Since 1982, the American Industrial Hygiene Foundation (AIHF) has awarded nearly $3.1 million to students studying industrial hygiene and/or occupational and environmental health safety. To build on this success, the AIHF Board of Trustees is now accepting scholarship applications for the 2025 - 2026 academic year, with the deadline set for January 26, 2026.


ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS

Full-time and part-time students enrolled in one of the following programs in the Fall of 2026 are eligible to apply:
  • A graduate or undergraduate degree program that is fully ABET-accredited under the Industrial Hygiene or Similarly Named Program Criteria or under the Environmental, Health, and Safety Program Criteria.
  • A graduate public health program accredited by the Council on Public Health (CEPH), focusing on Environmental Health with a focus in Industrial Hygiene or Occupational Health.
  • An Industrial Hygiene or similar named program offered at a NIOSH ERC or a NIOSH Training Project Grant in Industrial Hygiene.
  • An AIHA Student Local Section in good standing.
  • An industrial hygiene or similarly named program at one of the following Canadian institutions: McGill University, University of British Columbia, Universite de Montreal, Universite du Quebec a Trois-Rivieres, or University of Toronto.
Students who are not enrolled in any of the listed programs above are still eligible to apply for an AIHF Scholarship. However, a school administrator must first complete a separate application form justifying why their program/students should be considered for an AIHF scholarship. The deadline to submit the school application form is January 7, 2026.

The following programs do not need to complete a separate school form.
  • Students in the M.S. Occupational and Environmental Hygiene program at New York University (NYU) as they are eligible for the Dr. Morton Lippmann Scholarship.
  • Students at an educational institution in San Diego County that offers programs that are “industrial hygiene, occupational safety and health, public health, environmental health, environmental science or a closely related field”. Only these students are eligible for the San Diego Local Section Scholarship.

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