and advice meet the needs of the American people in the areas of nutrition, rural home ownership, natural resources conservation, national forest management, and quality standards for agricultural products. The Summer Intern Program (SIP), a paid internship, is a strategic way of bringing passionate and vibrant young minds into the federal workforce to accomplish the USDA’s mission.
  • For additional requirements please see organizational website: http://www.da.usda.gov/employ/SIPIntro.htm
  • Deadline: Varies

AAPD Advocacy Internship:

  • The AAPD Advocacy internship is for Undergraduate Public Health Students and Graduate Health Policy Students.
  • The AAPD Advocacy intern will gain exposure to diverse policy areas, political structures, advocacy tools and organizing techniques. Specifically the Advocacy Intern will participate in meetings and conference calls with the Justice for All Action Network and other disability and civil rights advocacy coalitions. The Advocacy intern will be encouraged to choose a specific disability policy issue (education, health, employment, technology access, housing, etc.) to follow through the course of the semester.
  • For additional requirements please see organizational website: http://www.aapd.com/site/c.pvI1IkNWJqE/b.6389085/k.F162/Advocacy_Internship.htm
  • Deadline: Varies

Barbara Jordan Health Policy Scholars:

  • The Barbara Jordan Health Policy internship is for Undergraduate Public Health Students – seniors.
  • Program brings talented college seniors and recent graduates to Washington, D.C., where they are placed in congressional offices and learn about health policy issues, with a focus on issues affecting racial and ethnic minority and underserved communities.
  • For additional requirements please see organizational website: http://www.kff.org/minorityhealth/bjscholars/index.cfm
  • Deadline: Varies

Connecticut Health Policy Internships:

  • The Connecticut Health Policy Internships are for Undergraduate Public Health and Graduate Health Policy Students.
  • Consumer Advocate Interns will provide Connecticut residents with information about and referrals to healthcare resources. You will help field calls into our Consumer Health Action Network, as well as participate in outreach in communities across the state. As needs arise, you will research available healthcare resources. Research Assistants will conduct research and report on various healthcare access topics. You will help participate in developing materials for and staffing meetings with policymakers.
  • For additional requirements please see organizational website: http://www.cthealthpolicy.org/internships.htm
  • Deadline: Varies

GMHC Internships:

  • The GMHC internships are for Undergraduate Public Health and Health Management Students and Graduate Public Health and Health Management Students.
  • Gay Men’s Health Crisis Incorporated (GMHC), the nation’s oldest and largest AIDS service organization, provides exciting internship opportunities to nurture and develop talent while providing additional support in the fight against AIDS. In addition, students experience the distinct character of working in a nonprofit work environment. As an AIDS service organization dedicated to providing education, advocacy, and direct services to men, women, and children infected or affected by HIV/AIDS, GMHC has supervised internships in a variety of departments and units of GMHC.
  • For additional requirements please see organizational website: http://www.gmhc.org/join-the-fight/employment-opportunities/internships
  • Deadline: Continuous 

Mental Health America Internships:

  • The Mental Health America internships are for Undergraduate Public Health and Health Management Students and Graduate Public Health and Health Management Students.
  • Mental Health America, the country’s leading nonprofit dedicated to helping all people live mentally healthier lives, offers internships in the following areas: Federal Affairs, Administration, Public Education, Publications, Media Relations, Healthcare Reform, and National Association of Mental Health Planning and Advisory Councils (NAMHPAC).
  • For additional requirements please see organizational website: http://www.mentalhealthamerica.net/go/intern/
  • Deadline: Continuous

Public Interest Internship Programs:

  • The Public Interest internships are for Undergraduate Public Health and Graduate Public Health Students.
  • The Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) is a national consumer organization that focuses on health and nutrition issues. CSPI offers internships for a small number of qualified students each summer and during the school year. CSPI focuses primarily on health and nutrition issues, disclosing deceptive marketing practices, dangerous food additives or contaminants, and flawed science propagated by profits.
  • For additional requirements please see organizational website: http://www.cspinet.org/about/jobs/200801042.html
  • Deadline: Continuous 

Research Participation Programs at the CDC:

  • The Research Participation Programs at the CDC internships are for Undergraduate Public Health and Graduate Public Health Students.
  • This program provides opportunities to conduct research on infectious diseases, environmental health, epidemiology, or occupational safety, and health, exposure and disease registries, health investigations, toxicology, emergency response, public health assessment, and health education. Relevant disciplines are life, health, and medical sciences; physical sciences; economics; environmental health; epidemiology; occupational safety and health; pharmacology; and toxicology.
  • For additional requirements please see organizational website: http://see.orau.org/ProgramDescription.aspx?Program=10110
  • Deadline: Continuous

Fellowships

Echoing Green Fellowship:

  • The Echoing Green Fellowship is for Graduate Public Health Students.
  • To accelerate social change, Echoing Green invests in and supports outstanding emerging social entrepreneurs to launch new organizations that deliver bold, high-impact solutions. Through a two-year fellowship program, they help fellows develop new solutions to society’s most difficult problems. These social entrepreneurs and their organizations work to solve deeply-rooted social, environmental, economic, and political inequities to ensure equal access and to help all individuals reach their potential.
  • For additional requirements please see organizational website: http://www.echoinggreen.org/fellowship/apply
  • Deadline: December 2

Faiths Act Fellowship:

  • The Faiths Act Fellowship is for Graduate Public Health Students.
  • Fellows work to increase multi-faith action in their placement communities and achieve the MDGs by advancing their host organization’s goals. Fellows’ particular project is determined based on the work plan devised by the host organization and program staff. Typical projects may include implementing fundraising initiatives, running advocacy campaigns, or coordinating multi-faith service initiatives in their communities. In addition, a proportion of Fellows’ time each week (an average of 4 to 8 hours per week) is devoted to interfaith leadership coaching sessions and participation in global Faiths Act initiatives (as they arise). In line with the signature campaign of Faiths Act, all Fellows will also participate in or organize a World Malaria Day (April 25th) event or initiative.
  • For additional requirements please see organizational website: http://www.tonyblairfaithfoundation.org/pages/faiths-act-fellowship-application
  • Deadline: December 31

AIF Clinton Fellowship for Service:

  • The AIF Clinton Fellowship is for Graduate Public Health Students.
  • This Fellowship gives a select group of young American professionals the opportunity to serve with Indian non-governmental organizations (NGOs) for ten months.  Fellows work in the three pillar areas of AIF: Public Health, Education, & Livelihoods. Some projects also occur in other innovative areas.  The Fellowship Program aims to build the capacity of Indian NGOs while developing American leaders with a deep understanding of, and continued commitment to, India through an exchange of technical skills & intellectual resources that create meaningful transformative partnerships. All expenses are covered during the 10 month program, including round-trip airfare.
  • For additional requirements please see organizational website:

http://www.aif.org/w-j-clinton-fellowship.html

  • Deadline: January 1

Villers Fellowship for Health Care Justice:

  • The Villers Fellowship for Health Care Justice is for Graduate Public Health Students.
  • The Villers Fellow works as a full-time policy analyst in Families USA’s Health Policy Department. The Fellowship is based in the Families USA office in Washington, D.C. and is designed to provide the Fellow with a national perspective on health care justice work and the opportunity to learn about a range of health care justice issues. The Fellow’s principal responsibilities include conducting primary and secondary research on a range of health care issues and health reform topics—such as Medicaid, Medicare, the state Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP), and the private insurance market—as well as writing and contributing to publications that are relevant to current health reform issues. The fellowship will last one year, and Fellows will receive a compensatory package that includes an annual salary of approximately $38,000 and excellent health care benefits.
  • For additional requirements please see organizational website: http://www.familiesusa.org/fellowships/the-villers-fellowship.html
  • Deadline: Mid-January

Bill Emerson National Hunger Fellowship:

  • The Bill Emerson National Hunger Fellowship is for Graduate Public Health Students.
  • Fellows are placed for half of their term of service with urban and rural community-based organizations all over the country involved in fighting hunger at the local level, such as grass roots organizing groups, food banks, economic development agencies, local advocacy groups and faith-based organizations. They then move to Washington, DC to complete the year with national organizations involved in the anti-hunger and poverty movement, including national advocacy organizations, think tanks, and federal agencies.
  • For additional requirements please see organizational website: http://www.emersonapplication.org/fellowship/
    • Deadline: January 18

Mabelle Arole International Fellowship:

  • The Mabelle Arole International Fellowship is for Graduate Public Health Students.
  • The Mabelle Arole Fellow will live, work, and learn in Jamkhed, India for one year. During that time, s/he will have experience in the hospital (in-patient and out-patient and in the field) and work on a project, depending on current CRHP activities and needs and your interest.
  • For additional requirements please see organizational website: http://amsa.org/AMSA/Homepage/MemberCenter/PreMeds/mabellearole.aspx
  • Deadline: January 18

NEHA/AAS Scholarship Awards:

  • The NEHA/AAS Fellowship / Scholarship is for Graduate Public Health Students.
  • The purpose of the NEHA/AAS Scholarship program is to encourage early commitment by students to a career in environmental health and to stimulate past and present graduates to pursue postgraduate studies in environmental health sciences and/or public health. The program offers financial assistance to individuals with a demonstrable need, and serves to introduce adequately trained professionals into the environmental health workforce
  • For additional requirements please see organizational website: http://www.neha.org/scholarship/scholarship.html
  • Deadline: February 1

Laura Bush Traveling Fellowship:

  • The Laura Bush Traveling Fellowship is for Undergraduate Public Health and Health Management Students.
  • The Fellowship will help fund a proposal designed by the applicant to conduct brief work in a foreign country related to the mandate of UNESCO—using education, natural sciences, social and human sciences, culture, and/or communication and information to build strong ties among nations.
  • For additional requirements please see organizational website: http://www.state.gov/p/io/unesco/programs/143138.htm
  • Deadline: February 6

CDC/APHL Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratory Fellowship:

  • The CDC/APHL Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratory Fellowship is designed for bachelor’s or master’s level scientists.
  • Trains and prepares scientists for careers in public health laboratories and supports public health initiatives related to infectious disease research. This is a one-year program designed for bachelor’s or master’s level scientists, with emphasis on the practical application of technologies, methodologies and practices related to emerging infectious diseases.
  • For additional requirements please see organizational website: http://www.aphl.org/mycareer/fellowships/eid/pages/default.aspx
  • Deadline: February 11

NIH Graduate Partnerships Program in Biomedical Sciences:

  • The NIH Graduate Partnerships Program Fellowship is for Graduate Public Health Students.
  • At the NIH, graduate students work in a highly collaborative research environment with leading scientists and clinicians.  They share the NIH campus with the largest translational research hospital in the nation.  They explore areas such as bioinformatics, biophysics, epidemiology, immunology, cell and molecular biology, neuroscience, health sciences, structural biology, sensory and communication neuroscience, molecular pathology, bio-behavioral research, and developmental biology.
  • For additional requirements please see organizational website: https://www.training.nih.gov/programs/gpp
  • Deadline: Varies depending on partnership university

NIH Academy:

  • The NIH Academy Fellowship is for Graduate Public Health Students.
  • Biomedical research program for recent college graduates with an interest in domestic health disparities, differences in the frequency or severity of diseases and other adverse health conditions among populations in the U.S.  Academy members spend a year (or possibly two) working side-by-side with NIH investigators in an environment devoted exclusively to biomedical research.  In addition, they complete a curriculum that combines the study of health disparities with career and professional development workshops.
  • For additional requirements please see organizational website: https://www.training.nih.gov/programs/nih_academy
  • Deadline: Varies

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