Scholarships and Awards

 

External Advisory Committee Award

The GPH External Advisory Committee annually offers an award of $500 to a UM GPH minor to further a GPH field experience. Applications due date will be announced. 

To qualify for this award, students must:

  • Be a sophomore or junior in the GPH program.
  • Have a GPH related educational experience (project, internship, volunteer opportunity, community health related project, etc.) that will be completed by the beginning of the upcoming spring semester.
  • Provide a presentation describing your GPH experience in next academic year. 

Applications are open in the spring and the award recipient will be announced by the end of the school year. The award can be made available as soon as recipients are announced and contacted.

For more information contact:

GPH Internship Award

The GPH Program offers a $500 Internship Award to support unpaid Global Public Health internships. Applications will be accepted a rolling basis. They will be reviewed and awarded based on merit and the availability of funding as they are received.

To be eligible, students must be enrolled in the GPH minor, and be committed to a 3 credit internship (a minimum of 135 hours of total work over the semester (about 9 hours per week)) experience from the list or one approved by the Program Director. International internships are also eligible. 

The award is competitive and the number of awards we make depends upon funding. Payment of the award is made after the internship is satisfactorily completed. 

To apply for the award please email the following to kellyyarns@mso.umt.edu. The applications will be reviewed, and awards announced as applications are received.

  • Submit a letter of interest that includes:
    • What internship opportunity are you pursuing? 
    • How the internship contributes to your professional goals
  • Submit a Resume that includes:
    • Typical Resume information
    • GPA
    • List of GPH course taken so far
    • Major and other minors

Awards will be made on the basis of your eligibility, how the internship contributes to your professional goals, your GPA, and the availability of funds. 

Eligible Opportunities include:

  • YWCA Missoula
  • Poverello Center Medical Respite 
  • League of Women Voters of Missoula
  • All Nations Health Center
  • Missoula Forum for Children & Youth
  • Global Grizzlies
  • Missoula Medical Aide
  • Global Public Health Program
  • Missoula City-County Health Dpt. Health Promotion Division Programs:
    • Buckle Up Missoula County 
    • Cancer Control
    • DUI Task Force 
    • Emergency Preparedness
    • Infectious Disease, 
    • Let’s Move! Missoula 
    • Missoula Invest Health
    • Suicide Prevention
    • Tobacco Free Missoula County
  • IE3's International Internships
  • Centre For Social Medicine in the Loni-Pravara area of India
  • Unite For Sight
  • Others as approved on a case by case basis

For more information contact:

IHH Ridge Scholarship in Health or Healthcare and Humanities

UM's Institute of Health and Humanities awards $1,000 scholarships for research and creative works on topics at the intersection of health and/or healthcare and the Humanities.

Post Graduate Scholarships