Experiential Learning Scholarship
College of Health
The College of Health experiential learning scholarship is intended for COH undergraduate and graduate students to help defray expenses for degree-required experiential learning opportunities (e.g., practicum, internship, field experience or clinical experience) or for an accredited internship program.
Eligibility
- You must be a COH undergraduate or graduate student in good academic standing, and seeking a degree that requires experiential learning, or is completing an accredited internship program, including: Dietetics, DPT, HDFS Child Development, HDFS Early Childhood, HDFS Human Services, KIN-General, KIN-Pre Therapy Allied Health, MAPE, MATRN, MPH, Nutrition-Food Service Culinary & Food Systems, Public Health.
- You must be an active OSU student registered for at least 1 credit at OSU at the time of receiving funds.
- You have a confirmed experiential learning opportunity that will be completed in the next term that is required by your academic program.
- Your confirmed experience is at least 10 weeks in length or at least 90 hours if less than 10 weeks.
- You are applying for funds for an experiential learning opportunity that will be completed in the next term. Funds will not be awarded for past experiences or for following terms.
- You have received less than $3,000 total from this scholarship.
“The experiential learning scholarship provided by the College of Health allowed me to pursue my internship in Taiwan through OSU’s faculty led program.
In Taiwan I had the chance to meet with local students, visit local hospitals to learn about their modern and advanced health care system, experience traditional Chinese medicine and learn about social determinants of health that impact the elderly and the indigenous people.
Since my internship was an eight-week international program, this scholarship allowed me to afford this experience and grow my public health knowledge in a brand-new way with a global perspective.”
– Hana Nakamura-Daya, public health student
Competitive scholarship
This is a competitive scholarship and funds are limited. Preference will be given based on:
- Financial need.
- First generation college students or other underrepresented group(s).
- Unpaid experiences.
- In-person or hybrid experiences.
- Requested funds will be used for purposes directly related to experience such as onboarding, purchase of materials, drug/background test costs.
Award amount
The award amount ranges from $500-$1,000, for a maximum total amount of $3,000.
- Award amount for 1-3 credits of experiential learning: $500
- Award amount for 4+ credits of experiential learning: up to $1,000
“First and foremost, I would like to state my appreciation and gratitude for the opportunity to further develop my educational and clinical experience thanks to the COH Experiential Scholarship.
By alleviating some of the financial burden of graduate school, I was able to invest further into my clinical experience, which included having the opportunity to observe firsthand how an operation room functions during and between surgeries and learning more about the human body beyond just a textbook.
In addition, this scholarship gave me the opportunity to focus on my extracurriculars outside of the classroom, which for me revolves around playing professional ultimate frisbee.”
– Antonio Rueda, MATRN student
Application deadlines
Availability
The Experiential Learning Scholarship will be available at least through Spring 2026.
Application opening dates
The scholarship application will open on:
- The Monday of week 1 for Fall, Winter, and Spring terms
- The Monday of week 2 for Summer term
Application closing date
The scholarship application will close on Sunday at the end of week 8 for all terms.
Go to ScholarDollars to complete the application form.
Term that the experiential learning opportunity will take place
Fall Term 2024
Application opens
July 1, 2024
Application closes
August 18, 2024
Award announcement
By the end of August
Winter Term 2025
Application opens
September 30, 2024
Application closes
November 24, 2024
Award announcement
Week 10-11 of fall 2024
Spring Term 2025
Application opens
January 6, 2025
Application closes
March 2, 2025
Award announcement
Week 10-11 of winter 2025
Summer Term 2025
Application opens
March 31, 2025
Application closes
May 25, 2025
Award announcement
Week 10-11 of spring 2025
“The COH Experiential Learning Scholarship helped me to fully immerse myself in my courses this term!
Being awarded the scholarship assisted me with affording fall term tuition. If I had not been awarded this aid, I would have had to pick up more hours at my job in order to pay for my tuition.
If that had been the case, I would have struggled to be present in my courses and not had the opportunity to travel to my dream experiential learning partner site in Albany. This scholarship helped me have the most wonderful learning experience at Sensible Speech and Rehab!
And my time spent there reassured me that pediatric occupational therapy is the field I want to specialize in after graduation. And because I was able to be fully engaged in the process of learning, this resulted in earning As in all the courses I was enrolled in the fall term.
Thank you for your generosity, for choosing me, and for helping me become one step closer to achieving my educational and career goals.”
– Jessica Toledo, kinesiology, general option student
Contact information
If you have any questions about this scholarship award, please contact the COH Office of Student Success at [email protected] or 541-737-8900.
Experiential Learning Scholarship FAQs
The COH Experiential Learning Scholarship is competitive, and typical awards range between $500 - $1000.
Award amount for 1-3 credits of experiential learning: $500
Award amount for 4+ credits of experiential learning: up to $1,000
Yes.
If you will be completing an approved experiential learning opportunity in another term, and you meet all the other eligibility criteria you can apply for the scholarship.
Please note, students can receive up to $1,000 per term that they are completing an approved experiential learning opportunity, for a maximum total amount of $3000.
Possibly.
A faculty led international program may qualify if all of the following are met:
- The faculty led program includes a practicum, internship, or clinical experience
- The credits in which the student will enroll are degree-required experiential learning credits (See list of degree required courses in a below FAQ)
- The experience is approved by both the faculty leader and the experiential learning coordinator
- All other eligibility criteria are met
Scholarship applications will be reviewed by a scholarship committee.
Preference will be based on:
- Financial need
- First generation college student (first generation in family to earn 4-yr college degree) or other underrepresented group(s)
- Unpaid experiences
- In-person or hybrid experiences
- Requested funds will be used for purposes directly related to experience
Required experiential learning courses may include:
- H 439
- H 459
- H 469
- H 539
- HDFS 310
- HDFS 430
- HDFS 433
- HDFS 469
- KIN 301
- KIN 306
- KIN 401
- KIN 406
- KIN 409
- KIN 410
- KIN 344
- KIN 506
- KIN 509
- KIN 510
- NUTR 410
- NUTR 510
- PT 792
- PT 793
- PT 794
- PT 795
- PT 796
- PT 797
- PT 798
Contact the Experiential Learning Scholarship Coordinator if the course you are planning to take is not listed, and you wonder if it qualifies.
The scholarship will be offered Fall, Winter, Spring, and Summer through Spring 2026.
Applications will open on the first day of the academic term for an experience that takes place in the following term.
For example, if you will be completing a Winter term internship, you would apply for the scholarship in Fall term.
Sunday end of Week 8 for an experience that takes place in the next term.
For example, if you will be completing a Winter term internship, you would apply for the scholarship in Fall term and complete the application by Sunday, end of week 8 of Fall term.
We are hoping to grow this scholarship fund, so students will be encouraged to submit an Impact Statement about their experience, what the funds were used for, and how the funds helped them complete the experience.
The impact statement can be submitted as an image, video, or written narrative.
Yes.
COH ECampus students who will be completing a required experiential learning opportunity in the next term and meet the other eligibility criteria are eligible to apply.
Yes.
COH students at the OSU Cascades Campus who will be completing a required experiential learning opportunity in the next term and meet the other eligibility criteria are eligible to apply.
If funds are still remaining, it may be possible to apply after the deadline.
Contact the Experiential Learning Scholarship Coordinator to learn more.