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2022 Awards, Scholarships, and Fellowships Application Cycle is Closed

The Foundation for the Advancement of Health Education (FAHE) application cycle for awards, scholarships, and fellowships is closed for 2022. Criteria for each opportunity are listed on application pages that can be accessed on the Awards, Scholarships, and Fellowships page. All applicants are evaluated on the caliber of their submitted documents.

Awards, scholarships, and fellowships are presented at the annual conference of the Society for Public Health Education (SOPHE). Recipients are encouraged to attend the conference, though they are not required to do so to accept their award, scholarship, or fellowship.


Congratulations to the 2022 Scholarship and Award Winners!

Dr. Becky J. Smith Scholarship (undergraduate students)

Tala Najjar

University North Carolina Greensboro


Dr. Mary K. Beyrer Graduate Student Scholarship (Master’s degree or doctoral level students)

Lindsay Keeling

Dual MPH and MSW Student,
New Mexico State University


Dr. Robert Blackburn Advocacy, Policy and Systems Efforts for  Advancing Health Education and Promotion Award (for practitioners)

Whitney Garney, PhD, MPH

Texas A & M University


Dr. Ann E. Nolte Writing Award (for authors)

  • Tyler G. James, PhD, CHES

  • Meagan K. Sullivan, MPH, CPH

  • Heather Henderson, EdD

  • Julia R. Varnes, PhD, MPH, MCHES

“Competency Focused Versus Philosophically Grounded Health Promotion Practice: Impacts on Innovation and Addressing Health Inequities” The article was published in Pedagogy in Health Promotion: The Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, (2022), 1-5.


The Dr. Delbert Oberteuffer Scholarship (for doctoral students)

Not awarded in 2022.


Dr. Marion B. Pollock Fellowship (for a teacher for master’s study)

Not awarded in 2022.