I am excited to serve our alumni and donors, and look forward to facilitating your philanthropic support of the college, its departments, people and initiatives. Whether funding student scholarships or travel awards, faculty research or recruitment, your contributions have a meaningful and profound impact.
Where to Give
There are many areas you can support within AHS. No matter where you give, the positive impact of your donation is very real. The funds listed below are available for gift designation.
UIC College of Applied Health Sciences (AHS)
- UIC A Mother’s Love Scholarship
For support of undergraduate, graduate, and professional students in any AHS program need who are graduates of the Chicago Public School system with financial need. First preference shall be given to first-generation college students; additional preference shall be given to students with demonstrated experience in or commitment to working with historically underserved or underprivileged populations and those who contribute to the diversity of AHS. - UIC Applied Health Sciences Annual Fund
For unrestricted use in AHS - UIC Academic Support and Achievement Program (ASAP) Fund
To provide unrestricted support for ASAP in AHS - UIC Charlotte A. Tate College of Applied Health Sciences Student Fund
For support of AHS student travel to professional meetings, student organizations, cultural events, emergency student loans, or student awards or prizes - UIC College of Applied Health Sciences Scholarship Fund
To support scholarships for all AHS students - UIC Elena M. Zavos Isotita Endowed Scholarship Fund
For support of undergraduate, graduate, and professional students with financial need in any AHS program. First preference shall be given to students with a demonstrated interest in, involvement with, or commitment to the transgender identifying community. Second preference shall be given to students with a demonstrated interest in, involvement with, or commitment to the broader LBGTQI+ population. - UIC Margret Amatayakul Endowed Fund for Interdisciplinary Initiatives
For support of interdisciplinary initiatives between AHS and other UIC colleges - UIC Vivette Ravel Rifkin Memorial Scholarship Fund
To support scholarships for students who are blind or visually impaired at AHS
Department of Biomedical and Health Information Sciences (BHIS)
- Frank Armitage Fund
To support biomedical visualization graduate students who demonstrate financial need - Tom Jones Memorial Scholarship
For outstanding biomedical visualization students who demonstrate financial need - UIC Alice and Brian Katz Endowment Fund
To provide awards to graduate students in the BVIS program who are in good academic standing and have financial need - UIC Biomedical Visualization Annual Fund
For unrestricted use in the biomedical visualization program - UIC Biomedical Visualization Diversity and Inclusion Scholarship Fund
For support of BVIS students who may be first-generation college students; have graduated from the Chicago Public School system; be members of a federally recognized Native American tribe; or meet other such criteria that would contribute to the diversity of the student body.
- UIC Geraldine Smothers Scholarship Fund
For outstanding health information management students - UIC Great Lakes Informatics Student Travel Award Fund
To promote student travel to health information management-related professional conferences - UIC Health Information Management Annual Fund
For unrestricted use in the health information management program - UIC Health Information Management and Health Informatics Scholarship Fund
For support of undergraduate, graduate, and professional students with financial need in Health Information Management and Health Informatics programs. - UIC Health Informatics Annual Fund
For unrestricted use in the health informatics program - UIC Lawrence M. Pawola Travel Fund
To provide support for BHIS students to attend professional conferences and development opportunities; support may include but is not limited to funding for travel and lodging costs, conference registration, and presentation material costs
- UIC Professor Beverly Fiorella Student Awards in HIM and HI Fund
To provide awards to undergraduate HIM and graduate HI students who have financial need and demonstrate academic merit - UIC Rita M. Finnegan Academic Achievement Award
To provide support for undergraduate HIM students with academic merit
- UIC School of Biomedical and Health Information Sciences Unrestricted Fund
For unrestricted use in BHIS
Department of Disability and Human Development (DHD)
- Anne Hopkins Scholarship Fund
For DHD graduate students in good academic standing who demonstrate financial need and research one of the following topics: disability and sex, relationships and dating; social model of disability; social entrepreneurship - Carlos Drazen Memorial Research Award
For DHD graduate students who research race and disability - Edward Page-el Fund MD Student Award Fund
For DHD graduate students in good academic standing who demonstrate financial need - UIC Albrecht Global Disability Award
To support DHD doctoral students and faculty whose work will have a positive impact on the lives of people with disabilities through evidence-based, global research, scholarship, practice, education and policy - UIC Assistive Technology Unit Fund
For unrestricted support of the ATU, including but not limited to equipment purchase and modification, community distribution, and educational efforts
- UIC Bodies of Work Support Fund
For the Bodies of Work Project in the Department of Disability and Human Development - UIC DHD/OT Black and Latinx Student Scholarship Fund
For support of DHD and OT students with financial need. Preference is given to students who contribute to the diversity of each unit, with further preference given to students that aim to serve or do research with Black and Latinx communities or that are involved in or interested in student organizations at UIC that promote Black and Latinx interests in society - UIC Disability and Human Development Annual Fund
For unrestricted use in the Department of Disability and Human Development - UIC Disabled People of Color Coalition (DPOCC) Fund
To provide unrestricted support for the collaborative work between DHD and the Chicagoland Disabled People of Color Coalition; the fund supports scholarships, accessibility accommodations, travel costs, seminar support, and other such needs - UIC Neal H. Gottlieb Memorial Scholarship Fund
For undergraduate students enrolled in the BS in DHD program. Preference is given to students who have financial need; are enrolled in their third or fourth year, and who have a documented physical disability
Department of Kinesiology and Nutrition (KN)
- Phyllis and Sam Bowen Endowed Scholarship Fund
For nutrition students with preference for those who demonstrate financial need - UIC Kinesiology Annual Fund
For unrestricted use in the kinesiology programs - UIC Kinesiology Student Award Fund
For undergraduate, graduate and doctoral kinesiology students who demonstrate academic achievement and/or financial need - UIC Nutrition Science Annual Fund
For unrestricted use in the nutrition programs - UIC Nutrition Student Award Fund
For undergraduate and graduate nutrition students who demonstrate academic achievement and/or financial need
Department of Occupational Therapy (OT)
- Center for Everyday Participation Support Fund
To support the construction, renovation and maintenance of the OT model apartment suite - UIC Barbara Loomis Scholarship in Occupational Therapy Fund
For occupational therapy students who demonstrate an interest and/or potential in becoming OT educators - UIC Beatrice D. Wade Occupational Therapy Award
For outstanding entry-level OT students in their last year of study who demonstrate financial need and a commitment to OT - UIC DHD/OT Black and Latinx Student Scholarship Fund
For support of DHD and OT students with financial need. Preference is given to students who contribute to the diversity of each unit, with further preference given to students that aim to serve or do research with Black and Latinx communities or that are involved in or interested in student organizations at UIC that promote Black and Latinx interests in society - UIC Gary Kielhofner Model of Human Occupation Endowed Fund
For student, clinician, post-doctoral fellow or faculty research and scholarship that is focused on the Model of Human Occupation in OT - UIC Jackson-Frey Scholarship for Occupational Therapy Fund
For scholarships to OT graduate students who have financial need and are veterans with honorable discharge from a branch of the U.S. Armed Forces, or with life experiences or an identity that adds to the diversity of the field - UIC Occupational Therapy Alumni Scholarship Fund
To provide support for graduate and professional OT students with financial need
- UIC Occupational Therapy Annual Fund
For unrestricted use in OT - UIC Occupational Therapy Doctoral Student Award Fund
For OT doctoral students’ dissertation or doctoral project - UIC Occupational Therapy Student Travel Award
For OT students’ travel, lodging and registration expenses for conferences and professional events - UIC OT Gail Fisher Scholarship Fund
For first generation OT students with demonstrated financial need
- UIC Rhoda P. Erhardt Endowed Scholarship Fund
To provide support for graduate and professional OT students with financial need who are interested in pursuing a career in pediatrics
- UIC Sandye Jacobson Lerner OT Scholarship Fund
To provide support for graduate and professional OT students with financial need
- UIC Velma Louisa Reichenbach Endowed Fund
To bring guest speakers that bridge research, education and clinical practice in OT - Winifred E. Scott Occupational Therapy Scholarship Fund
For graduate or professional OT students who have financial need and demonstrate an interest in or a commitment to serving African Americans or African American communities
Department of Physical Therapy (PT)
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- UIC AHS Department of Physical Therapy Brain Plasticity Lab
To provide unrestricted support for the Brain Plasticity Lab in the Department of Physical Therapy - UIC Donna Roach Award Fund
For outstanding PT doctoral students; financial need may be considered - UIC Faculty Practice Fund
For unrestricted use in the PT Faculty Practice - UIC Joan Wallace Lindsay Endowed Scholarship Fund
For support of PT doctoral students with financial need; preference is given to students who have caregiving and living expenses beyond the standard cost of attendance, such as childcare expenses.
- UIC Physical Therapy Annual Fund
For unrestricted use in PT - UIC Physical Therapy Clinical Faculty Professional Development Fund
To provide support for clinical faculty awards and prizes in the PT Department - UIC Suzann K Campbell Award for Teaching Excellence in Physical Therapy
To support and recognize teaching excellence in the Department of Physical Therapy
- UIC AHS Department of Physical Therapy Brain Plasticity Lab
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