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OHSU-PSU School of Public Health Graduate Scholarships

Graduate scholarships at the OHSU-PSU School of Public Health help support master’s and doctoral students in achieving their academic and professional goals while reducing the financial burden of graduate education.

Explore available scholarship opportunities, review eligibility requirements, and access application resources designed to help you submit a competitive application. Learn about scholarship deadlines, award criteria, and support services available to help fund your public health degree.

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Available Graduate Scholarships:

Provost Workforce Development Scholarship for the MPH in Public Health Practice Program

Eligibility Requirements:
  • New MPH in Public Health Practice students starting summer or fall 2027 (accelerated and non-accelerated programs).
Scholarship Amount:

$12,000

The scholarship is only for students enrolled in the MPH in Public Health Practice program.

$12,000 total toward tuition and fees for MPH Public Health Practice students starting in summer or fall 2027 (disbursed in full over the 2027-28 academic year for accelerated students; disbursed evenly over two academic years for non-accelerated students at $6,000 per year).

All new students in these programs receive this scholarship unless tuition and fees are covered by other awards: Students awarded the Provost Excellence Scholarship, the President’s Fund Scholarship or any other OHSU, PSU or external funds covering full tuition and fees are not eligible for these awards. Scholarship amounts will not exceed the total cost of tuition and fees in an academic term.

Celeste Davis Memorial Fund

Eligibility Requirements:
  • Students within the OHSU-PSU School of Public Health
  • American Indian/Alaskan Native graduate students
Scholarship Amount:

$2,000

Open Date:

November 1, 2026

Deadline:

March 2027

To provide scholarships to support OHSU-PSU School of Public Health American Indian/Alaskan Native graduate students.

Scholarship Essay Questions
Funding Disbursement: Fall


June E. Conway Scholarship in Public Health

Eligibility Requirements:
  • Students within the OHSU-PSU School of Public Health
  • New or returning students
Eligibility Preferences:
Scholarship Amount:

$2,000

Open Date:

November 1, 2026

Deadline:

March 2027

To provide scholarships for students in the School of Public Health with preference given to first generation college students. The OHSU-PSU School of Public Health, or any future successor OHSU unit will select Scholarship recipients according to its policies and procedures. The OHSU-PSU School of Public Health will have discretion over distribution plans and all aspects related to recipient awards.

Scholarship Essay Questions
Funding Disbursment: Fall

Mooser Scholarship

Eligibility Requirements:
  • Incoming new students within the OHSU-PSU School of Public Health
  • Diverse Applicants
Scholarship Amount:

$5,000

Open Date:

Estimated October 1, 2026

Deadline:

March 2027

To support incoming OHSU/PSU School of Public Health students who have financial need and support OHSU’s goal of promoting a diverse student body, which is key to its educational mission and to the needs of the diverse communities that OHSU’s students will serve upon graduation. Special consideration to be given to the applicant’s socioeconomic group, educational background and/or status as a member of an underrepresented group.

Funding Distribution: Fall and Winter


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Marshall Scholarship for Epidemiology Doctoral Students

Eligibility Requirements:
  • Students within the OHSU-PSU School of Public Health
  • Doctoral student in Epidemiology Program
  • New or returning students
Eligibility Preferences:
  • Students in the dissertation research phase of the program
Scholarship Amount:

$1,000

Open Date:

November 1, 2026

Deadline:

March 2027

To provide scholarships for one or more doctoral students in the OHSU-PSU School of Public Health’s Epidemiology Program, with preference for supporting students through the dissertation research phase of the program.

Scholarship Essay Questions
Funding Disbursement: Fall


Mitch Greenlick Public Health Scholarship

Eligibility Requirements:
  • Students within the OHSU-PSU School of Public Health
  • Students in one of the PhD programs
  • Good academic standing
  • New or returning students
Scholarship Amount:

$8,000

Open Date:

November 1, 2026

Deadline:

March 2027

To support one or more Ph.D. students, which would include M.D./Ph.D students, enrolled in the OHSU-PSU School of Public Health. Scholarships shall be given on a competitive basis among qualified applicants enrolled and with good academic standing at OHU and/or PSU and in accordance with OHSU’s and PSU’s general scholarship selection guidelines and procedures.

Scholarship Essay Questions
Funding Disbursement: Fall

OHSU-PSU School of Public Health Dean's Scholarship

Eligibility Requirements:
  • Students within the OHSU-PSU School of Public Health
  • First Generation applicants
  • Graduates must be enrolled for minimum 6 credits
  • 3.0 GPA minimum
  • New or returning students
Eligibility Preferences:
  • Students living or working in diverse environments
Scholarship Amount:

$5,000

Open Date:

November 1, 2026

Deadline:

March 2027

To support scholarships for students within the School of Public Health. This fund supports both OHSU and PSU students.

The SPH Deans Scholarship Fund for Public Health invests in first generation students from historically underserved, or otherwise marginalized groups. Visit the scholarship webpage to learn more.

O'Kelley-Bangsberg Scholarship

Eligibility Requirements:
  • Students within the OHSU-PSU School of Public Health
  • New or returning students
Eligibility Preferences:
Scholarship Amount:

$2,500

Open Date:

November 1, 2026

Deadline:

March 2027

O’Kelley-Bangsberg scholarship is awarded annually to student enrolled in the OHSU-PSU School of Public Health. Preference will given to first generation students and students with financial need.

Scholarship Essay Questions
Funding Disbursement: Fall

*First generation college student: is an individual both of whose parents did not complete a baccalaureate degree; or an individual who regularly resided with and received support from one parent, and that parent did not complete a baccalaureate degree.

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$92K Scholarship Funding

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13 Graduate Students Awarded

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7 Graduate Scholarships

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The School of Public Health is proud to financially support our graduate students by providing over $75,000 in scholarship funding.

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