Deadline: 31 January 2016
The American College Health Foundation (ACHF) is inviting applicants for Student Health 101 Award to support creative efforts to improve and promote projects in health promotion on college campuses that have measurable results.
The college environment is an important place and opportunity to engage young adults and influence them to establish life-long healthy habits, while avoiding behaviors with adverse consequences. Health promotion delivered in creative ways with measurable outcomes is an invaluable tool. The Student Health 101 Award is designed to fund the development of a creative initiative that involves student peers in an effort to promote healthy behaviors.
Award Information
- Individual allocations of up to $2,500 may be awarded.
- Project funding is available for use over a 12-month period.
Benefits
The award will support funding for the following:
- Based on a previously identified campus need, a project that will strengthen an existing program or utilize a novel approach to enhance the health of the community.
- Recruitment and training of peer educators to participate in the project.
- Resources designed to increase awareness, early recognition and active intervention for health behavior change.
- Resources that assist with the collection and analysis of data that measure project effectiveness.
Eligibility Criteria
- Only campus health professionals who are American College Health Association Individual Members or employed at an ACHA Member Institution are eligible to apply.
- If an applicant is not an Individual Member but is employed at a Member Institution, the institution’s representative individual member (RMI) must also sign the application.
How to Apply
Interested applicants must submit their applications electronically via email at the address given on the website.
For more information, please visit Health Promotion Award.
