The UA College of Pharmacy offers financial support in the form of graduate appointments, research assistantships, and research fellowships. This includes:
- All graduate appointments in the COP Graduate Programs are research assistantships
- Full funding of a competitive research assistantship. Students are eligible for .50 research assistantships beginning in year one
- PhD students with a research assistantship are required to be enrolled in 13 units each semester
- In-state and out-of-state tuition waivers
- Health insurance
- COP research fellowships
For a complete overview of the costs and fees for attending a graduate program at the University of Arizona, please visit the Graduate College
**Health and Pharmaceutical Outcomes (HPO) Program
MS (Thesis and Non-Thesis degree) students are self-pay. No funding is available from the Program.
PhD students: HPO offers assistantships to its PhD students through a competitive process.
Research Fellowships
Fellowships are established to provide financial support to outstanding full-time graduate students. The award is based on academic achievement and financial need.
Abraham & MacDonald Graduate Student International Research Fellowship
Recipients:
- 2019-2020: Mavis Obeng-Kusi
- 2017-2018: Cody Schmidlin
- 2016-2017: Montserrat Rojo de la Vega Guinea
- 2015-2016: Mahdi Gharaibeh, Pharmaceutical Economics, Policy and Outcomes
- 2014-2015: Andrew Ambrose, Drug Discovery and Development
Caldwell Health Sciences Research Fellowship
Recipients:
- 2021-2022:
- Sarrah Hannon, Pharmacology & Toxicology
- Aryatara Shakya, Pharmacology & Toxicology
- Marissa Trujillo, Drug Discovery & Development
- 2020-2021:
- Erin Jennings, Pharmacology & Toxicology
- Peng Ji, Drug Discovery & Development
- Siennah Miller, Pharmacology & Toxicology
- 2019-2020:
- Yanmei Hu, Drug Discovery & Development
- Christopher Zerio, Drug Discovery & Development
- Kayla Frost, Pharmacology & Toxicology
- Abdulaali R. Almutairi, Economics Policy & Outcomes
- 2017-2018: Maria Fernanda Acosta, Pharmaceutics & Pharmacokinetics
- 2016-2017: Michael Kerins, Pharmacology & Toxicology
- 2015-2016: Nicholas McConnell, Drug Discovery & Development
- 2014-2015: Guillermo Martinez-Ariza, Drug Discovery & Development
- 2013-2014: Jessica Sapiro, Pharmacology & Toxicology
- 2012-2013:
- Brendan Frett, Drug Discovery & Development
- Christine Kaiser, Drug Discovery & Development
- 2011-2012:
- Owen Kinsky, Pharmacology & Toxicology
- Shuxi Qiao, Pharmacology & Toxicology
- Tongde Wu, Pharmacology & Toxicology
- 2010-2011:
- Courtney Wheatley, Pharmacology & Toxicology
- Ingrid Druwe, Pharmacology & Toxicology
- Chris Kuhlman, Pharmacology & Toxicology
- Nick Mastrandrea, Pharmacology & Toxicology
Hugh E. Laird II Memorial Fellowship Endowment
Recipients:
- 2021-2022: Mavis Obeng-Kusi, Health & Pharmaceutical Outcomes
- 2019-2020: Jared Sivinski, Drug Discovery & Development
- 2017-2018: Wafaa Alabsi, Pharmaceutics & Pharmacokineitcs
- 2015-2016: Bryan Harder, Pharmacology & Toxicology
- 2013-2014: Christine Kaiser, Drug Discovery & Development
Joseph B. Ryan Memorial Fellowship
Recipients:
- 2021-2022:
- Srujitha Marupuru, Health & Pharmaceutical Outcomes
- 2020-2021:
- Briana Choi: Health & Pharmaceutical Outcomes
- Yanmei Hu: Drug Discovery & Development
- 2019-2020:
- Srujitha Marupuru, Health & Pharmaceutical Outcomes
- Siennah Miller, Pharmacology & Toxicology
- Kristan Cleveland, Pharmacology & Toxicology
- Harman Dhatt, Pharmaceutical Economics, Policy & Outcomes
- Raymond Hau, Pharmacology & Toxicology
- 2017-2018: David (Rhys) Axon, Pharmaceutical Economics Policy & Outcomes
- 2016-2017: Alejandra Aguilar Pharmaceutical Economics, Policy & Outcomes
- 2015-2016: Patrick Campbell, Pharmaceutical Economics, Policy & Outcomes
- 2014-2015: Patrick Campbell, Pharmaceutical Economics, Policy & Outcomes
- 2013-2014: Lea Mollon, Pharmaceutical Economics, Policy & Outcomes
- 2012-2013: Aliyah Sheth, Pharmaceutics and Pharmacokinetics
William & Betty Milleson Fink Graduate Student Fellowship
Recipients:
- 2021-2022:
- Ibrahim Alfayoumi, Health & Pharmaceutical Outcomes
- Ziyad Almatruk, Health & Pharmaceutical Outcomes
- 2020-2021:
- Srujitha Marupuru, Health & Pharmaceutical Outcomes
- Mavis Obeng-Kusi, Health & Pharmaceutical Outcomes
- 2019-2020:
- Neda Al Rawashdh, Health & Pharmaceutical Outcomes
- Shannon Vaffis, Health & Pharmaceutical Outcomes
- 2017-2018:
- Xu Zhou, Pharmacology & Toxicology
- Mira Patel, Economics Policy & Outcomes
- Mok Oh, Economics Policy & Outcomes
- 2016-2017: David Rhys Axon, Economics Policy & Outcomes
- 2015-2016: Chanadda Chinthammit, Economics Policy & Outcomes
- 2014-2015: Vishnu Kumarasamy, Drug Discovery & Development
- 2013-2014: Jill Augustine, Economics Policy & Outcomes
- 2012-2013: Amanda Harrington, Economics Policy & Outcomes
- 2011-2012: Prasadini Perera, Economics Policy & Outcomes
- 2010-2011: Adrienne Gilligan, Economics Policy & Outcomes
Yuma Friends of Arizona Health Sciences Fellowship
Recipients:
- 2015-2016: Michael Kerins, Pharmacology & Toxicology
- 2014-2015: Nicholas McConnell, Drug Discovery & Development
- 2013-2014: Alyssa Hinchman, PharmD
- 2012-2013: Anika Dzierlenga, Pharmacology & Toxicology
- 2011-2012: Eric Wong, PharmD 2013
- 2010-2011: Patrick Allison, Pharmacology & Toxicology
I. Glenn Sipes Graduate Student Travel Award
Recipients:
- 2021-2022:
- Raymond Hau, Pharmacology & Toxicology
- Erin Jennings, Pharmacology & Toxicology
Additional Financial Support
Graduate students can find more funding opportunities through the University of Arizona:
Graduate students are encouraged to apply for funding from external agencies, including: