Student Scholarships & Awards

Graduate School of Public Health (GSPH) and University Scholarships

Refer to the Graduate School of Public Health Web site for more information concerning school-wide and University scholarships.

Department of Epidemiology Scholarships

Scholarship Application Deadline	May 28*

*Exception - Applications to the Evelyn H. Wei Memorial (travel) Fund may be submitted throughout the academic year on a rolling/continuing basis, while application deadline for tuition-credit scholarships is May 28.

Scholarship amounts

Scholarship amounts awarded will vary depending upon funding for individual scholarships and number of awards extended.

Departmental scholarship eligibility

Individuals applying for scholarships should be active, continuing students in the Department of Epidemiology, in good academic standing.

NOTE TO GSRs:

Students who have GSR positions or are trainees are not eligible* for departmental scholarships.

*Exception - GSRs and trainees whose supervisors have no funding to cover their travel related expenses to approved events and scientific meetings should request their supervisors to reference this in their scholarship letters of support (see the following Student Procedures for the Evelyn H. Wei Memorial (Travel) Fund.

Students receiving a tuition-credit award must have any scholarship funds credited against tuition charges accrued in any term within one year of the scholarship award. If scholarship funds cannot be credited because GSR or trainee funding becomes available and is continuous during this one-year period, the award funds must be forfeited so that other students may apply for them.

Scholarship descriptions

Scholarships (with the exception of the Evelyn H. Wei Memorial (Travel) Fund) are awarded in the form of tuition credits, typically in fall term or beginning in this term.

Kuller Scholarship (recipients are selected by a faculty committee – student applications are not accepted)

Doctoral students are eligible, and are selected by a faculty committee and approved by the department chair.

The recipient is given a Graduate Student Researcher (GSR) position, and scholarship funds are utilized to support student monthly stipends.

Katherine Detre Scholarship Fund (recipients are selected by a faculty committee – student applications are not accepted)

Doctoral students are eligible. Recipients are selected by a faculty committee in the Epidemiology Data Center (EDC).

The recipient is given a Graduate Student Researcher (GSR) position, and scholarship funds are utilized to support student monthly stipends.

Caggiula Scholarship (open to continuing student applications as well as faculty nomination)

o Master’s and doctoral students focusing in the area of nutritional epidemiology, a nutrition-related component of chronic disease, a nutrition-related component of aging, or the evaluation of the epidemiology of a nutrition-related disorder are eligible.

Approximate scholarship values (as tuition credit awards) range from $250 to $3,000.

Evelyn H. Wei Memorial (Travel) Fund (open to Epidemiology student applications on a rolling/continuous basis throughout the academic year).

Active master’s and doctoral program students in good academic standing seeking travel funding to attend approved scientific meetings or events are eligible.

Scholarship recipients should save their travel-related expense receipts and submit them to the Student Services Office up to the value of their awards (Amy Rhodes, rhodesa@edc.pitt.edu, 5116 PUBHLT) for processing.

Approximate scholarship awards (as bank account direct deposits) range from $250 to $500.

IMPORTANT NOTE: Students who have received a departmental travel scholarship award within the past 12 months are NOT eligible to apply for a travel scholarship again.

Evelyn H. Wei Scholarship Award in Epidemiology (open to Epidemiology student applications)

Active master’s and doctoral program students in good academic standing are eligible.

Funding is provided in the form of tuition credit for students studying at any level in the Department of Epidemiology.

Awards are based on potential contribution to public health, with emphasis on scholarship, leadership and service.

Approximate scholarship values (as tuition credit awards) range from $250 to $3,000.

Application submission and award notification

Application submission:

Review eligibility information in PittFund$Me, the University of Pittsburgh’s scholarship database.

Log into PittFund$Me as follows, to search for the scholarship of interest to you, and apply:

Login to my.pitt.edu and click on the “PittFund$Me” icon. If the icon doesn’t appear, enter ‘pittfundsme,’ ‘pittfund$me,’ or ‘scholarships’ in the search box.

Select the “Scholarships” tab on the left side menu on the Student Dashboard.

Choose the scholarship for which you want to apply. A landing page for Epidemiology’s scholarships will indicate scholarship descriptions and eligibility requirements.

Respond to several initial University questions, then complete each application section (some data will be pre-populated).

Click “Submit” to forward your application to the Epidemiology Scholarship Committee for review.

PittFund$Me will automatically contact the identified faculty member concerning submission of a required letter of recommendation. Students should inform faculty of this process in advance, so they are prepared to draft and submit this communication.

Notification and processing of awards:

Notification of final application status will be forwarded to applicants via e-mail by the Epidemiology student services manager & program administrator. Awards will be processed as follows:

Evelyn H. Wei Memorial (Travel) Fund recipients will receive travel expense reimbursements as direct deposits to accounts previously set up for this purpose, as recommended by the University.

Following their trips, recipients should e-mail travel expense receipts up to the total value of their scholarship awards to the Epidemiology Student Services Office, Amy Rhodes, rhodesa@edc.pitt.edu, 5116 PUBHLT.

Arlene Caggiula Student Award in Nutrition and Evelyn H. Wei Scholarship Award in Epidemiology recipients will receive tuition credit for course enrollments and/or Full Time Dissertation Research (FTDR) for fall term up to the total value of their scholarship awards.

Scholarship awards will not exceed tuition costs associated with this enrollment.

The Lewis H. Kuller Scholarship Fund recipients will be contacted by an Epidemiology faculty member or a financial staff administrator concerning their awards.

Katherine Detre Scholar Fund award recipients will be contacted by an Epidemiology Data Center faculty member or financial staff administrator concerning their awards.