The 2017 APHA-SA Annual Meeting Scholarship Application is now OPEN. Apply by July 9 at 11:59 p.m. Eastern to win one of the 50 available scholarships. The scholarship covers early bird registration for the 2017 Annual Meeting and the 2017 National Student Meeting as well as a $250 stipend to used on travel expenses for the Annual Meeting.
The APHA-SA Annual Meeting Scholarship (formerly the Leadership Challenge) was established in 2011 by Dr. M. Lyndon Haviland, to encourage APHA leaders to give matching funds to award scholarships for student APHA members to attend the Annual Meeting. Since its inception, Dr. Ayman El-Mohandes joined Haviland to increase the match from $5,000 to $20,000.
Applicants must be a current APHA student member and either enrolled in a college or university or have or will graduate during the 2017 calendar year.