Prospective Students

Financial Assistance

Tuition Payments and Monthly Stipends are Available Now for your graduate training in the following areas:

• Agricultural Safety and Health
• Ergonomics
• Industrial Hygiene
• Occupational Epidemology
• Occupational Health Nursing
• Occupational Injury Prevention
• Occupational Medicine Residency

These traineeships and assistantships are available through the Heartland Center for Occupational Health & Safety, a NIOSH-funded Education and Research Center. Students admitted to these programs are eligible for competitively awarded traineeships. Support may be in the form of tuition, fees, and/or stipend. Funded positions sponsored by NIOSH are available for U.S. citizens only.

For more information on the Heartland Center and the training programs offered, see the Heartland Center for Occupational Health and Safety website.

Environmental Health Sciences Training Program

The Environmental Health Sciences Training Program provides training to predoctoral students and postdoctoral fellows in two areas:

• Environmental Health
• Environmental Epidemiology

Students admitted to these degree programs are eligible for competitively awarded traineeships. Support may be in the form of tuition, fees, and/or stipend.

More information can be found at the Environmental Health Sciences Research Center website.

Great Plains Center for Agricultural Health

The Great Plains Center for Agricultural Health is one of nine national centers dedicated to agricultural health and safety research, prevention and training.

Students admitted to the department with an interest in agricultural health and safety are eligible for competitively awarded traineeships. Support may be in the form of tuition, fees, and/or stipend.

For more information see the Great Plains Center for Agricultural Health website.

Financial assistance for graduate students can also come from the Graduate College and from the Office of Student Financial Aid.