Department of Health Sciences Awards Application
Please review the following information prior to completing your scholarship application.
Complete and electronically submit the online Health Sciences Departmental Scholarship Application link below after reading all the required information. The applications for the 2025-26 academic year will open on April 15, 2025, and will close on June 1 at 11:59 p.m.
This year only students in the OSOT, PT, PA, SPHS and CRMH divisions may apply for the Thorpe/Mitchell award.
Only students who have been officially admitted to a program in the Department of Health Sciences may complete the online application.
Have these documents already collected and prepared can save you time as you will need to upload copies of some of these to the online application.
- Complete the 2025-26 FAFSA using code 002974 if your scholarship requires it. We recommend that all students do it. You can use estimates to complete your FAFSA if you have not completed your taxes.
- Total Student Loan Debt/Pell Recipient (Can be found at
- Update your resume and save a copy as a PDF or Word document.
- Request a recommendation letter if the scholarship you are applying for requires it.
- June C Alcott and Thorpe/Mitchell both require a letter of recommendation
- Prepare your written statement(s) ahead of time.
- June C Alcott – describe your past, present, and/or proposed community service.
- Thorpe-Mitchell – a supplemental essay telling us about you, your history, and your professional goals after completing your degree
- CRMH applicants:
- How has your experience to date prepared you for a career in Clinical Mental Health Counseling/Clinical Rehabilitation Counseling? What do you hope to do with your degree?
- What would getting this scholarship mean to you?
- NDSS applicants:
- Please provide statement of 200 words or less describing your career aspirations
- What are your clinical-related extracurricular or volunteer activities? Please list with a description, start/end date, and approximate hours.
- PT applicants:
- Professional Goals Statement
- Statement of Service and Leadership
You will provide additional information electronically via the online application. We recommend gathering as much information as possible.
- Demographic information
- Academic program information
- Scholarship(s) for which you wish to apply (you may apply to all three if you are eligible)
- Outside assistance you expect to receive (examples: parents, VA, benefits, private scholarships)
- Information on dependents
- NDSS applicants require history of extracurricular, leadership, and/ or volunteer activities
Submit your answers using the online scholarship application form, which will be available on April 15, 2025.
If you start an application but must return to it later, use the same computer that you began the online application with. Qualtrics will save your previous application and allow you to finish it, but only if you are using the same computer that you began with.
If you have questions or problems uploading your form, please email HealthSciencesFinAid@unc.edu. Recommendation letters may also be sent to that email address but must be received by the deadline.