• Academic Excellence
  • Currently enrolled full-time undergraduate, graduate, or professional students in CHS
  • At least 12 hours at UK with minimum cumulative GPA of 3.5
  • Not a current recipient of any UK Merit Scholarship
  • Essay response
  • Leadership in college extracurricular activities, honors, special interests, hobbies, work and community service
• Academic Enhancement Scholarship
  • Currently enrolled full-time undergraduate, graduate, or professional students in CHS
  • Students who are economically disadvantaged; OR
  • Students from an educationally disadvantaged background (first generation student or other disadvantage – region of country, state, city)
  • Essay response
• Floyd Wright Scholarship
  • Currently enrolled full-time undergraduate, graduate, or professional students in CHS
  • At least 12 hours at UK with minimum cumulative GPA of 3.5
• Thomas C. Robinson Graduate Fellowship Endowment
  • Currently enrolled or enrolling in first term of a CHS graduate or professional program.
  • Must have a 3.5 GPA or higher
  • Rotates between Athletic Training, Communication Sciences & Disorders, Physician Assistant Studies, and Physical Therapy. 
  • Award for 2024-2025 goes to an Athletic Training student.
• Cardinal Hill Rehabilitation Hospital Fellowship
  • Professional or graduate student in Physical Therapy or Speech Language pathology
  • Rotates between Communication Sciences & Disorders and Physical Therapy. 
  • Award for 2024-2025 goes to a Communication Sciences and Disorders student.
• Rockcastle Hospital and Respiratory Care Center Fellowship
  • Graduate or professional student
  • Rotates between Physical Therapy, Physician Assistant Studies, Medical Laboratory Sciences, and Communication Sciences & Disorders
  • Award for 2024-2025 goes to a Medical Laboratory Science student.
• College of Health Sciences (CHS) Graduate & Professional Commitment to Belonging Scholarship
  • The College of Health Sciences (CHS) Graduate & Professional Commitment to Belonging Scholarship supports the UK Strategic Plan goal to bring together many people as one community. Within this community is a broad range of lived experiences among our students, faculty and staff. Together, these experiences and backgrounds help the UK College of Health Sciences create and sustain a community of inclusion, understanding and belonging. To that end, we want to better understand an applicant's experiences, beliefs, background and perspectives. By recognizing the influence of individual experiences on skills, knowledge, character and contribution, we will identify students who will positively contribute to an inclusive campus community where everyone belongs and where they thrive academically.
  • Criteria  include:
    • Newly admitted or continuing students in a CHS graduate or professional program
    • Continuing students must have a 3.2 minimum GPA
    • Leadership experience, extracurricular activities, awards and recognition, and/or community service
    • Embodiment of CHS mission
    • Good standing in program (if applicable)
    • Response to the following essay question:
      • Considering your identities, lived experiences, and talents, please describe how you contribute to the cultivation of unique perspectives in the classroom and your future profession.

CLM students interested in these awards will submit the CHS Scholarship Application beginning February 1st to be considered for funding by the CLM faculty scholarship committee.  The deadline is March 12th, 2023.  Dr. Sarah Kercsmar oversees this process.

• Clinical Leadership & Management Book Scholarship
  • Good standing in CLM Program
  • Preference given to students who have not received this scholarship before
• Clinical Leadership & Management Summer Support
  • Current CLM freshmen, sophomores, and juniors
  • Preference will be given to students who have secured an unpaid internship for Summer 2023. 
  • Proof of internship will be required before funding is given. 

CSD Graduate students interested in these awards will submit the CHS Scholarship Application to be considered for funding by the CSD faculty.  The actual amounts vary from year to year. The deadline for consideration is August 1st.   

• CSD Academic Scholarship
  • Open to all CSD graduate students
  • Given to a 1st year and 2nd year student, totaling $3000 to be split in the fall/spring
  • Students exemplifying excellence in academics upon entering the program in their 1st year and  maintaining record upon entering their 2nd year
• CSD Graduate Scholarship
  • Open to all CSD graduate students
  • Given to a 1st year and 2nd year student, totaling $3000 to be split in the fall/spring
  • Students identified as having not received another departmental or federal scholarship or training grant funds
• CSD Diversity Scholarship
  • Open to all CSD graduate and doctoral students
  • Given to one student for up to three years and remaining in good academic standing
  • Totaling $3000 to be split in the fall/spring
  • Contribution to the CSD program through diversity of lived experience.
• Emma Rose Davis Bridges Memorial Scholarship
  • Open to CSD graduate students who are pursuing speech language pathology as their concentration.
  • Given to a 2nd year masters student, totaling $2500 split between fall and spring.
  • Submission of 500 word essay about how they have demonstrated a commitment to collaboration and innovation in the field of speech language pathology.
• Ezra Gillis Scholarship
  • Open to all CSD graduate students
  • Given to a 1st year and 2nd year student, totaling $3000 to be split in the fall/spring
  • Prioritized for Non-resident students
• Kim Stricker Scholarship Fund
  • Open to all CSD graduate students
  • Given to a 1st or 2nd year student, totaling $1400 as a onetime payment
  • Demonstrated financial need
  • Preference given to students from Northern Kentucky and Hamilton County, Ohio
• William Beckner Worth Memorial Fund
  • Open to all CSD graduate Students
  • Given to a 1st or 2nd year student, totaling $1600 as a onetime payment

Other CSD Graduate funding opportunities may be found here: https://www.uky.edu/chs/communication-sciences-and-disorders/graduate-pr...

The HHS program coordinates the award of these funds and will reach out to qualified students to apply.  Dr. Jami Warren oversees the process.

• Amy Waugh Pre-AT Scholarship
  • Current Human Health Sciences student entering final year on the Pre-AT track
  • Essay Response
  • Minimum 3.3 GPA

MLS students interested in these awards will submit the CHS Scholarship Application beginning in February to be considered for funding by the MLS faculty scholarship committee.  The deadline is Sunday, March 12th, 2023.  Awards will be given to MLS seniors entering the summer term prior to the last fall semester in the program.  Please reach out to Chad Guilliams for more information.

• Harriet Hendershot Smith Scholarship
  • Candidate must be entering or enrolled in the Medical Laboratory Science program (MLS)
  • Minimum 3.0 GPA
  • Exhibit financial need
  • Preference given to females
• Deborah O’Bryan Crowe Clinical Health Scholarship
  • Enrolled in Medical Laboratory Science program (MLS)
  • Have unmet financial need
• M.S. Rawlins Family Trust
  • Worthy students pursuing studies in the field of accounting and medical technology
  • Preference given to females from Kentucky
• Mary Francis James Scholarship Fund
  • Junior or Senior medical laboratory student (MLS)
• Jacqueline K. Resinger Fellowship in Medical Laboratory Science
  • Pursuing a degree in Medical Laboratory Sciences
  • Must be nominated by an MLS faculty member in the College of Health Sciences
  • Enrolling for their first term of study or are currently enrolled
  • Minimum GPA 3.0
• Gorman Family Medical Laboratory Science Scholarship
  • Pursuing a degree in Medical Laboratory Sciences and in good standing in the program
  • Exhibit financial need

The Physical Therapy program coordinates the award of these funds and will reach out to enrolled students with the application process each spring.  Dr. Deborah Kelly coordinates this process.

• PT Pros Scholarship
  • Enrolled in the Physical Therapy program
  • From Kentucky
  • Strong intent to move to the southeastern region of Kentucky after graduation
  • Demonstrated financial need
  • Essay
• McDougall Student Endowed Scholarship Fund
  • Enrolled in the Physical Therapy program
  • Hold professional promise
  • Essay
• Dwain Robert Rice Memorial Scholarship
  • Enrolled in the Physical Therapy program in the College of Health Sciences
  • Minimum GPA 3.0
  • Demonstrated financial need
  • Essay
  • Criteria currently under review. Subject to revision. Please check back.
• Michael Nodler
  • Enrolled in the Physical Therapy program in the College of Health Sciences
  • Minimum GPA 3.0
  • Demonstrated financial need
  • Essay

The PA program coordinates the award of these funds.  Please reach out to Julia Berry for more information.

• Daus Family UK PA Scholarship:
  • Students are nominated and selected by PA faculty following the end of their first year of study in the PA program. Students named for this award must have a record of demonstrating leadership either in a formal or informal role. Students awarded must be in good academic standing and have unmet financial needs.Number of awards and amounts vary from year to year.
• UKPA Mission Scholarship:
  • Awarded to students who demonstrate their commitment to the PA program mission of the UK PA program.