The fund provides income for scholarships in the field of medicine or the related arts. In addition to the established award, an Emergency Fund has been set aside to assist students with special, nonrecurring emergency needs. Each semester a predetermined number of tuition waivers are provided by the UIC Graduate College for student's in the school's graduate programs. Information Sciences' Office of Graduate Studies. Offered only to MS and PhD students, graduate tuition waivers cover tuition and service fees only.
Early submission is recommended.
Generally this includes a stipend plus a tuition and fee waiver for 20 hours of work per week. The Tom Jones Memorial Scholarship Created in 1962 by friends and former students as a living memorial to the man who was the first head of the UIC Department of Medical and Dental Illustration and who established the country's second program in medical illustration at UIC in 1921. The fund gives aid to outstanding students in the medical illustration curriculum, who qualify in regard to financial need, academic standing, and leadership. Lillian B. Torrance Scholarship A gift from an occupational therapy alumna and benefactor to be used as tuition and fee waivers for students in biomedical visualization, occupational therapy, and physical therapy, who have expressed an interest in rehabilitative activities or studies. This scholarship fund was established by Beverly J. Fiorella, a former professor in the program.