Office of International Programs

Student Travel Awards Program

(Deadline for SHARE Kenya is Oct. 23.
Deadline for Surgery Brigade is Jan. 9.)

Objective:

To provide students wishing to participate in OUCOM-sponsored Education Abroad programs with partial financial assistance to cover travel related expenses through a competitive process.

Nature of the Award:

• $400 will be applied towards in-country travel expenses
• Letter of award in recipient’s file with copy to the Dean or other academic authority as requested
• This award is not considered financial aid and is not "need based"

Eligibility

• Students applying to SHARE Kenya or Surgery Brigade in El Salvador.

 Guidelines

• Fill out the Travel Award Application Form online
• Upload a 500 word essay (not including references) on a topic listed below.
• Deadline Oct. 23 for SHARE Kenya; Jan. 8 for Surgery Brigade.

Selection process

• Papers will be evaluated by a panel of OUCOM members and students, and scored considering clarity of ideas, overall content and relevance to the topic.
• A decision letter will be emailed to the applicant two weeks after the deadline.
• A letter of award, stating the nature of the competition and other relevant details, will be added to the applicant’s file at OUCOM or in their school/program and sent to the Dean or other academic officer at their school as requested.
• Award will be contingent on actual participation in the program and cannot be used to pay for program deposits.
• Awards are not transferable and cannot be deferred.

 Essay Topics

 Discuss one or two important health issue(s) in Africa or Latin America.  Focus on the public health, cultural and socioeconomic aspects of the problem and potential solutions.  Students may go to www.paho.org or www.who.int to identify an issue or can choose from the following list: