Financial Assistance

Eligibility

Community Health Sciences (CHS) students officially admitted to the Maternal and Child Health Program 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.   

 

Other Financial Assistance Available for MCH Students

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. Learn more.

 

UIC SPH 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 winner will receive $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 to apply.  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 for more information.

 

For more information on financial assistance through MCHP, please contact Bekeela Watson, Graduate Education Coordinator at 312.413.5625 or bwatson@uic.edu.