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2018-2019 Academic Bulletin (Catalog) (Jan 2019 Ed) 
    
2018-2019 Academic Bulletin (Catalog) (Jan 2019 Ed) [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Special Awards and Honors


The college offers the following awards and honors to students:

Lee and Jennie Beaumont Endowment Fund: Fellowships are awarded for research in the field of arthritis and connective tissue diseases.

Belz Family Scholarship Endowment Fund: Scholarships are awarded to incoming students based on scholastic ability, leadership potential, and dedication to the health sciences as a career and profession.

CGHS Travel Awards/John Autian Student Enrichment Fund: A limited number of travel awards (TA) to national meetings are available for students in the College of Graduate Health Sciences. To be considered, students must be registered full-time and have been admitted to PhD or M.S candidacy at the time the application. TAs will be awarded only to students who have been accepted to present a paper, abstract, or poster. Applications should be received in the Dean’s Office.

Morton H. and Myra M. Friedman Scholarship Endowment Fund: Scholarships are awarded to students in the interdisciplinary program and whose research advisor is in the Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology. The awards are based on scholastic ability, financial need, dedication to anatomy as a career or profession, and community involvement.

Edward and Bernice Humphrey Scholarship Endowment Fund: Scholarships are awarded to incoming students based on scholastic ability, leadership potential, and dedication to health science research as a career and profession.

Hal and Alma Reagan Endowment Fund: Fellowships are awarded to students working in the area of cancer research. To be considered, a student must be in the second through fourth year of study and involved in research into the causes of and possible cures for cancer.

A description of each award and the criteria for award may be accessed at the following website: http://cghs.uthsc.edu/StudentInfo/Funding/index.php?page=Scholarships