Total Worker Health Graduate Travel Award
PLEASE NOTE: Applications are now closed until August 2020. Check back for new announcements in the Fall.
The Oregon Healthy Workforce Center (OHWC) announces the Total Worker Health® Graduate Travel Award. The award is intended to support students present their research in regional and national conferences.
Up to 4 awards of $1000 each will be awarded based on relevance to topics. See eligibility section for pertinent themes.
KEY CONSIDERATIONS
- Travel award amount = $1000
- Application must be submitted at least one month prior to the conference
- Open to students from Region X programs only
- Funds are available until Aug 1, 2020
ELIGIBILITY
- Current enrollment in graduate program within Region X (Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Alaska)
- Topics of presentation should reflect the following themes:
- Occupational safety, health, and well-being and organizational approaches to these
- Integration of (or interactions between) worker safety, health, and/or wellbeing within a particular occupational context/industry
- Research that focuses on improvement of working conditions to advance worker well-being
- Current enrollment in graduate programs such as (not limited to) Occupational Health Psychology, Public Health, and Environmental and Occupational Health
- Have an accepted submission at the time of applying for this award and provide evidence of acceptance
- Must be presenting or lead author
- Format/Type of presentation: Poster or Oral presentation (e.g., paper, symposium, workshop)
APPLICATION MATERIALS
- Abstract (also include title and authors)
- Evidence of acceptance to conference
- Format of presentation (e.g., poster, paper, etc.)
- Name and location of conference
- Applicant information (name, program, graduate advisor)
LEARN MORE
- Total Worker Health is defined as: “policies, programs, and practices that integrate protection from work-related safety and health hazards with promotion of injury and illness prevention efforts to advance worker well-being.”
- To learn more about Total Worker Health, visit:
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION and to SUBMIT APPLICATIONS:
Contact: Anjali Rameshbabu at rameshba@ohsu.edu