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Financial Assistance

Applications and inquiries about financial aid should be made through the Health Sciences Center Office of Student Services at http://www.uhmc.sunysb.edu/studserv/finaid.html.

Scholarship Awards and Programs

The School distributes information and/or applications for various scholarships and awards as soon as they become available. Such scholarships include the National Hispanic Scholarship, Project 1000 (for Hispanic students), the Jewish Foundation for Education of Women Scholarships (non-sectarian), and New York State Regents Professional Opportunity Scholarships (for minority students).

Incoming and/or continuing students are eligible for the following scholarships. The school recommends selected students to the appropriate scholarship committee. Hy Frankel Award. This award, established and funded by the Hy Frankel Fund in Law, is an annual award of $3,000, given to a graduating student who is committed to combining law and social welfare to advocate and promote the well-being of children, families and communities.

Sylvia Cutts Memorial Scholarship
This scholarship, established and funded by the Cutts family, isoffered in memory of Sylvia Cutts, a former student in the School of Social Welfare and sister of one of the School’s founders. The scholarship is awarded to one financially needy African-American woman. The recipient receives $500.

W. Burghardt Turner Fellowship
This award, funded by the SUNY Fellowship Program for Underrepresented Ethnic Minority Graduate Students (African American, Native American and Hispanic American), is for incoming minority students who have demonstrated very high academic achievement. It provides full tuition and a stipend for two full years of study. The stipend is $10,000 each year for two years. Applicants interested in being considered for this scholarship must submit their applications for admission by December 15. Applicants being considered for this fellowship will need to submit an additional essay upon notification by the School.

For additional Information visit: http://www.grad.sunysb.edu/Turner/