All incoming students are encouraged to complete an application scholarship survey.
A scholarship survey link is presented to each candidate at interview with appropriate deadlines listed. Most scholarships are eligible for renewal. Some one-time scholarships may be awarded.
Below is a listing of our current Endowed Scholarships, which are made possible through the generosity of Alumni and Friends of the School of Dental Medicine.
Alliance of the Dental Society of Western PA Scholarship Fund
To support student tuition scholarships in the School of Dental Medicine. Awards shall not be less than $500.00 per award. In order to qualify for an award students must maintain a B average, have completed their first year of dental school and demonstrate financial need.
American Dental Partners Foundation Endowed Award Fund
The endowment shall be used to provide award(s) to qualified students enrolled in the DMD First Professional Program at the School of Dental Medicine.
William T. and Mary E. Allison Fund
The endowment exists to support faculty, student and staff development.
Herman and Dorothy Behrman Scholarship
To support first year dental student(s) who would not otherwise be able to attend dental school.
Dr. Michael A. Benko Scholarship
Income to be used to provide annual scholarships for students of Hungarian ancestry who are enrolled in Dental Medicine. Hungarian ancestry can be established if a student's grandparent is of at least 1/2 Hungarian descent.
Dr. Adolf L. Biel Endowment Fund
To provide scholarships to students enrolled in the School of Dental Medicine.
Dr. C. Harry Constandy Endowment Fund
To establish a memorial to our son for the educational development of students and faculty.
James Cornelius Quasi Endowment Fund
To support students, faculty, and staff development in Dental Medicine.
School of Dental Medicine Class of 1962 Student Endowment Fund
To support the Dean's Scholarship Fund.
James A. and Irene E. Dunny Student Resource Fund
To provide support for graduate students in the School of Dental Medicine for education-related expenses exclusive of tuition and room and board, based on financial need. Expenses may include, but are not limited to, experiential learning opportunities, conference fees, travel expenses, research, internships, books or their equivalents, and lab fees.
Guy S. Fasciana, D.M.D. Endowed Scholarship Fund
To be given to students based on academic merit.
Thomas Alexander Forsyth Scholarship Fund
To support two worthy young men in the School of Dental Medicine.
Ruth S. Friedman Scholarship
To provide a scholarship to an unmarried female student who has completed the second year of studies in the School of Dental Medicine's first professional degree program and is ranked in the top ten percent of her class.
Dr. and Mrs. W. Arthur George Educational Fund
To support full-time students enrolled in a graduate program in the School of Dental Medicine.
Dr. Harold B. and Ethel B. Haines Endowment Fund
To provide support for faculty, student, and staff development.
Alfred Hirsch, D.D.S. Quasi-Endowed Fund
To be used for development purposes within the School of Dental Medicine.
Dr. R. Donald Hoffman Scholarship Fund
To provide scholarships to financially assist students who are making satisfactory progress towards a doctor of dental medicine degree. Priority as follows: recipient's home residence is in Bedford Borough, Pa., ZIP code 15522; recipient is graduate of Bedford Area School District, or its successor by merger; and recipient's home residence is in Bedford County, Pa. This scholarship has multi-year availability.
Frank E. Jeffreys Scholarship Fund
To provide support for student scholarships in the School of Dental Medicine. In order to qualify student(s) must demonstrate financial need.
Una Elizabeth Steinmetz Jones Memorial Fund
For the education of faculty and students.
Keystone Dental Student Endowment Fund
To provide support for a student in the First Professional dental program at the School of Dental Med. Preference to PA high school grads. Based on merit and/or financial need.
Laurence L. Lathrop Endowed Scholarship Fund
To provide a need based scholarship to a student in dental medicine.
Dr. Lawrence S. Lipkind Student Endowment Fund
To support an award for dental students at the School of Dental Medicine based on academic merit and financial need.
Dr. and Mrs. Hubert E. Martin Student Endowment Fund
To support an award for second year student at the School of Dental Medicine based on academic merit and financial need with preference given to students from West Virginia.
Jeffrey L. McClendon, DMD '81 and Sharon Richey-McClendon Endowed Scholarship
To provide support for tuition and other education-related expenses for graduate student(s) in good academic standing in the School of Dental Medicine. Recipients must be graduates of Allegheny College.
Oren H. and Sarah K. Moore Scholarship Fund
In memory of his father. To provide a scholarship to a first year student of need from western PA.
Clarence M. Morgan Trust Scholarship
For the payment of tuition of needy dental students.
Sandy Mulcahy Edgar Scholarship Fund
For the payment of tuition of needy dental students.
Frank G. Pallan, DDS Student Fund
To provide educational support for students at the School of Dental Medicine. Preference will be given to dental students in good academic standing with financial need.
Albert R. Pecan Scholarship
Scholarship for dental students qualifying under the standards set forth by the faculty of the Dental School.
Arlene B. and Lee D. Pollan Dental Student Award for Excellence
To be used to provide an award for pre-doctoral student(s) who have shown academic excellence and interest in training in the field of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery.
William C. Puhl Development Fund for the School of Dental Medicine
To support faculty, student, and staff development.
William H. Schuler Fund
Established by dental school to support faculty, staff and student development.
Dr. Michael A. and Anna Nobel Snyder Fund
To be used be to provide financial aid to needy or deserving students and for the education and development of the faculty, students and staff.
Nu Chapter, House Association of PSI Omega Fraternity Scholarship Fund
To support students in the School of Dental Medicine.
Robert W. Roden Award
To be presented annually to an outstanding student in prosthodontics entering the final year.
Dr. Minnie F. Glickman Soibelman Scholarship
For the benefit of a needy female dental student.
David and Dorothy Spiegel Scholarship
To be used for scholarship support in the School of Dental Medicine. To be eligible a student must be enrolled in the School's first professional degree program, demonstrate financial need and not be recipient of academic merit scholarships.
Norman Stern Scholarship
To provide an annual scholarship to a student in the School of Dental Medicine who has maintained at least a 3.0 QPA and shows financial need.
Dr. and Mrs. Scott A. Ulery Endowed Student Resource Fund
To provide support for books, lab fees, travel or other educational expenses for a First Professional dental student in the School of Dental Medicine.
Dr. and Mrs. Virgil St. Clair Quasi-Endowed Scholarship Fund
To be used for student scholarships for needy dental students.
Albert I. Wise Endowment Fund
For general support of faculty, student and staff development.
Dr. Philip M. Woo, Jr. Endowed Fund
To support a 3rd year Dental Student who is strong in the Restorative Dentistry/Comprehensive Care at the School of Dental Medicine.
Abe and Yetta Zubrow Memorial Scholarship Fund
To provide an annual tuition assistance grant for a student in dental medicine.
Dr. Robert Zugsmith Memorial Fund
To be given annually to a worthy and meritorious student or students of the School of Dentistry.