Scholarships for Pharm.D. Students
Scholarship Name
Scholarship Criteria
A&E Cantu Scholarship Endowment Need Based. Applicant must have a GPA of 2.75 or higher, be a full-time pharmacy student who is from the Rio Grande Valley. Alton and Sandra Kanak Endowed Scholarship Need Based.
Ameena Colombowala Memorial Scholarship Endowment in the College of Pharmacy
Merit Based. Must be a full-time senior, will go to the student with the highest GPA.
Andrea L. Smesny Scholarship Endowment Need Based.
Andries Lott Scholarship Endowment
Merit Based. Applicant must have a GPA of 2.25 or higher. Preference to applicants with an interest in geriatric pharmacy and who have been active in a state or national pharmacy association or pharmacy fraternity.
Brookshire Brothers Pharmacy Endowed Scholarship
Merit Based. Applicant must have a GPA of 3.0 or higher. Preference is limited to
scholarship applicant(s) who are from the East Texas region or a county where Brookshire Brothers Pharmacies are located.
Bruce Biundo, R.Ph. and Ann Biundo Endowed Scholarship
Merit Based.
Chiu Moon Chan Memorial Scholarship Merit Based.Preference to a student who speaks Cantonese or Mandarin . College of Pharmacy Dean's Advisory Council
Endowed Scholarship
Merit Based. Applicant must have a GPA of 2.5 or higher. Preference is limited to scholarship applicant(s) who are TX resident(s).
College of Pharmacy Dean's Executive Council
Endowed Scholarship Merit Based. Cora and Webb Mading Scholarship
Endowment
Need Based.
Dana S. Fitzsimmons Pharmacy Scholarship and Cultural Award Endowment
Merit Based. Applicant must have a GPA of 3.0 or higher. Applicant shall be entering the 5th Semester (last didactic year) of the pharmacy curriculum. Applicant must have a
demonstrable proficiency in a visual or performance art (includes, but is not limited to, dance, dramatic performance, voice, musical instruments, painting or sculpture).
Dean Joseph P. Buckley Pharmacy Leadership Endowment
Merit Based. Applicant must have a GPA of 3.0 or higher. Applicant must be a 4th year Pharm.D. Professional student. Professional leadership potential as evidenced by faculty members who work closely with student organizations, At least two letters of
recommendation from student organization advisors are required with the scholarship application.
Dean's Scholarship Endowment in Pharmacy Merit Based. Applicant must have a GPA of 3.0 or higher. Den Benny Chin and May Kim Chin Endowed
Scholarship
Need Based. Applicant must have a GPA of 3.0 or higher. Doyle Endowed Scholarship Fund for the
College of Pharmacy
Merit Based. Dr. Diana Chow Graduate Fellowship
Endowment in Pharmaceutics
Graduate Fellowship renewable for two years. Applicant must be a full-time second year Pharm.D/Ph.D or Ph.D student in Pharmaceutics, specializing in the development of formulations and drug delivery systems.
Dr. James G. Hesbrook and Elena Vale Hesbrook Endowed Scholarship
Applicant must have a GPA of 2.5 or higher. Applicant exhibits leadership qualities within the APhA-ASP student pharmacy organization.
Dr. Maktoob Alam Scholarship Endowment in the College of Pharmacy
Merit based. Applicant must have a GPA of 3.0 or higher. Applicant is a full-time first year student in the Pharmacy Professional Program. Applicant should demonstrate a
commitment to community service or teaching. Dr. M. George and Cecilia Webber Scholarship
Endowment
Merit Based. Applicant must have a GPA of 2.5 or higher. Preference to applicants with an interest in pharmacy practice.
Dr. Vishnu Gupta and Mrs. Kanta Gupta Academic Achievement Award Endowment
Merit Based. Applicant is a full-time first year student in the Pharmacy Professional Program.
Elena, Veronica, and Johnny Guerra Scholarship Endowment
Merit Based. Applicant must have a GPA of 2.5 or higher. Preference is limited to applicants who reside in Rio Grande Valley. Applicants exhibit active community interests and hobbies (i.e, piano, sports, volunteer, service organization, etc.).
Gary K. and Linda B. Rice Scholarship Endowment
Merit Based. Applicant must have a GPA of 3.0 or higher. Preferece limited to applicants with an interest in clinical ambulatory care practice and exhibiting leadership qualities.
Harold and Doris Pieratt Endowed Scholarship Need Based. Applicant must have a GPA of 2.5 or higher. Applicant is a pharmacy student from Central Texas. Preference to applicants with an interest in pursuing a career in community pharmacy.
Henry and Charlene McClain Endowed Scholarship
Merit Based. Applicant must have a GPA of 3.0 or higher. Preference to applicants who are certified pharmacy technicians or who have pharmacy work experience.
Henry G. Lehrmann & J. W. Kolbe Quasi Scholarship Endowment
Applicant must have a GPA of 2.5 or higher. Applicant hometown is in Fayette or Washington County.
Henry Wertheimer Memorial Scholarship Endowment Fund
Need Based. Applicant must have a GPA of 3.0 or higher. Preference to applicants with an interest in community pharmacy and exhibit excellent skills in dispensing lab.
Houston Area Pharmacy Association Endowed Scholarship
Merit Based. Applicant must have a GPA of 2.5 or higher. Applicant must be an active member of ASP, SSHP, or NCPA and serving as an office or committee chair for local, regional, or national chapter.
James and Theresa Fischer Scholarship Endowment
Need Based.
John & Paula Lovoi Endowed Scholarship Applicant must have a GPA of 2.5 or higher. Applicant is from Southeast Texas.
John P. and May Gee Scholarship Endowment Need Based. Applicant must have a GPA of 2.6 or higher. Preference to applicants who demonstrate an interest in alternative site pharmacy care such as home care. Johnnie Fadal, Jr. Endowed Scholarship Need Based.
Joseph P. Buckley Scholarship Endowment Fund
Judge Kenton Lloyd Smith Pharmacy Ethics Scholarship Endowment
Merit and Need Based. Applicant must have a GPA of 2.5 or higher. Recipient will be selected based on applicant's brief essay responding to a hypothetical scenario involving a moral/ethical dilemma that might be encountered in pharmacy practice.
Kai-King Chow and Cheng-Yok Chow Endowed Scholarship
Merit Based. Full time student in the Pharm.D./Ph.D. program; demonstrate an interest in pursuing a career in pharmaceutics.
Kelsey-Seybold Scholarship Endowment Merit Based. Applicant must have a GPA of 3.0 or higher. Applicant must have an interest in clinical ambulatory care practice. Kenneth and Patty Korthauer Endowed
Scholarship
Need Based.
Kmart Pharmacy Scholarship Endowment for Community Excellence
Merit Based. Applicant must have a GPA of 2.5 or higher. Should be a enrolled in year 3 or 4 of the professional program. Must have pharmacy experience in a community pharmacy, preference will be given to Kmart associates and their families.
Kroger Company Scholarship Endowment in the College of Pharmacy
Merit Based. Preference given to a fourth-year student. Applicant must be interested in pursuing a career in retail pharmacy in the Houston or Dallas area, and may accept other scholarships and grants.
Leland F. Zatopek Memorial Scholarship Endowment Fund
Merit Based. Applicant must have a GPA of 2.5 or higher. Lena and Marc Malacoff Scholarship
Endowment
Need Based. Applicant must have a GPA of 2.25 or higher.Preference to applicant who is experiencing a crisis or emergency situation and the financial assistance will ease the burden to continue their education.
Louis W. Williams Award Endowment Need Based.
Lynn and Bill Simpson Scholarship Endowment Merit Based. Applicant must have a GPA of 2.25 or higher. Applicant must be a second-year standing or higher (not a graduate student). Mark Shadle Scholarship Endowment Need Based. Priority should be given to an applicant who is the head of a household. Michael and Donna O'Neill Endowment Need based. Applicant must have a GPA of 2.75 or higher.
Mom's Pharmacy Scholarship Endowment
Merit Based. Applicant must have a GPA of 2.5 or higher. Preference is limited to scholarship applicant(s) who reside in Rio Grande Valley. Applicant(s) exhibit active community interests and hobbies (i.e, piano, sports, volunteer, service organization, etc.). Mortar and Pedal Ride Scholarship
Endowment
Nilkanth K. and Yamini Patel Scholarship Endowment
Need Based. Applicant is a full-time student, must maintain a GPA of 2.5 or greater. Noel Ferguson Endowment Merit Based.
Ohia-Edet Memorial Endowment Need Based. Student who has excelled in the pharmacology course (or a related discipline) and has demonstrated need for financial assistance. Pharmacy Golf Tournament Scholarship
Endowment
Need Based. Applicant must have a GPA of 2.5 or higher. Applicants who work in any capacity on the tournament will be eligible, should demonstrate a commitment to the betterment of the pharmacy profession as a whole.
Prithvipal and Manmeet Likhari "Inspiring Excellence" Scholarship Endowment
Merit Based. Applicant must have a GPA of 3.0 or higher. Randall's Food and Pharmacy Scholarship
Endowment in the College of Pharmacy
Merit Based. Applicant must have a GPA of 2.5 or higher. Preference should be given to a senior.
Red, White, and Blue Scholarship Endowment
Merit Based. Applicant must have a GPA of 2.5 or higher. Preference given to the applicant who has formerly served in the military, spouse is currently or has former service, or
immediate family (siblings, mother, or father) is or has former service. The applicant should be a 2nd year student.
Robert "Bob" O'Donnell Brown, Jr. Scholarship Endowment Fund
Need Based. Applicant must have a GPA of 2.75 or higher. Applicant should demonstrate an interest in pursuing a career in community or long term care pharmacy.
Robert L. Boblitt Scholarship Endowment Merit Based. Applicant must have a GPA of 2.5 or higher. Preference to applicants who demonstrate leadership in the profession. Rosemarie and David DeVido Scholarship
Endowment Applicant must have a GPA of 2.5 or higher. Roy Wiese, Jr. Scholarship Endowment in
Pharmacy
Merit Based. Applicant must have a GPA of 2.5 or higher.
Sandra Webb Quasi Endowed Scholarship Merit Based. Applicant must have a GPA of 3.0 or higher. Applicant must have an interest in health-systems pharmacy. Scholz Family Endowment
Merit Based. Preference to applicants who show leadership in student pharmaceutical organizations and who are interested in management in the health care field.
Suzanne May Handal Scholarship Endowment Fund
Need Based. Applicant must have a GPA of 2.5 or higher.
Suzanne W. Woo Honorary Scholarship Endowment in Memory of William McKinley Woo
Merit Based. Scholarship award be evenly split between 2 recipients: the president, for the upcoming year, of Phi Lambda Sigma, the Pharmacy Leadership Honor Society and the president, for the upcoming year, of Christian Pharmacists Fellowship International.
Tarrant County Pharmacy Association Scholarship Endowment
Need Based. Applicant must have a GPA of 2.5 or higher. Applicant must be a 2nd year full-time student in the Pharmacy Professional Program. Priority given to a Tarrant county resident, if no Tarrant county resident applies or is eligible then priority given to a North Texas resident.
Texas Pharmacy Foundation Scholarship Endowment
Need Based. Applicant must have a GPA of 2.5 or higher. Applicant must be a student member of the Texas Pharmacy Association and have demonstrated leadership skills. W. Benjamin Fry Rio Grande Valley Endowed
Scholarship
Need Based. Preference limited to applicants who reside in Rio Grande Valley.
Wayne & Dolores Gentsch Scholarship Endowment in Pharmacy
Merit Based. Applicant must have a GPA of 3.0 or higher. Preference given to a student from East or Northeast Texas.
Scholarships & Fellowships for
PharmD/PhD Combined Program
Students
Bhagavan Jandhyala Scholarship Endowment 2nd year graduate student (PhD or PharmD/PhD) Dr. Diana Chow Graduate Fellowship
Endowment in Pharmaceutics
Graduate Fellowship renewable for two years. Applicant must be a full-time second year Pharm.D/Ph.D or Ph.D student in Pharmaceutics, specializing in the development of formulations and drug delivery systems.
Kai-King Chow and Cheng-Yok Chow Endowed Scholarship
Merit Based. Full time student in the Pharm.D./Ph.D. program; demonstrate an interest in pursuing a career in pharmaceutics.
