Financial support opportunities for master's and PhD students.
Established in 2005 to honor Robert O’Shea, PhD, associate professor emeritus and first director of graduate studies in the Department of Epidemiology and Environmental Health from 1977 to 1997.
Eligible students may submit a written request to the department’s finance committee to support their travel to present research findings at professional meetings and are strongly encouraged to submit for approval prior to abstract submission. Those students who are supported by a faculty member’s research funding for travel may also be eligible for the award.
The Office of Global Health Initiatives (OGHI) offers funding for UB School of Public Health and Health Professions’ (SPHHP) students interested in interacting with public health initiatives and services in resource-poor settings in the United States or in a global setting. These awards are made possible in part by generous support from OGHI Founding Director Dr. Arthur Goshin.
UB SPHHP graduate students are eligible to apply for field work funding and may propose working locally on a topic of global interest, or internationally. UB SPHHP graduate students may also apply for funding to attend a major international conference.
Students engaged in international fieldwork must adhere to UB travel policies and complete any requirements well in advance of travel. International fieldwork award recipients must keep and submit budget justification forms and receipts as instructed. Local and international project award recipients will present findings to SPHHP faculty and staff in a format arranged by OGHI. Additionally, award recipients will be required to present their work at the Annual Perry Poster session organized by SPHHP.
All fellows are involved in interdisciplinary research, working with a mentor in epidemiology and in a second field of research. Fellows receive a stipend and funds for tuition, research and related activities and items (attendance at scientific meetings, memberships, books, etc.). Students are generally accepted into the training program at the end of their first year of study. Learn more about UB’s cancer epidemiology fellowships by contacting Terri Raimondo at traimond@buffalo.edu or 716-829-5363.
Fellowships funded by an NCI R25T training grant are available for qualified students in the cancer epidemiology track within the PhD program.
Grantees are provided a stipend of $22,000 for each of two years, with tuition and, as available, funds for research work or travel to conferences. Grantees are expected to complete coursework in microbiology, as well as research ethics. Doctoral students working on dissertation-related research on infectious diseases are eligible to apply. Learn more by contacting Pavani Kalluri Ram, MD, at pkram@buffalo.edu.
The microbial pathogenesis training grant is funded by the National Institute for AIDS and Infectious Diseases and is administered by UB’s Department of Microbiology and Immunology.
Funded by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), training fellowships are available for qualified, full-time master’s students interested in a multidisciplinary training approach to advance occupational safety and health practice in Western New York.