Scholarships are a great way to provide additional support for your education. As a student pursuing a degree in the UW-Milwaukee College of Health Sciences (CHS) you have many scholarship opportunities available to you. CHS typically awards more than $32,000 per year in scholarships to our students. The typical minimum award is $1,000 with some as high as $3,000! Actual awards may vary and are made based on the availability of funds. Not all scholarships are based on financial need.

CHS Scholarships are available to all students!

  • Undergraduate and Graduate students
  • First generation students
  • Students from underrepresented backgrounds
  • Students in all CHS degree programs and in all class levels
  • Students new to CHS as new freshmen or transfers from other institutions
  • All GPA’s at or above a 2.5

CHS Scholarships open to Undergraduate and Graduate Students

  • CHS Alumni Chapter Scholarship
  • CHS Student Scholarship
  • Kinesiology Faculty and Alumni Scholarship (BS, MS, PhD – Kinesiology)
  • Leslie Blide Scholarship (BS Health Care Administration, MS Health Care Informatics)
  • Randall S. Lambrecht Honor Code Scholarship

CHS Scholarships open to Graduate Students

  • Catherine Zimmer Memorial Scholarship (Communication Sciences and Disorders)
  • Curative Care Network Memorial Scholarship (Communication Sciences and Disorders, Doctor of Physical Therapy, Occupational Therapy)
  • Lia Erin Schmidt Memorial Scholarship (Occupational Therapy)
  • Sherri L. Sieff Scholarship (Communication Sciences and Disorders)
  • Steven Family Scholarship (Communication Sciences and Disorders)
  • Taugher Family Scholarship (Occupational Therapy)

CHS Scholarships open to Undergraduate Students (eligibility varies by scholarship)

  • CHS First Generation Scholarship (all degree programs)
  • CHS New Freshman Scholarship (all degree programs – for new freshman entering UWM in Fall 2021). Apply by December 1, 2020!
  • CHS New Transfer Student Scholarship (all degree programs – for new transfer students entering UWM in Summer or Fall 2021)
  • Dean’s Advisory Board Scholarship (all degree programs)
  • Easterling Family Scholarship (all first generation students)
  • Froedtert Minority Scholars award (all majors; underrepresented students)
  • Opportunity for Success Scholarship (all degree programs)
  • Victoria Lenichek Memorial Scholarship (all students)
  • Weisburg Scholarship (Biomedical Sciences – Medical Lab Sciences majors)